Why is it that spicy food always seems so much spicier when hot (temperature)?
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Echoing Deribus, heat may affect the reaction rate, but capsaicin (to my understanding) also activates the same nerves that sense when your mouth is warming (since we dont actually feel temperature).
Also, low temperature food may have a numbing effect on your tongue which makes it less sensitive to the capsaicin stimulus.
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