'Enjoy all the good food you can we say.
But first, take your bitters!'
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Of all the flavours to grace our taste buds (sweet, sour, bitter, salty, umami and perhaps oleogustus or fattiness) there is perhaps none as fascinating than that of bitterness. Yet it is one of the primary tastes that is missing from our diets, fiercely taken from us by the industrial food system. We have all but forgotten the immense pleasure and the immeasurable everyday benefits of bitterness.