
Tea: The Splendid Elixir, Part 1
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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The Complex Human Response to Bitterness
It seems bitterness is probably primarily biologically relevant in getting us to reject foods. It might have to do with like it's a level of bitterness that doesn't reach kind of a threshold at which you would find it disgusting. I mean, maybe naturally people don't like bitter stuff but if culturally they learn to appreciate it. Maybe that's what's making the difference there.
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