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| ====Terminology==== | ====Terminology==== | ||
| These are some of the key concepts and words used to describe flavors. It is important to understand some of the nuance about these terms as it is very difficult to communicate flavor through language. The more terminology on understands the more nuanced one can communicate the properties of a flavor and categorize the flavor in terms that are communicable. \\ | These are some of the key concepts and words used to describe flavors. It is important to understand some of the nuance about these terms as it is very difficult to communicate flavor through language. The more terminology on understands the more nuanced one can communicate the properties of a flavor and categorize the flavor in terms that are communicable. \\ | ||
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| [[Vegetal]]- Like eating raw beans or cabbage \\ | [[Vegetal]]- Like eating raw beans or cabbage \\ | ||
| [[Rank]]- Like pulling weeds in the yard, similar to marijuana or spikenard \\ | [[Rank]]- Like pulling weeds in the yard, similar to marijuana or spikenard \\ | ||
| - | [[Metallic]]- Sharp and brash, like the flavor | + | [[Fatty]]- Like butter or oil, the smell is usually an indicator |
| [[Herbaceous]]- green flavors that are generally less abrasive and more herbal like sage, parsley, and spinach\\ | [[Herbaceous]]- green flavors that are generally less abrasive and more herbal like sage, parsley, and spinach\\ | ||
| [[Grassy]]- Like fresh cut grass, or green tea \\ | [[Grassy]]- Like fresh cut grass, or green tea \\ | ||
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| [[Coumarin]]- between vanilla and dry hay, present in tonka beans, mahaleb, similar to almond flavor. | [[Coumarin]]- between vanilla and dry hay, present in tonka beans, mahaleb, similar to almond flavor. | ||
| [[Medicinal]]- tastes like a medicine, often accompanied by bitter taste \\ | [[Medicinal]]- tastes like a medicine, often accompanied by bitter taste \\ | ||
| - | [[Chemical]]- Alarming and artificial tasting, rubbery, often regarded as a negative quality. Like peated whiskey. | + | [[Chemical]]- Alarming and artificial tasting, rubbery, often regarded as a negative quality. Like peated whiskey, or the smell of styrofoam. \\ |
| - | [[Burnt]]- \\ | + | |
| - | [[Roasted]]- \\ | + | |
| - | [[Smokey]]- | + | |
| [[Nutty]]- | [[Nutty]]- | ||
| [[Floral]] \\ | [[Floral]] \\ | ||
| [[Musky]] \\ | [[Musky]] \\ | ||
| - | [[Ethereal]] \\ | + | [[Ethereal]]- Having a sweet airy quality, think like the smell of styrofoam, cream soda, \\ |
| [[Elusive]] \\ | [[Elusive]] \\ | ||
| [[Sweet]]- Not the taste but the flavor and smell, like cotton candy, grape soda, cream soda, smells super sweet. Often from the presence of [[maltol]] \\ | [[Sweet]]- Not the taste but the flavor and smell, like cotton candy, grape soda, cream soda, smells super sweet. Often from the presence of [[maltol]] \\ | ||
| [[Narcotic]] \\ | [[Narcotic]] \\ | ||
| [[Powdery]] \\ | [[Powdery]] \\ | ||
| + | [[Citric]]- Like the flavor and smell of citrus peels, this is not an indication of sourness but is often paired with it, bergamot, lemon verbena, lime leaves, ect.. \\ | ||
| [[Woody]] \\ | [[Woody]] \\ | ||
| [[Earthy]]- Wet and soil like, sometimes called petrichor, like the smell after the rain. sometimes comes paired with fermented notes and musty notes. \\ | [[Earthy]]- Wet and soil like, sometimes called petrichor, like the smell after the rain. sometimes comes paired with fermented notes and musty notes. \\ | ||
| - | [[Citric]]- Like the flavor and smell of citrus peels, this is not an indication of sourness but is often paired with it, bergamot, lemon verbena, lime leaves, ect.. \\ | + | [[Phenolic]]- Smokey, burnt, dusty, mineral like flavors. \\ |
| [[Musty]]- Like the smell of an unused space, like a attic or basement, present in white pepper\\ | [[Musty]]- Like the smell of an unused space, like a attic or basement, present in white pepper\\ | ||
| + | [[Metallic]]- Sharp and brash, like the flavor of blood or molasses. \\ | ||
| + | [[Burnt]]- \\ | ||
| + | [[Roasted]]- \\ | ||
| + | [[Smokey]]- \\ | ||
| [[Alcoholic]]- Boosy like grape wine, sometimes slightly rotten and fermented tasting, can be sharp on the palate or sour and if very alcoholic Piquant. \\ | [[Alcoholic]]- Boosy like grape wine, sometimes slightly rotten and fermented tasting, can be sharp on the palate or sour and if very alcoholic Piquant. \\ | ||
| [[Fermented]]- like fermented foods, sauerkraut and kimchi \\ | [[Fermented]]- like fermented foods, sauerkraut and kimchi \\ | ||
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| [[Putrid]]- vomit like, present in \\ | [[Putrid]]- vomit like, present in \\ | ||
| [[Rancid]]- the smell of expired oil, strange and often unpleasant, can occur when spices have gone bad or expired. | [[Rancid]]- the smell of expired oil, strange and often unpleasant, can occur when spices have gone bad or expired. | ||
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| [[Insipid]]- lacking flavor or lacking balance in flavor when flavors taste nondescript, | [[Insipid]]- lacking flavor or lacking balance in flavor when flavors taste nondescript, | ||
| - | [[Fatty]]- Like butter or oil, the smell is usually an indicator of an oil, distinct and often subtle. \\ | + | |