FLINT
The Scout
Names the ingredient nobody else noticed
Japanese Sushi · Muscadet · Raw Oyster
Less than 2% of people share this type
"I'm the one who names the pink peppercorn nobody else noticed, and the oyster variety from the taste of the brine."
64 taste types. No food knowledge needed.
You find the thing everyone else walked past. Clean and sharp is where you want to be — you prefer definition over comfort, and precision pulls you in before richness gets a chance. You’re usually three steps ahead of whatever the crowd discovers next.
FLINT catches the secondary note. They notice the sumac on the tomato, the saffron in the crust, the grade of salt before anyone else does. Their palate is calibrated — not fussy, just precise. They read menus slowly. At the sushi counter, they can tell you which boat brought the fish in. At the oyster bar, they know Kumamoto from Malpeque in one bite. FLINT doesn't perform this knowledge; it just leaks out. Their kitchen is minimal and impeccable. Their friends text their menu photos for pre-approval. They're the Scout because they see what others miss — not by trying, but by noticing.
sister cats, both drift-veil delicate-fine kin, both mineral-calm observers at the table.
both drift variants across families; one sharpness, one patience, both notice what others miss.
both drift-delicate across families; FLINT finds the secondary note, SAFFRON finds the rare spice.
PORTER — The Cellar
FLINT is light-bright-sharp; PORTER is dark-rich-slow. Opposite in every direction.
Jiro Ono · Niki Nakayama · Mark Bittman
Hercule Poirot's precise observation · Will Graham's careful attention
The one who reads the menu like a book and finds what was hidden on the page.