Sampled the flavour of (6)
I believe the answer is:
tasted
'sampled the flavour of' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for tasted that I've seen before include "Tested the flavour" , "Discovered or experienced flavour" , "Samples" , "Tried for flavour" , "Sampled (a food/drink)" .)