DoomGoober t1_jabjtzs wrote
Reply to comment by Caucasiafro in ELI5: If the tongue can only taste five basic flavors (sweet, sour, bitter, salty, umami), why isn't it possible to create any flavor by mixing those five together in precise combinations? by bokbokboi
Add to this that the brain changes the "flavor" of food based on what it thinks the food is.
There have been experiments showing people report different flavors of food/drink based on the color of the bowl/cup the food is served in.
Obvious the color of the container doesn't actually change the food flavor but the brain takes it into account.
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