When you’re tucking into a bowl of double-boiled chicken soup or biting into some kombu (seaweed), there’s a unique taste sensation that your palate experiences: umami.
In Japanese, umami means “essence of deliciousness” and is also termed the fifth basic taste after sweet, salty, bitter and sour.
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