味 and 風味: Taste, character, and retained flavor
Compare 味 in soup and a handwritten sign with 風味 added to a dish or retained in cooled tea. Follow the evaluated target and the condition under which flavor remains.
味 as taste or character
「このスープは野菜の甘い味がする。」 — “This soup has the sweet taste of vegetables.” 野菜の甘い味 names the vegetables’ sweetness in the soup. It describes a food sensation without stating how much sugar was added.
「手書きの看板には古い町らしい味がある。」 — “The handwritten sign has the character of an old town.” 古い町らしい味 evaluates the handwritten sign’s character. The target is the sign’s atmosphere, rather than the sweetness of food.
風味 added or retained
「焼いた木の実が料理に香ばしい風味を添えた。」 — “Roasted nuts added a toasty flavor to the dish.” 風味を添えた reports the roasted nuts adding flavor to the dish. 料理に is what received it, while the nuts are the ingredient contributing that flavor.
「この茶は冷めても爽やかな風味が残る。」 — “This tea retains a fresh flavor even after it cools.” 冷めても means even when the tea cools, and 風味が残る says the flavor remains. Keep this description specific to the tea rather than extending it to every tea or food.
Read the target and the condition
味 can evaluate a sign’s character as well as taste; 風味 appears here as flavor added to a dish or retained in tea. The food-sensation meanings can overlap, without making 風味 exclusively aroma or exclusively taste.
In 冷めても風味が残る, focus on the relation between cooling and retained flavor. The sentence does not say that flavor must disappear on cooling or that taste and aroma always change together.
Does the flavor disappear when the tea cools in 「この茶は冷めても爽やかな風味が残る」?
Show the answer and why
The sentence says its refreshing flavor remains even when it cools. Read 冷めても with 風味が残る and keep the claim specific to this tea.