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?

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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.

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I’m the complete opposite on this. I hate cold water when I’m really thirsty. I want to chug the stuff as quickly as I can, and cold water kind of hurts (for lack of a better description).

I’ll sometimes keep water with ice on my desk at work for sipping on throughout the day, but when I’m really thirsty I want it to be room temperature.

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