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five tastes

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five tastes
pungent, sweet, sour, bitter and salty; a classification for Chinese herbal medicines.

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If a dish is perfectly balanced between all five tastes, it will go with any wine.
There aren't a lot of American foods that are bitter except Dandelion greens and coffee, so the taste is under-used (traditionally, it's important to have all five tastes in the diet).
 
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