the 5 flavours

Question 1

Sweet

Answer 1

• Grains, pseudo-grains (e.g., corn, quinoa), legumes (e.g., beans, peanuts)
• Fruits: apple, apricot, cherry, date, fig, grape, strawberry
• Vegetables: beets, carrots, chard, cucumber, eggplant, potato, squash, sweet potato, yam
• Nuts + seeds: almonds, chestnuts, coconut, sesame, sunflower, walnut
• Sweeteners: honey, molasses, sugar

Question 2

Bitter

Answer 2

• Alfalfa, bitter melon, dandelion leaf, romaine lettuce
• Bitter-pungent: citrus peel, radish leaf, scallion, turnip, white pepper
• Bitter-sweet: asparagus, celery, lettuce, papaya, quinoa

Question 3

Sour

Answer 3

• Citrus (e.g., lemon, lime), pickle, sauerkraut, sour apple
• Sour-bitter: vinegar
• Sour-sweet: blackberry, grape, mango, olive, raspberry, tomato, yoghurt, tea (black, green)

Question 4

Salty

Answer 4

• Miso, salt, seaweed

Question 5

Pungent

Answer 5

• Warming: basil, black/hot pepper, cinnamon, clove, dill, fennel, garlic, ginger, horseradish, mustard greens, nutmeg, rosemary, scallion (and all onions), spearmint
• Cooling: marjoram, peppermint, radish, white pepper
• Neutral: kohlrabi, turnip