The samples were randomly and monadically presented to each
judge in the three sessions. In addition to the samples, the judges
received a sheet, where they were asked to indicate their acceptance
of the product on a 9-point hedonic scale, assigning ratings that varied
from “like extremely” (corresponding to 9) and “dislike extremely”
(corresponding to 1) (Reis & Minim, 2010). The three sessions took
place as follows: