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Crisps blind taste test
Crunchier, saltier, thicker? Crisps are one of the easiest and most fun blind tests. Tip them into matching bowls and let the numbers decide which ones win.
- Kinds
- Four to six
- Per person
- A few crisps of each
- Best with
- One flavour from different brands
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How to do it
Pick one flavour.
Ready salted from four to six brands is fairest. Don’t mix salted and cheese and onion in the same test.
Tip into matching bowls.
Numbers on the bowls, packets stay in the kitchen. Open them just before, so they’re equally crunchy.
Clear your palate.
Water between each round. Crisps are salty, and the salt builds up.
Rate and reveal.
Each bowl is a round. Only reveal once every bowl has been rated.
Criteria
More rounds
- Do one flavour at a time: ready salted, then salt and vinegar, then cheese and onion. Each flavour can be its own activity.
- Put pricey and cheap in the same test. Price isn’t a criterion, but it’s fun to see at the reveal.
- Try a dip round afterwards with the same crisps and different dips.
Questions and answers
How many kinds of crisps should we test?
Four to six of the same flavour. Any more and the salt makes it hard to taste a difference.
How do we stop people recognising crisps by their shape?
You can’t always. Write your guess in the comment and see at the reveal who got it right.
Should we rate dips too?
Go ahead, but as their own round or activity, so they don’t get mixed up with the crisps.
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