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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oryan77" data-source="post: 2740437" data-attributes="member: 18701">I have never had a sense of smell. Not sure if I was born that way, but I didn't realize it until I was about 12 y/o. The first question everyone asks me is, "If I farted in your face, you couldn't smell it?", the second question everyone asks me is, "So you can't taste anything either right?"I always thought I could taste just fine. But I eventually realized it has to do more with touch than whether I'm tasting anything. I don't agree that if you can't smell you can't taste. But I can say that I might not be able to taste as well as those who can smell. I can taste the difference between dark and light chocolate, I know the flavor of apples, I can taste salt & pepper, I know everything tastes like chicken (but not everything that tastes like chicken feels like chicken in my mouth), & so on. I think I could taste the difference between coffee and tea, but it's hard to tell. I may just think I can taste the difference because I can feel the difference between the two when they're in my mouth. Tea is thinner more watery and coffee is thicker with a bite to it. But I'm sure I can taste them both. I definately can't smell them though. Heightened senses also keep me from liking really hot & spicey things. I can enjoy it to a degree, but I can't eat things that are scorching my mouth.</blockquote>