How do we process the experience of flavour? What is the difference between aroma and taste? Why is taste subjective? I discuss the anatomy of flavour perception with Virginia Utermohlen Lovelace MD and specifically how it relates to tea.
Show notes
- Virginia's story in exploring the subjectivity of flavour
- Aroma - how we process smell and the evolutionary purpose of aroma
- Taste - the role of taste buds and the way that they modulate each other
- The trigeminal system - the fascinating way that temperature and sensation affect our perception of taste.
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This podcast is a series of informal conversations and discussion over tea about a wide variety of topics. Sharing conversations over tea has a unique capacity to expose and hopefully dissolve tribalism and engender free, uninhibited conversation. I hope that this series provides interesting viewpoints and ideas which engage, entertain and inspire.
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A series of informal conversations over tea about a wide variety of topics. Sharing conversations over tea has a unique capacity to expose and hopefully dissolve tribalism and engender free, uninhibited conversation. I hope that this series provides interesting viewpoints and ideas which engage, entertain and inspire.
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