We navigate flavors every day, yet rarely consider how they map onto our consciousness. Taste represents one of humanity’s most intimate geographies—a landscape of memory, emotion, and identity written not in coordinates but in sensations. Unlike other senses, taste connects directly to our internal world, triggering recollections and emotions with uncanny precision. Consider how a particular flavor can transport you across decades: the taste of a specific candy suddenly making you eight years old again, or the aroma of a dish your grandmother prepared evoking her kitchen with photographic clarity. This happens because taste links directly to the hippocampus and amygdala, brain regions governing memory and emotion. Our tongues might…