In article >,
"Chris Marksberry" > wrote:

> I've gotten myself involved in a cilantro taste test experiment that a
> friend on a mailing list is trying.
>
> She wants to know if the cilantro she grows tastes like soap to me. Should
> be interesting. I've never able to get past the Ivory Soap flavor that I
> always taste.
>
> Chris

It's genetic. If it tastes like soap to you, it doesn't matter who grows
it or how they grow it, it will taste like soap. It's not a factor of
growing conditions but of your genetics.