Taste leads to Happiness
Taste is the sensation of food in all parts of the mouth, and the results of those reactions are transmitted to the brain. Sensory projections on the surface of the tongue respond in different ways to external taste stimuli. Some cells respond evenly to different flavors, while others respond to only one flavor.
Taste is something that everyone can experience and enjoy. Everyone can talk about the meaning and role of flavors, but not everyone understands their value.
Taste is an emotional energy source, and since sensitive sensory cells are most densely concentrated on the tongue (along with the hands), taste plays a major role in inducing emotions. Taste is a powerful tool for subtle pleasure, and it is perceived and responded to by all five senses, not just the tongue.
Most people don’t seem to pay much attention to the role of taste beyond the word “delicious”. Taste is an experience of feeling in the present, not the past or future, and it’s not a theory or an idea, but an actual experience. The sensations that flavors create are happening in our bodies in a variety of responses, but most of them disappear without entering the realm of experience because most people are unwilling or unable to calmly and carefully examine them.
Taste is not only a physical satisfaction, it is also an emotional nourishment that fosters mental growth, and a hormone of happiness that is only for you. Many people are exposed to flavors three times a day and are not used to paying close attention to how they feel, so they miss out on a large part of the happiness that flavors can bring. How much of your happiness in life is derived from flavors depends largely on how you treat them.
Jo, GiHyoung. Taste Evaluation Theory Revised Edition: Enter gastronomy through the perception of taste (p. 309). ISBN: 978-89-961547-6-1(15380). Kindle Edition.