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Forums - General Discussion - As humans , why are we satisfied of certain foods being (cold/hot)

SvennoJ on 02 November 2021

It's a well known phenomenon, your taste buds work differently depending on temperature
https://www.beveragedaily.com/Article/2005/12/19/Food-temperature-affects-taste-reveal-scientists#
(Old article, advanced copy paste protection, won't let me copy pieces of text)

In a nutshell, warmer food enhances taste. For some products cold is better, drinking melted ice cream is too sweet (yet too cold and you don't taste it) warm beer/wine too bitter. Yet coffee and tea depend on their bitter taste and taste better hot. Cold coffee loses its flavor.



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Zippy6 on 02 November 2021

A lot of people like cold pizza... not me... but a lot.

I think it's mostly because hot food such as steak is obviously fresher when it's still warm, as to cool down it'd have to be left after it's cooked.



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SvennoJ on 02 November 2021

Animals prefer warm meat as well, fresh kill or cooked meat in the zoo. Warm meat is also easier too eat, cold steak tends to get pretty tough.

Why do cold fries taste so bad though, fries go 'bad' very quickly.



Chicho on 02 November 2021
SvennoJ said:

It's a well known phenomenon, your taste buds work differently depending on temperature
https://www.beveragedaily.com/Article/2005/12/19/Food-temperature-affects-taste-reveal-scientists#
(Old article, advanced copy paste protection, won't let me copy pieces of text)

In a nutshell, warmer food enhances taste. For some products cold is better, drinking melted ice cream is too sweet (yet too cold and you don't taste it) warm beer/wine too bitter. Yet coffee and tea depend on their bitter taste and taste better hot. Cold coffee loses its flavor.

Snipping tool works here is the article in 2 snips. 



Yutilk on 03 November 2021
SvennoJ said:

It's a well known phenomenon, your taste buds work differently depending on temperature
https://www.beveragedaily.com/Article/2005/12/19/Food-temperature-affects-taste-reveal-scientists#
(Old article, advanced copy paste protection, won't let me copy pieces of text)

In a nutshell, warmer food enhances taste. For some products cold is better, drinking melted ice cream is too sweet (yet too cold and you don't taste it) warm beer/wine too bitter. Yet coffee and tea depend on their bitter taste and taste better hot. Cold coffee loses its flavor.

does this also apply to water?



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S.Peelman on 03 November 2021
SvennoJ said:

It's a well known phenomenon, your taste buds work differently depending on temperature
https://www.beveragedaily.com/Article/2005/12/19/Food-temperature-affects-taste-reveal-scientists#
(Old article, advanced copy paste protection, won't let me copy pieces of text)

In a nutshell, warmer food enhances taste. For some products cold is better, drinking melted ice cream is too sweet (yet too cold and you don't taste it) warm beer/wine too bitter. Yet coffee and tea depend on their bitter taste and taste better hot. Cold coffee loses its flavor.

Cold tea and cold coffee are a thing though.

But what you is right, and yeah fries suck when cold.



Kristof81 on 03 November 2021

Fats best served warm, sugars cold.



Cobretti2 on 03 November 2021

I eat everything cold.



 

 

SvennoJ on 03 November 2021
Kristof81 said:

Fats best served warm, sugars cold.

Oliebollen taste good when cold as well, but you tend to add extra powdered sugar when eating them cold.
Actually donuts are always eaten cold.

As for sugar, you do tend to have more sugar in ice tea/coffee as compared to hot.