You were blindfolded and asked to identify the drinks provided in two different glasses. You could identify drink A as lime juice and B as bitter gourd juice. How could you do it inspite of being blindfolded?

The two drinks could be easily distinguished by tasting them. We have different receptors for different tastes present on our tongue. These taste buds or receptors helps us in identifying various tastes.


lime juice is identified by sour taste bud, located at the edges of tongue, while gourd juice is identified by taste bud of bitter taste, located at the bottom of tongue.


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