Describing tastes

by **Sarion** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:29 pm

Hi guys,

Just noticed this image on Sweet Marias:

http://www.sweetmarias.com/tastewheel2.jpg

Perhaps this can help us to describe our sensations...

by **CakeBoy** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:10 pm

BeanyBoots sent me a copy of this a while back, she picked it up at the SCAA thingy in Seattle a while back. It's laminated now. Quite useful

by **bruceb** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:17 pm

Ahhh, this reminds me of something. Some of you may remember that we had a discussion about an example of something that is bitter this last summer. I asked 20 people here in my village and at work and got answers like olives, beer, quinine, burnt sugar and so on, but of the 20, 18 said coffee. I know that one of the two who didn't say coffee doesn't drink any either. :wink:

by **GeorgeW** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:22 pm

bruceb wrote:Ahhh, this reminds me of something. Some of you may remember that we had a discussion about an example of something that is bitter this last summer. I asked 20 people here in my village and at work and got answers like olives, beer, quinine, burnt sugar and so on, but of the 20, 18 said coffee. I know that one of the two who didn't say coffee doesn't drink any either.

BLOODY HELL Bruce. :shock:

by **Walter** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:58 pm

bruceb wrote:... but of the 20, 18 said coffee. I know that one of the two who didn't say coffee doesn't drink any either.

When most people are conditioned to take their tea or coffee with at least 2 spoonful of sugar, it doesn't make me wonder that they consider coffee to be bitter...

by **Aadje** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:06 pm

sugar in coffee is evil . . .

by **Walter** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:03 am

Aadje wrote:sugar in coffee is evil . . .

Well, I wouldn't mind that, but what irks me is, that it destroys the natural sweetness of the coffee...

by **GeorgeW** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:35 am

Aadje wrote:sugar in coffee is evil . . .

This hard for me..but here goes. I'm..I'm..I'm an addict. It's true..I use sugar in my coffee. There..I've said it. :oops:

I never had a chance being a War baby when there was no sugar at all to be had, so when it did eventually come along I quickly became hooked.
It's so humiliating but I feel better now that it's out in the open...sort of liberated.

by **bruceb** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:52 pm

So George! Then there's no doubt about the Sicily thing...but you knew about my coffee preference anyway. I drink a cappuccino without any sugar if I'm eating something sweet with it, I drink espresso without only when I am doing a tasting and I don't really like it. I honestly have never tasted an espresso that I could call "sweet" without sugar. I have tried, but I love espresso with a bit of sugar, so why should I punish myself? :roll:

I'd get my coat, but I left it in the car.

by **toast21** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:17 pm

bruceb wrote:Ahhh, this reminds me of something. Some of you may remember that we had a discussion about an example of something that is bitter this last summer. I asked 20 people here in my village and at work and got answers like olives, beer, quinine, burnt sugar and so on, but of the 20, 18 said coffee. I know that one of the two who didn't say coffee doesn't drink any either.

Lol when i did the tasting class back in perth, people were soming up with "tastes like an old musty closet" and "i'm tasting chicken nuggets"

heh heh.... quite interesting actually...

by **Aadje** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:23 pm

bruceb wrote:I'd get my coat, but I left it in the car.

Too bad

Describing tastes

Describing tastes

Who is online