Eli5: why does food taste different depending on whether it is warm or not?

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Basically the title. Counts for drinks too.

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Because a large majority of taste is actually aroma that goes up the back of your throat to your nose, and aromas vaporize at different strengths depending on composition and temperature. So at a warmer temperature, you’re getting a different combination of aromas.

Colder, all aromas are subdued some, leaving you with more of just your tastebuds reacting to basic salty, sour, sweet flavors instead of complex aromas.

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