Supertaster

Something really comforting to say to a blind person: Hey, at least you can still tatse!

I’ve always been interested in taste. The actual sense of taste is probably the most overlooked of all the five senses. Most people don’t say to their recently blind friend “Hey you know, at least you can still taste!” Pretty much only a Michelin Guide critic is going to want to hear that when they go blind. I think taste is way underrated though, I mean, I’m not saying I’d choose it over sight, but maybe touch…it’s definitely not last place, okay? Did you know there are flavors that chemists can make that aren’t found on Earth? So maybe they’d be delicious to aliens, but they just taste like Acetone to us. Plus then there’s the whole notion of non-tasters, medium tasters, and supertasters. Let me tell you, I hope I’m a supertaster. If you are unfamiliar, it has to do with the intensity you rate the taste of a solution of Propylthiouracil, people who think its super bitter are supertasters.