A slice of dense mooncake meeting a cup of bright orange tea is not just a cute tea-time cliché; it is a small, repeatable experiment in taste equilibrium. On one side of the table, you have concentrated sucrose, glucose and solid lipids; on the other, citric and malic acid dissolved in hot water, ready to intervene on your tongue and in your brain’s reward circuits.Mooncake filling, rich in sugar...More