Taste type
The Bitter Sophisticate
bitter · earthy
You've made peace with bitter — and found the grown-up pleasure hiding there.
Your hexagon
The shape your signature makes on the six flavor families — solid is you, dashed is the corpus average.
Who you are
Campari, black coffee, charred radicchio, cacao with no apology: you seek the flavors most people spend a lifetime avoiding. Bitterness reads to you as structure, not punishment — the backbone that keeps sweetness honest. Yours is a palate that had to be earned.
What you love
Bitterness
The grown-up note — char, black coffee, dark chocolate, a bittered green. Bitterness is structure, not punishment: the backbone that keeps sweetness honest and a plate from turning cloying. A palate learns to love it.
Earthy
The taste of the ground — mushrooms, beets, lentils, root vegetables, a dusting of cumin. Earthiness gives a dish weight and a sense of place, the flavor of things grown in soil.
Smoke
Fire's fingerprint — charred edges, smoked paprika, bacon, a grill's kiss. Smoke says 'this met flame': primal, unmistakable, and impossible to fake with anything else.
How you like to cook
Beyond flavor — the disposition that shapes what lands on your table.
You reach for the unfamiliar — the dish you can't quite picture yet.
You like the volume turned up — bold, loud, unmistakable flavor.
Dishes you'd love
A few we'd set in front of you — and the closest matches in the corpus.
Espresso→
bittersweet, and unapologetic
Tiramisu→
espresso and cocoa, barely sweetened
Brussels Sprouts in Blue Cheese→
charred brassica with real bite
More from the corpus, ranked to your palate
Where you'd wander next
The type that shares your territory but opens one new door. A good place to stretch.
The Spice Router
You follow the spice road — cumin, cardamom, warm aromatics layered deep.
Share this type
A card worth posting — the hexagon, the notes, the dishes that fit.