When we taste a food we all get different impressions of the flavour. This is because we are all different and have different sensativites to aromas. When I first started work I conducted taste tests among my collegues, most could not tell small differences between products however there was always a super taster who could always tell the difference. So if you are wanting to match a flavour using only your taste buds, find yourself a super taster.

Before I began eating garlic I was very sensative to its flavour and would not eat food containing it and hence I was then a super (garlic) taster! When matching flavours sometimes you cannot taste certain components because they are present at or below your own personal flavour threshold. To others these components are strong and desirable components of the flavour. Only certain people are able to taste milk that is light struck and the long list of fruit flavours on wine labels are often only experienced by the few. Most teenagers don't like the taste of beer or wine and hence the need for those "alcoholic soft drinks" As they mature beer and then wine becomes more appealing. Click and read this first Olfaction

Super Tasters

Sensory analysis a new approach CSIRO

Flavour Training by Fantastic Flavours Large file, wait for download (1 minute+)

Impact flavour Chemicals from Oxford Oxford Chemicals, a leading supplier of aroma chemicals has produced this review “More fizz for your buck”

Flavour Chemicals R.C. Treatt

Flavour Creation

Flavour Classification

Flavourist Toolbox Tricks of the trade for Flavourists

Flavour components thresholds Just how much do aromas contribute to a mixture?

The Science of Food and Seasonings Great basic information

Chemistry in the Kitchen Great site must see!

Flavour courses training USA

Training in the UK

Flavour Theory    Taste Matters 

 Sensory

Chemical Senses

Sensory evaluation

Sensory Science

Sensory workshop

Simple Triangle taste test

Sensory evaluation of flavours

Taste Testing

Is there really a difference?

All you need to know about triangle and other testing procedures

Flavour Wheels of the world

Flavour wheels or maps help you describe the flavour profile of everything from Coffee to Wine

Aroma Perfumery

A Sense of Smell

Olfaction

Perfumers world

Perfumery Workbook

The Secret of Scent  Luca Turin

Glossary of perfumery

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The Vivid World of Odors

The Mystery of Smell:
The Memory of Smells