The six-family wheel on p. 43 is a flexible vocabulary scheme, not a chemical taxonomy or an answer key. Record unprompted notes first.
The passage accompanies the book's flavor wheel and explains how readers should use it.
Ludlow presents the flavor wheel as a tool for identifying and deepening descriptors, but explicitly treats it as a starting point rather than a definitive chart. Tasters should preserve their own notes and imagination.
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How to taste: using the flavor wheel
September 29, 2026 full supplied-source audit: all 224 PDF sheets read; 224-page visual survey and 68 enlarged pages inspected. PDF sheet numbers equal printed page numbers. This verifies source fidelity, not independent truth. The six-family wheel on p. 43 is a flexible vocabulary scheme, not a chemical taxonomy or an answer key. Record unprompted notes first.
Evidence
Ludlow presents the flavor wheel as a tool for identifying and deepening descriptors, but explicitly treats it as a starting point rather than a definitive chart. Tasters should preserve their own notes and imagination.
Locator
Printed pages 42; PDF sheets 42. Eddie Ludlow, US DK edition, 2019.
Context
The passage accompanies the book's flavor wheel and explains how readers should use it.
Annotation and limits
The six-family wheel on p. 43 is a flexible vocabulary scheme, not a chemical taxonomy or an answer key. Record unprompted notes first.
Verification
September 29, 2026 full supplied-source audit: all 224 PDF sheets read; 224-page visual survey and 68 enlarged pages inspected. PDF sheet numbers equal printed page numbers. This verifies source fidelity, not independent truth. The six-family wheel on p. 43 is a flexible vocabulary scheme, not a chemical taxonomy or an answer key. Record unprompted notes first.