Kimiko Sasaki,1,2,* Kaori Hamano1 and Hiroshi Ueno1 1Lab. Appl. Microbiol. & Biochem., Nara Women’s University, Nara 630-8506, JAPAN 2Dept. Food, Mimasaka University, Tsuyama 708-8511, JAPAN Received February 25, 2014; Accepted March 3, 2014 Food extracts from spices and teas were examined for the taste altering ability on sweet, umami and bitter tastes by using the…