I’ve once had someone tell me all beer taste like beer. I snarkily replied that I had drank orange juice and thought it was apple juice, rolling my eyes.
I think people associate a certain ‘pretentiousness’ when someone is into a certain hobby that has to do with taste (wine, foodie, even cigars). At least in my experience. I also think that it is easy to dispel the myth, like you did very simply and quickly with the difference of milk and water. Just my 2 cents.
I remember earlier this week when I was in the car with two of my roommates, after the car had just started up:
Roommate 1 to Me: “Do you smell that Keith?”
Me: “Yeah, that’s obvious”
Roommate 1 to Roommate 2: “See, I’m not crazy.”
Roommate 2 to Roommate 1: “I didn’t think you were crazy, I just have a bad sense of smell”
I think noticing minutiae in tea (or anything else) can be similar. Personally, I can definitely notice differences in mouth feel between different teas. But for another person, these differences may simply not exist, and I don’t think that’s necessarily a contradiction.
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I’ve once had someone tell me all beer taste like beer. I snarkily replied that I had drank orange juice and thought it was apple juice, rolling my eyes.
I think people associate a certain ‘pretentiousness’ when someone is into a certain hobby that has to do with taste (wine, foodie, even cigars). At least in my experience. I also think that it is easy to dispel the myth, like you did very simply and quickly with the difference of milk and water. Just my 2 cents.
This discussion reminds me of this xckd comic: http://xkcd.com/915/.
I remember earlier this week when I was in the car with two of my roommates, after the car had just started up:
Roommate 1 to Me: “Do you smell that Keith?”
Me: “Yeah, that’s obvious”
Roommate 1 to Roommate 2: “See, I’m not crazy.”
Roommate 2 to Roommate 1: “I didn’t think you were crazy, I just have a bad sense of smell”
I think noticing minutiae in tea (or anything else) can be similar. Personally, I can definitely notice differences in mouth feel between different teas. But for another person, these differences may simply not exist, and I don’t think that’s necessarily a contradiction.