Why does tea taste different when I drink it outside?

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• SolidShake@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Your nose does crazy things to your taste buds.

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• MoreFPSmorebetter@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The smell/taste senses are very closely related and cross paths in the brain somewhat.

  If you ever want to freak yourself out plug your nose while you eat some of your favorite foods and only exhale slowly while chewing. It’ll taste all sorts of weird.

  My guess is the smell outside is interfering with what your brain is used to from the smell inside while drinking tea.

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  • AnAmericanPotato@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Likely this. Temperature and humidity also affect your sense of taste and smell, plus they can affect a hot drink’s evaporation rate.

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• Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Being Northern Irish, I was raised on tea and drink 8 to 10 cups a day. Can’t say I’ve ever noticed this. Where it is imbibed has no influence on the taste of it.

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  • EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    As an American who wasn’t ever raised on tea of any kind but is starting to really love teas, I have to ask: how the hell do you manage to drink 8–10 cups per day without dying of dehydration? If I drink more than 3 cups a day I start to really feel dried out!

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    • entwine413@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Caffeinated beverages don’t dehydrate you. Yes, caffeine has a mild diruetic effect, but it’s nowhere near enough to cancel out the water in the drink.

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    • Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Raised on tea. Elixir of the gods.

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  • Irelephant@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’m on the opposite side of Ireland (kerry). I don’t drink that much tea though! I thought 4 cups was a lot.

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    • Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Amateur!

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  • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I think I remember you from that Faces of Addiction poster.

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• robocall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  When you go outside with tea, I believe you are more nose blind.

  When I eat leftovers the day after, or go camping, food tastes better because I am nose blind to the flavors. My brain becomes alert to sudden flavors when I eat outside, and grows fatigued when I am cooking/preparing indoors.

  Read more on wikipedia Olfactory fatigue

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• LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Maybe it’s a delusion you create because you know you’re outside. Because a mind is a terrible thing.

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• potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  My best guess is something related to a difference temperature causing us to perceive taste a bit different. If you’re drinking tea outdoors, it’s probably colder outside than if you’re drinking it indoors.

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• Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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  • Irelephant@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I don’t mean this in a mean way, but what do you mean?
    How else would I drink tea?

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