Eli5, Why does sweet cancel sweet

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Why is that when I have tea, coffee or hot chocolate and also eat something sweet like a chocolate or donut, just after taking a bite I’ll sip my beverage and it will be bitter as hell. Why do taste buds do such a thing?

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More sweet cancels less sweet. One bite of donut might have more sugar than your whole coffee. So after the donut bite, the coffee is less sweet by comparison.

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