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Default Blind taste test

On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 4:27:26 PM UTC-5, graham wrote:
> On 2019-01-11 1:19 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Friday, January 11, 2019 at 3:00:54 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> >> On Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 10:21:27 AM UTC-10, Thomas wrote:
> >>> Did Kerrygold butter vs Landolakes. Wife and I on mini bagles.
> >>> No diff by any taste. No name butter is 3 bucks per pound, Kerry is ten.
> >>> I am glad to try Kerry but the affair is over.
> >>> Is there a better butter than what we see?
> >>
> >> A lot of folks have an inflated sense of the sensitivity and ability in analyzing what their eating. Why is that? I don't know. It's the same way with guitar players and audiophiles. They think they can hear the gauge of wire that their signals are traveling through their pickups or speaker cables.
> >>
> >> https://gizmodo.com/dont-buy-what-ne...ing-1678446860

> >
> > There is a good deal of variation in sensory apparatus. Some people
> > can detect quite a bit of nuance; other people cannot. Some people's
> > taste buds are extra-sensitive to certain flavors (notably cilantro);
> > others' are not.
> >
> > Anything you think you know about how something tastes is unique to you,
> > and cannot be extrapolated to anyone else.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >

> This certainly applies to wine! I've read too many descriptions from
> pompous palates that claim to detect flavours of, say, black raspberry
> along with a veritable fruit salad of flavours.


I can taste notes of cherry or berry in the coffee that we prefer. Provided
that I don't brew it too weak or too strong.

Cindy Hamilton