Why does coffee never taste as good as it smells?

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Stuart
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Why does coffee never taste as good as it smells?

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For many it is the first highlight of the day, just when you need it most: the scent of freshly brewed coffee wafting through the house first thing in the morning.

But scientists claim to have solved the mystery of why coffee never tastes as good as it smells.

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The phenomenon is down to the fact that, although we have sensors on our tongue, eighty per cent of what we think of as taste actually reaches us through smell receptors in our nose.

The receptors, which relay messages to our brain, react to odours differently depending on which direction they are moving in.

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Re: Why does coffee never taste as good as it smells?

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Moderated. Play nice.
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