acquired taste
Learned to enjoy
An acquired taste is something you learn to enjoy over time, rather than liking immediately.
The phrase usually applies to foods and drinks with unusual or strong flavors—coffee, olives, whiskey—but extends to art, music, or anything that rewards repeated exposure: Jazz was an acquired taste for me.
Calling something an acquired taste can be a polite way of saying it's off-putting at first.
Oral cavity ceiling
- connoisseurshipRefined evaluative expertise
- refinementElegance of manner
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
sensibility · nuance · subtlety · perception · aesthetic · selectivity · judgment · expertise
Recognition of worth
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
- acclimatizationAdjusting to new conditions
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
conditioning · familiarization · exposure · patience · persistence · learned · gradual · warming up
Warm liking or affection
- likingPositive inclination toward
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
- inclinationDisposition toward something
- penchantIngrained liking or tendency
predilection · partiality · relish · enjoyment · savoring · fancy · appreciation · proclivity
Fifth taste sensation
- bitterSharp, unpleasant taste
- pungentSharply strong-smelling
- funkyRhythmic and soulful
- blue cheeseVeined, tangy cultured dairy
durian · natto · olives · anchovies · oysters · liver · offal · truffle
Not often encountered
- quirkyIdiosyncratically unusual
- eccentricUnconventional in character
- esotericAccessible to few
- nicheRecessed wall space
avant-garde · offbeat · idiosyncratic · polarizing · divisive · challenging · experimental · strange
palate
Oral cavity ceiling
- connoisseurshipRefined evaluative expertise
- refinementElegance of manner
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
discrimination · sensibility · nuance · subtlety · perception · aesthetic · selectivity · judgment · expertise · appreciation
appreciation
Recognition of worth
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
- acclimatizationAdjusting to new conditions
adaptation · conditioning · familiarization · exposure · patience · persistence · learned · gradual · warming up · growing on
fondness
Warm liking or affection
- likingPositive inclination toward
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
- inclinationDisposition toward something
penchant · predilection · partiality · relish · enjoyment · savoring · fancy · appreciation · proclivity · delight
umami
Fifth taste sensation
blue cheese · durian · natto · olives · anchovies · oysters · liver · offal · truffle · caviar
unusual
Not often encountered
niche · avant-garde · offbeat · idiosyncratic · polarizing · divisive · challenging · experimental · strange · exotic
- tastebitter, salty, sour, sweet, spicy
- growersfarmer, farmers, crop farmer, cultivators, organic farmer
- Taste & Flavorsweet, salty, sour, bitter, umami
- Taste Descriptorssweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami
- taste wordssweetness, sourness, bitter, bitterness, salty
- white liesfine thanks, happy to help, my pleasure, no trouble, love it
acquired tastecrowd-pleaser
Broadly appealing entertainment
mass appeal · sure thing · people-pleaser · no-brainer · comfort food
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