Why do we associate mint with “cold” and pepper with “hot”?

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What quantifies a food as being “cold” / “hot”? Mint and pepper are two examples that come to mind. They are two foods that do not objectively have a temperature, but are for some reason always classified as cold or hot, respectively. Anybody know the answer to this?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

you mean like chili is hot but it isn’t?

they activate the same receptors as hot water/coffee or else.

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