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OK, so while its not directly coffee related I can see this having an impact on the coffee world. Specifically Cuppings/taste descriptions.
Ever try to describe a taste or flavor that doesnt seem to quite fit into the sweet, sour, salty, or bitter categories? Perhaps that because it wasnt any of those but rather was umami.
Some snippets:
"Its the m-m-m in meat. Its part of the pizazz in a pepperoni pizza. Its what makes people cheer for cheese.
Its umami, and if your reaction is "u-what-ee?" youve got plenty of company."
"Umami — pronounced "oo-MA-mee" — comes from a Japanese word meaning "deliciousness." This somewhat elusive flavor shows up in a wide variety of protein-rich foods."
"Although the concept has been around for a century, the fifth taste has been slow to catch on in America and other Western countries. For starters, theres the name, a strange-sounding foreign word.
Also, many food experts and scientists long assumed umami was merely a combination of some of the four established tastes."
"Chaudhari and her colleagues put to rest any lingering doubts about umamis status as a separate taste in 2000, when they isolated a receptor on taste buds that responds to the amino acids that impart umami flavor."
Full article: http://www.twincities.com/ci_8781566
Java "Your mommy what?!?" phile
Ever try to describe a taste or flavor that doesnt seem to quite fit into the sweet, sour, salty, or bitter categories? Perhaps that because it wasnt any of those but rather was umami.
Some snippets:
"Its the m-m-m in meat. Its part of the pizazz in a pepperoni pizza. Its what makes people cheer for cheese.
Its umami, and if your reaction is "u-what-ee?" youve got plenty of company."
"Umami — pronounced "oo-MA-mee" — comes from a Japanese word meaning "deliciousness." This somewhat elusive flavor shows up in a wide variety of protein-rich foods."
"Although the concept has been around for a century, the fifth taste has been slow to catch on in America and other Western countries. For starters, theres the name, a strange-sounding foreign word.
Also, many food experts and scientists long assumed umami was merely a combination of some of the four established tastes."
"Chaudhari and her colleagues put to rest any lingering doubts about umamis status as a separate taste in 2000, when they isolated a receptor on taste buds that responds to the amino acids that impart umami flavor."
Full article: http://www.twincities.com/ci_8781566
Java "Your mommy what?!?" phile
;D 
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