There are fewer compounds affecting gustatory perception than there are aromatic compounds. These sensations are perceived by our taste buds in very different ways. Further, these compounds also interact with the brain at different rates and in different patterns. Early in their training, professional cuppers gain knowledge that some parts of the mouth, palate and […]
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Understanding Gustation
The Four Basic Tastes Gustation is the taste sense whose receptors lie in the mucous membrane covering the tongue and whose stimuli consist of soluble chemical compounds. As a general rule, the tongue can detect four basic tastes. Sweet Characterized by solutions of sugars, alcohols, lycols and some acids. Sweet is perceived primarily by the fungiform […]