Eli5: why does water make spice worse?
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on your tongue you have receptors that react to spice and thats what you feel.
But, the spice is not evenly distributed. Think of the spice as little stacks of pennies stuck together by honey, each stack only equals 1 penny against your tongue. Add water. not only are the pennies unstuck, the also move around with the water. now 10x as many pennies are directly touching tongue recrptors and you feel waaaaay more spicy.
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