Why is it that spicy food always seems so much spicier when hot (temperature)?
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The chemical, capsaicin that makes things feel hot makes your mouth more sensitive to your own and ambient or nearby temperature differences. So when something is both spicy and warm it feels extreme but a spicy item cold is typically more tolerable.
Although don’t eat a ghost pepper cold because I doubt it will matter. In fact don’t eat one at all.
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