I was searching for the distinction between “savory” and “umami” and apparently savory encompasses a variety of tastes. I agree that it does but wouldn’t those be tastes that exist in addition to umami and the other four tastes?
Also I know the nose can recognize many more different chemicals and that it plays a role in taste perception, but I’m pretty sure there’s more than five types of taste when I eat even without a sense of smell. This is IMO the kind of question that should be obvious but isn’t answered.
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Just to give an example of what I mean: I could hold my nose and while closing my eyes I could tell the difference between cantaloupe and melon, but the difference wouldn’t alone be in terms of one being more bitter or sweet or salty than the other (or multiple of any of those things–I could add more sugar or salt or whatever and it would fundamentally still taste like a melon).
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