How did you feel about participating in this work- shop?
The first time I heard about this workshop, it definitely intrigued me as M berry was something I had never heard about and the possibility of a berry altering my taste buds temporarily was something I was totally unaware of. I was excited to attend this workshop and was looking forward to tasting the berry. Since I wanted this to be a complete unique and mysterious experience, I deliberately chose not to read up about this berry previously.
How did your feelings affect your experience?
I really enjoyed the experience and actually experiencing my taste buds being altered was one of its kinds. Though I was a little skeptical as to how a berry would actually do that, I was amazed that it really worked.
How did your associations change when trying the same foods after trying the berry?
Firstly, I would like to talk about the foods for which my associations didn’t change at all – dark chocolate and salty chips. Before trying the M berry, the dark chocolate tasted bitter and I expected that after trying the M berry, it would taste sweeter by atleast some amount. I didn’t expect it to taste sweet completely but after trying the M berry, the bitter taste didn’t go at all and it tasted equally bitter. So my association with the bitter dark chocolate didn’t go at all.
Secondly, I ll talk about the food for which my associations changed somewhat and not considerably- that food is bread. Earlier my association for bread was soft, sweet and brown and after tasting the M berry, the bread tasted sweeter by just a tad. My association did change after tasting the M berry and now whenever I taste the bread, I expect it to be sweeter than the actual sweetness of the bread.
Thirdly, I will talk about the food for which my association changed completely- this food is lemon-because the associations I had with the lemon before tasting the M berry was sour but after the M berry, the lemon tasted too sweet – as much as a lemonade and it was too amazing to me as to how a too sour food item can taste too sweet! It allowed me to have a lot of lemon slices without me changing my facial expressions, which earlier was the case due to the sourness. My association has totally changed for lemons, which is too sweet now. I wish though, lemons could taste that way all the time so that I can have them more often.
How would your attitude change if all food was to taste like this at least once a year, what about all the time?
I would be alright if all foods tasted like this once a year because it is a sort of a new change to the original every day tastes. But I am definitely not on board for the food items to taste this way all the time. I would like to keep it original and would stick to these tastes as I am used to them since always. Also, the M berry just sweetens a food item if it actually does alter the taste. So having sweetness all the time is one thing I don’t want.