Three friends, Tetsuya, Shibayu, and Yumemaru, conduct an experiment to determine which sense of taste is stronger among sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami. They gather extreme examples of each taste, including ridiculously sweet Gulab Jamun, sour plum extract, salty magma salt, bitter bug-flavored tea, and umami-rich glutamic acid. After tasting each one, they mix equal amounts together and add a notorious "death sauce" with 7.1 million Scoville units to test the limits of their taste buds. The friends discover that the spicy flavor dominates all other tastes, and they conclude that spicy food is a unique entity that cannot be overcome by other flavors. As a result, they establish a rule prohibiting luring friends to eat spicy food at Akakara, a chain store that sells spicy food.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. Tetsuya, Shibayu, and Yume Maruda are from Tokai On Air.
2. The conversation is about food and taste preferences.
3. Akakara is a chain store that sells spicy food.
4. Gulab Jamun is a sweet Indian snack.
5. Magma salt is a type of salt from the Tibetan plateau.
6. Plum extract is used as a sour taste in the experiment.
7. Bitter bug-flavored tea is a type of tea that is extremely bitter.
8. Glutamic acid is the raw material for the ingredient called umami.
9. The experiment involves testing different tastes, including sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami.
10. The participants mix different ingredients to create a combination of tastes.
11. The "death sauce" is a sauce that is said to be the spiciest in the world, with a Scoville heat unit of 7.1 million.
12. Sukiya is a store in Japan that is like a kimbap heaven.
13. The participants discuss the concept of "delicious" and how it relates to taste.
14. The experiment involves a patch test to see the reaction to the spicy sauce.
15. The participants decide that spicy food is prohibited.