#MintyMouthColdSpicy – Ever thought about how drinking water with a minty mouth feels like the cold version of spicy? 🤔 Let me tell you a little story about it…
Imagine enjoying a refreshing mint and then taking a big gulp of water. It’s like a burst of icy chills that tingle your taste buds, right? But have you ever stopped to think why it feels so similar to eating something spicy? 🌶️
I’m asking this question because I find it fascinating how our taste buds react to different sensations. It’s like our mouths are on a rollercoaster ride of flavors! 🎢 Have you ever experienced this sensation before?
Let’s break it down – spicy foods activate receptors that respond to heat, while minty flavors trigger receptors that react to cold. But somehow, the experience feels eerily similar. 🤯
So, what do you think? Is drinking water with a minty mouth the cold version of spicy? 🥶🌶️ Cast your vote in the poll below and let’s unravel this culinary mystery together! 🔍 #FoodForThought #TasteBuds #CulinaryCuriosity
I love that feeling… Now drinking coke after something really spicy can produce similar effects.
holy shit this actually feels like a shower thought
well done op
i do this sometimes to “wake up” when i haven’t had sleep last night and feeling drowsy/sleepy at work during the day.
take 2 pieces of minty gum, chew for 8 mins, drink ice cold water. its painfull but kicks me back into position more than 5 cans of redbull could ever
Such an great feeling but it also has the potential to give me brain freeze
Yes it hurts my mouth
Hot water is so much worse
Have you tried the mint shower gels? Same thing but all over. Torture.
It literally is. Spice isn’t actually hot, but increases the sensitivity of your heat receptors, so natural temps feel hot. You cannot burn or do damage by eating spice, however your stomach doesn’t know this, and may react, which is where the damage comes in.
Menthol, the main ingredient in many mints, does the same thing to your cold receptors. That’s why your breath is “cool” it’s the same temp but your cold receptors are saying it’s colder than it is. Drinking water, which increases the heat transfer rate (to your senses) makes it seem that much cooler again. It’s the same as having a hot tea after a pepper.
Fun fact! Heat and cold receptors are not the same and seperate. This means menthol and spice does not cancel out, but both affect. Apparently if you chew a bunch of gum, then eat a ghost pepper, then drink water, you find out what hell fire tastes like
i hate it so much. the pain… the sorrow… UGH the bane of my exsistence