Presentation Index
- Introduction
- Taste Perception Factors
- The Basics of Taste
- Taste: Sugar & Sweetness
- Taste: Salt & Saltiness
- Taste: Sour & Acidity
- Taste: Umami / Savory
- Taste: Bitterness
- Taste Receptors
- Evolution & Taste
- Viscosity & Ethanol
- Decreasing Bitterness
- Aroma's & Taste
- Taste & Psychology
- Herding Effect
- Genetics & Taste
- Taster Status
- Normal Tasters
- Non-Tasters
- Super-Tasters
- Taste Intensity
- PTC/PROP Instructions
- Bartender & Status
- References
Bitter Flavours & Evolution
- Evolution has developed our tastes but human knowledge has refined and selected what we eat
- We have pre-selected most of our food based on knowledge passed down from generations before
- Many of the bitter receptors are no longer really necessary for the modern human
- All bitter components taste the same, it is like an on / off switch. It is bitter or it is not.
