ELI5- When you’re really thirsty, and drink warm water – it doesn’t feel good. But when you drink cold water- it feels like heaven. Why?

Question

I had kept my metal bottle in the car which was parked in sunlight for long hours. I got into the car and I was parched so I drank that warm ass water and it didn’t feel good and it took me 7-8 big sips to actually feel like i drank any water.

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

This is a learned response, in cultures that don’t drink cold water, they do not feel the same response.

You have come to associate drinking cold water with being able to take a break from, or the end of, whatever physical exertion you were undertaking. That association is where the “feels like heaven” part is coming from.