[Oh, he took it as sarcasm. It also did not help that his sense of taste was a rather personal matter to him. He tried to rationalise it by understanding that she had no way of knowing, but that did not put him in a much better mood. This was no longer a job and he did not bother to hide his frown.]

I'm asking you for the same reason I asked at work. You taste it to learn what makes it good and what makes it bad. So how does it taste?