Re: Taste test kit

Andy Schecter <schecter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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I want to put together a simple taste test kit to train myself to
properly discern varying levels of sweet, sour, salty and bitter.

The first three are easy to find (sugar, citric acid, table salt). The
bitter is a little more challenging. Some kits use quinine, but it's a
drug, fairly toxic when overdosed, and my require a prescription (Dr
Fox?)

Any other suggestions for bitter? (Besides Starbucks coffee, you
wisenheimers).

The SCAA has some pricey kits, but I'd like to try a homemade one
first.

Ok, last suggestion; unprocessed olives are very bitter but I'm not sure if
they're sold retail.

Robert (duck & cover) Harmon
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