Your tastebuds start to die off as you age. I was a borderline ‘Supertaster’ until the clock struck about 40-ish. Gradually, things that I couldn’t stand before (olives) tasted ‘okay’ but still not delicious. I started drinking coffee, but it’s still more for medicinal purposes than for its taste.
The most numerous and last to die are your ‘sweettooth’ tastebuds.
Conscientious cooks for geriatric patients are advised to make the entrees extra-colorful to create appeal to people who can no longer taste the way they used to.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/05/05/526750174/why-taste-buds-dull-as-we-age
I still HATE brussel sprouts.
