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 […]
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Primary Taste Sensations
Taste Modulation and the 6 Primary Taste Sensations Through a process called taste modulation, the basic taste sensations interact with one another, depending on the relative strength of each. In gustation, there are six combinations that can occur. Sweet, sour and salt taste interact and form the following combinations: Acids increase the sweetness of sugars […]
Secondary Taste Sensations
After identifying the primary taste sensation, one can further specify the character of the coffee brew by determining the degree to which the taste sensation fits into the primary category. To do this, one selects the appropriate secondary taste term that describes the direction of the taste sensation. For example, a winey taste that tends […]