Umami u3 oak cabinet by phormy dimensions: d 46 x w 162 x h 68 cm. Materials: oak, powder coated steel base. Different materials and sizes available. Please contact us. Umami, (or umame, from jap. ? ?) - one of the five basic tastes recognized by man. The existence of separate taste receptors that respond to glutamate which is the source of umami taste, was coined in 1908 by kikunae ikeda and in 2000, the researchers distinguished the taste of umami from the salty taste. less