Please share the following:
- Based on the chart above, which one are you? (Be honest)
- which kind of teas do you gravitate towards?
- which kind of teas are a no no?
- are you generally open to exloring many different type of teas?
- do you tend to brew light or heavy? I know, some teas naturally prefer heavier or lighter infusions - but which ones do you tend to reach for?
I know - this super tasting says nothing about sensitivity towards aromas - but let's leave this out of this one.
Update:
More info on supertasting
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/pu ... oshuk.html
Is there an easy at home test to check if we are super-tasters?
There are two ways to get a pretty accurate classification at home. First, think about a scale from zero (no sensation) to 100 (most intense sensation of any kind you have ever experienced) (Bartoshuk, Fast, & Snyder, 2005). Now think about the strongest taste sensation you have ever experienced. If the strongest taste intensity is greater than 70, you are likely a supertaster. There is also an anatomical way to tell (Bartoshuk, Duffy, & Miller, 1994). Swab blue food coloring on your tongue. Then look at your tongue in a magnifying mirror. You will see circles (maximum diameter about 1 mm but most are smaller) that are lighter blue than the rest of your tongue. These lighter circles are fungiform papillae, the structures that house taste buds. Create a template: a circle 6 mm in diameter. This is about the diameter of a hole punch like that used to make holes in notebook paper. Place the template on the tip of your tongue so that the circle touches the midline of your tongue and one edge. Now count how many fungiform papillae can be seen in the template. If your have more than 35, you are likely a supertaster. The most extreme supertaster I have seen had 60 fungiform papillae in the template.
Another purpose for this thread is to get a sense of tasting/brewing preference of users here. This can be useful to consider when reading their recommendations for brewing parameters. For example, the brewing parameters of a super taster who naturally brews light may hold no value for hypo taster who prefers heavier approaches and vice versa.