Questions tagged [taste]
Questions related to the crude analysis of a compound by identifying its taste.
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Do L-sugars (enantiomers of natural sugars) have a sweet taste?
I'm wondering about how L-sugars taste. They are obviously not digestible by humans, but what do they taste like? If they are sweet, too, why isn't sucrose with the unnatural chirality used as a zero-...
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Is there a way to experience peppers’s endorphins effects without the burning sensation?
When preparing dinner, my friend and I sometimes argue over the amount of pepper. It is often ‘too hot’ for him while I enjoy the heat effects (endorphins) of capsaicin (chili peppers) and piperine (...
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Why should space whisky taste different to Earth whisky?
I recently read an article about a vial of whisky being stored on the International Space Station for 3 years, and having its taste compared to a control sample stored on Earth.
What could cause this ...
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Does oxygenating tap water remove the tap water flavor?
I know flavor is subjective and not exactly quantifiable, but I think there's merit to this question.
We've all experienced that tap water often tastes a lot worse than bottled water or filtered ...
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Where did the description that acids are sour and bases are bitter come from?
Where did the description that acids are sour and bases are bitter come from? With Arrhenius definition, those descriptions may have fit acids and bases, but with the Lewis definition, I guess they ...
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Discrepancies between smell and taste
In my experience, most foods smell like they taste. Fragrant soaps, however, taste quite awful in comparison to their fragrances. How can some things smell and taste identical while others are so ...
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What causes that foul taste with combination of toothpaste and orange juice?
Ugh, I drank orange juice too soon after brushing my teeth and my mouth feels awful!
What causes that foul taste with this combination of toothpaste and orange juice? Is it a reaction between the oil ...
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Why does opened wine develop the sour taste and smell of vinegar?
An opened bottle of wine developed into a sour taste and smell of vinegar. Why?
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What chemicals help define "taste"?
As we all know that there are 5 tastes : sweet, sour, bitter, umami, salty.
So what chemicals are there that help form these tastes, in other words how do our tastebuds experience these tastes?
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Which chemical reactions occur between my tongue and the food I eat?
There are various chemical reactions that can occur between materials.
Which chemical reactions occur with the tongue?
How come all reactions are reversible (nothing sticks to my tongue)?
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Can plastic leak into water from a HDPE "2" plastic container at room temperature?
Here in USA supermarkets often sell water in plastic 1 gallon jugs. These jugs seem to all be stamped with the text "HDPE" (meaning that the material is High-density polyethylene) and a resin number ...
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What compounds exist in the bitter peel of specific fruits?
Actually, my original question was: What makes a pith of pomegranate so bitter?
Then I decided to be more generic. You'll hardly find someone that consumes pomegranate and doesn't nag about the bitter ...
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What defines an element's taste?
A useful post by @Martin indicated that probably the naming of Sweetwater town is because of the sweet tasting lead compounds in it's water.
Then my question arose. I know that the taste of any ...
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Is Sweetwater, Missouri, named due to water contamination with lead compounds?
The town of Sweetwater, Missouri is known for its mineral resources, particularly rich lead sulfide (galena) deposits. I am curious to find the origin of the name "Sweetwater" and if it has any ...
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Do all salts taste salty?
Recently, I am learning the production of soluble and insoluble salts. My friend and I have done this experiment at the school lab.
We wanted to taste them to see whether they are salty are not. The ...
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