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Quiz: Test your flavour-perception know-how

By Catherine de Lange

3 February 2016

Flavours are influenced by much more than our taste buds. But what’s really making that strawberry mousse taste so sweet? Which wine should you serve after cheese? And could men really have taste buds in their testicles? Take our quiz to find out

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