How many basic tastes are there in the sensation of taste?

Bacon satisfies all of the taste sensations.

I hear about Umami on all the food shows now. I'd never heard of it until very recently and now it's everywhere

Player #3865893, taste is different to flavours, there are many flavours, but our taste buds are programmed with the 5 levels of sensation to determine, what it is ie salty, sweet, savoury etc

Obviously, other factors such as texture and appearance are also important when it comes to eating, but it is worth mentioning in particular the importance of smell. A great deal of flavour is conveyed by the sense of smell. Indeed, taste is a relatively primitive sense on its own, but combined with smell, the full flavour sensation comes out.

Many of us forgets about umami

I don’t know how anyone who eats all that red hot stuff can taste anything

interestingly, there are 6 basic tastes as per Ayurveda sweet, sour, salty, bitter, spicy and astringent. Ayurveda also defines how the body reacts to each taste

Niney, You know I tell that to my hot sauce eating husband ALL THE TIME. It's crazy.

there r 6 tastes

Steve Reekie, I can't believe there is any proof that eating bacon has any correlation to the possibility of getting cancer.

rosa de lurdes, this is no longer considered true.

Laudy Miss Claudy, absolutely! No. one delicious.

I had a Pakistani friend who could put a whole decent-sized green chilli, complete with seeds, in her mouth and chew it without even wincing! It wold have killed me! She once gave me a curry, which she was making for her family and after chewing the first mouthful, I felt as though I just couldn't possibly survive it!

Laudy Miss Claudy, and greatly increases the risk of cancer.

rosa de lurdes, that has been debunked

rosa de lurdes, yes i remember that also

if I remember something I learned in school is: our tongue has areas where it tastes sweetness, and saltiness. the sides and tip of the tongue

rayvan, What exactly does He eat. I know anything He wants

how did the Japanese know about umami before others? 🤔