[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

You don't have "more tastebuds".

Erm,yes you do have "more tastebuds"

"Although most of us are born with 10,000 taste buds, some
of us --around 25%--are born with more. These so-called
"supertasters" can have as many as 20,000 to 25,000 taste
buds.

For supertasters, taste is more vivid. Salt is saltier, sweet is
sweeter, bitter is more bitter, spicy is spicer."



"The scientists say that we can be divided into non-tasters, medium-tasters and super-tasters, and that the latter appear to have a higher density of taste buds than the other two groups. It is the super-tasters among us who steadfastly protest their dislike of sprouts, and quite often do not enjoy green tea, coffee, grapefruit juice and other cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage and broccoli, all of which share bitter-tasting undertones. The medium-tasters are those who do not like sprouts much, but manage to tolerate them on their one and only annual exposure at Christmas lunch. Non-tasters tuck in with gay abandon."