A few good questions

Good questions.
Short answers.

From your first snack rating to a table full of opinions.

Start with a taste

What is Taste-beta?

A place to remember what you loved, compare notes with friends, and find your next favorite. A great restaurant dish and a surprisingly good supermarket snack both belong here.

What can I rate?

Dishes, snacks, packaged foods, wine and other drinks. Rate the thing you tasted—not just the place that served it.

How do I add something?

Take a photo, scan a barcode, or type it in. Taste-beta helps identify the item; check the details, give it a rating, and tap the words that fit.

Do I have to write a review?

No essay required. A rating and a few tasting words can say plenty. Add notes or a photo when there’s something you want to remember.

Better with company

What happens at a tasting party?

Pick something to compare—chips, chocolate, wine, whatever your crowd is into. Build the lineup, send the invite link, and everyone scores on their phone. Then reveal the favorites.

How does a blind tasting work?

Guests see sample letters instead of names while they score. The host reveals the lineup and results afterward. Blind is optional; turn it on when you plan.

Who brings what?

You decide. Let guests claim an item, assign what each person brings, or provide everything yourself. You can offer a few dates for guests to vote on, too.

Do my friends need an account to join?

No. They open your invite link, enter their name, and reply. Taste-beta remembers them on that phone so they can come back and score. Tasting-notes links work the same way.

Can we rate dinner without planning a party?

Yes. Choose Taste the menu together, pick the restaurant, and check off the dishes your table orders. Everyone rates what they try; the results show the table’s favorites.

What’s a food crawl?

A few stops and a shared appetite. Compare the same thing at each stop—like dumplings—or try each place’s specialty. Plan your route, rate along the way, and see the group’s favorite.

What are tasting notes for?

Keeping the details of a meal or a lineup of bottles: each dish, each glass, and the pairings worth remembering. Start from a menu or wine-list photo, then share a link or QR so the table can taste along.

Keep the good stuff

What goes in my journal?

Your ratings, photos and notes, so you can find that dish or bottle again. Each item also shows everyone’s ratings and any medals it has won.

What’s a Bucket List?

Your picks, in one link. Choose dishes and places from your journal and send them to a friend. They get a map and a list to rate as they go—handy when someone asks where to eat.

Can I use someone else’s tasting or crawl?

Yes. Community has tastings, crawls and Bucket Lists you can start from. Make your own copy, add or remove items, and adapt it to your plans.

Find your people

How do I see what other people are tasting?

Follow people to see their reviews and discoveries in your feed. Visit a profile to explore what they’ve tried, or browse Community for a plan worth borrowing.

Can I see who tastes like me?

After a group tasting, the results show whose scores were closest to yours. Same favorite, same least favorite? That’s a good reason to compare notes.

Start with something you tasted.

A snack. A dish. A bottle worth remembering. The rest can follow.

Rate something

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