We always say that the "taste" of a juice is subjective. This is actually a scientific (biological) fact.
We all taste differently. If tested, we can all be objectively placed on a scale, ranging from non-taster to supertaster. About 25%of us are supertasters and 25% are non-tasters. The remaining 50% (average-tasters) fall on the scale between these two.
I am leaving out the influence of smell so as to reduce confusion.
I have made my own juices for about three years. I am very aware of the fact that I must be a non-taster. I make simple mixes, mostly fruits, and really enjoy them. I have tried "fancy" local and imported juices, and find them no better than my own creations (often worse). I view this as a huge win. I make my own simple juices for next to nothing, and I know that I am not missing out.
I had thought that the mixologists on the forum must all be supertasters. They ramble on about top notes and hints of this and that, whilst I taste simple things like good old Naartjie.
After reading up on taste, it would appear that I may have been wrong about mixologists being supertasters (I once thought I was wrong but I was mistaken).
The following quote states that "...you might think it would be a gift from the Gods to be a supertaster but there is a distinct downside to this genetic endowment.
If you are a supertaster, you’ll hate sugar and all sweet foods and most fruits and vegetables. For a supertaster, tasting broccoli is like tasting it multiplied by a factor of 10.
To be a supertaster, regular milk tastes like heavy cream. Supertasters don’t like fat or greasy foods because they contain large molecules that press heavily on the nerves found in their taste pores. Supertasters are thus deprived of the joys of KFC, and even an occasional banana split".
It would appear that supertaster mixologists would, therefore, produce juices which would only taste fantastic to other supertasters. The average and non-tasters may still like their creations, but they do not taste the way they are tasted by the supertaster.
As most of us (around 75%) are taste deprived, would mixologists from our own ranks not be able to produce juices which suit our peasant tastes ?
This is a request to all expert juice DIYers on the forum. If you think that you are a supertaster, let us know (just google supertasters to see where you fit in). Please don't be shy to claim you are a supertaster - its all about genetics, you are not special. OK, so I'm wrong again. Everyone is special !
We all taste differently. If tested, we can all be objectively placed on a scale, ranging from non-taster to supertaster. About 25%of us are supertasters and 25% are non-tasters. The remaining 50% (average-tasters) fall on the scale between these two.
I am leaving out the influence of smell so as to reduce confusion.
I have made my own juices for about three years. I am very aware of the fact that I must be a non-taster. I make simple mixes, mostly fruits, and really enjoy them. I have tried "fancy" local and imported juices, and find them no better than my own creations (often worse). I view this as a huge win. I make my own simple juices for next to nothing, and I know that I am not missing out.
I had thought that the mixologists on the forum must all be supertasters. They ramble on about top notes and hints of this and that, whilst I taste simple things like good old Naartjie.
After reading up on taste, it would appear that I may have been wrong about mixologists being supertasters (I once thought I was wrong but I was mistaken).
The following quote states that "...you might think it would be a gift from the Gods to be a supertaster but there is a distinct downside to this genetic endowment.
If you are a supertaster, you’ll hate sugar and all sweet foods and most fruits and vegetables. For a supertaster, tasting broccoli is like tasting it multiplied by a factor of 10.
To be a supertaster, regular milk tastes like heavy cream. Supertasters don’t like fat or greasy foods because they contain large molecules that press heavily on the nerves found in their taste pores. Supertasters are thus deprived of the joys of KFC, and even an occasional banana split".
It would appear that supertaster mixologists would, therefore, produce juices which would only taste fantastic to other supertasters. The average and non-tasters may still like their creations, but they do not taste the way they are tasted by the supertaster.
As most of us (around 75%) are taste deprived, would mixologists from our own ranks not be able to produce juices which suit our peasant tastes ?
This is a request to all expert juice DIYers on the forum. If you think that you are a supertaster, let us know (just google supertasters to see where you fit in). Please don't be shy to claim you are a supertaster - its all about genetics, you are not special. OK, so I'm wrong again. Everyone is special !
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