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Supertasters experience bitter flavors overwhelmingly

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Being a supertaster sounds like a culinary superpower, but it is mostly a curse. They possess an unusually high density of taste receptors, which amplifies mundane bitterness to an unbearable degree, ruining coffee and dark greens forever.

Supertasters experience bitter flavors overwhelmingly
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