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<blockquote data-quote="skeeter" data-source="post: 84143" data-attributes="member: 439"><p>allergies, sinus infections, etc. can also do strange things to your sense of smell.</p><p></p><p>And our "enjoyment" of food and what most people relate to as "taste" is really the sense of smell. Think about when you DO have a cold or stuffed up nose and nothing tastes like it should, or you crave spicy foods.</p><p>I did odor analysis of foods for years (usually OFF odor analysis, i.e. why is this food bad!) and it's amazing how you can change a person's perception of something just by adding or taking away certain volatile components. There have been over 500 volatile chemicals identified in coffee, but only about 15 of them are really necessary to have someone smell a mixture and say "that's coffee".</p><p>There are only 4 true "tastes" - salty, sweet, sour and bitter. I, personally, cannot taste bitter - I'm missing those taset "buds". Coffee tastes burnt to me, beer tastes like "fuzzy" water, I don't get an after taste to aspertame, but I love dark chocolate!</p><p>Some people also don't smell certain chemicals - that is termed "osmonic". This will leave one super-sensitive to other chemicals sometimes.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, since you say this is a "new" development, I would get it checked out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skeeter, post: 84143, member: 439"] allergies, sinus infections, etc. can also do strange things to your sense of smell. And our "enjoyment" of food and what most people relate to as "taste" is really the sense of smell. Think about when you DO have a cold or stuffed up nose and nothing tastes like it should, or you crave spicy foods. I did odor analysis of foods for years (usually OFF odor analysis, i.e. why is this food bad!) and it's amazing how you can change a person's perception of something just by adding or taking away certain volatile components. There have been over 500 volatile chemicals identified in coffee, but only about 15 of them are really necessary to have someone smell a mixture and say "that's coffee". There are only 4 true "tastes" - salty, sweet, sour and bitter. I, personally, cannot taste bitter - I'm missing those taset "buds". Coffee tastes burnt to me, beer tastes like "fuzzy" water, I don't get an after taste to aspertame, but I love dark chocolate! Some people also don't smell certain chemicals - that is termed "osmonic". This will leave one super-sensitive to other chemicals sometimes. Anyway, since you say this is a "new" development, I would get it checked out. [/QUOTE]
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