flavor extraction measurement

Hi I'm looking for an objective measure for testing optimal flavor extraction, eg if I boil 100gm of a root, is there a way of measuring at what stage the root has given the max flavour out? Rather than by taste.

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tshewman

Some would suggest by measuring the brix this would give one a measurement of flavor strength. That said, I suspect adding subjective blind tasting (with the brix measurements) would be more objective.

Brandon_Byrd_40557

It's also worth pointing out that not all of the flavor compounds in food taste especially good and that you might get a better product without maximal extraction.

Caleb_Fischer_171670

I don't think you'd be do anything without some special equipment. You could remove small samples periodically and taste them. Once one sample tastes exactly as the one before, you know that nothing more has been extracted.

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