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  • Luscious and tongue-coating on the palate, ripe tree fruit stands out here with hints of juicy peach and spice.

    The New York Cork Report: 2008

  • New England clam chowder is a thick, rich soup that has a lot of tongue-coating cream and a salty flavor, but it can be overwhelmed by too strong a beer.

    Sam Calagione: Holiday Food & Beer Pairings From Dogfish Head's Sam Calagione Sam Calagione 2010

  • New England clam chowder is a thick, rich soup that has a lot of tongue-coating cream and a salty flavor, but it can be overwhelmed by too strong a beer.

    Sam Calagione: Holiday Food & Beer Pairings From Dogfish Head's Sam Calagione Sam Calagione 2010

  • New England clam chowder is a thick, rich soup that has a lot of tongue-coating cream and a salty flavor, but it can be overwhelmed by too strong a beer.

    Sam Calagione: Holiday Food & Beer Pairings From Dogfish Head's Sam Calagione Sam Calagione 2010

  • The savory taste of these foods, and the full, tongue-coating sensation they provide, is umami.

    A New Taste Sensation 2007

  • It imparts color to the meat and resulting stew but also threads of a tongue-coating deliciousness that the Japanese know as umami.

    NYT > Home Page By SAM SIFTON 2011

  • It imparts color to the meat and resulting stew but also threads of a tongue-coating deliciousness that the Japanese know as umami.

    NYT > Home Page By SAM SIFTON 2011

  • It imparts color to the meat and resulting stew but also threads of a tongue-coating deliciousness that the Japanese know as umami.

    NYT > Home Page By SAM SIFTON 2011

  • The sugary, tongue-coating honey cut through with salty, citrusy blue cheese and the initial funky truffle attack gave way to a long thoughtful finish.

    The Clog 2010

  • It might sound like a lot of tech for nothing, but it's actually great at capturing the complexities of natural speech compared with the old tongue-coating method, which records just one sound at a time (though the Palatometer can capture isolated sounds, too).

    Fast Company 2010

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