Re:Why are some egg yolks so orange?
by powersnail on Monday April 18, 2022 @02:54AM
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It's pretty cool that you can literally taste caffeine. Is it more of a flavor or a smell?
Re:Why are some egg yolks so orange?
by bradknowles on Monday April 18, 2022 @03:00AM
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It was a difference in flavor. At the time, I attributed it to the decaffeination process that was used, thus causing the drink to taste different. It was a mild difference, but detectable. And I didn't like the different taste.
Thinking back on it, it could just have been that the caffeinated drinks came from a newer batch and the decaffeinated drinks came from an older batch. Or maybe they were canned in different facilities, which might be using different water.
I don't think my mom controlled for all the potentially confounding variables.
But all of these experts on the internet say you can't even tell the difference between coffee and tea if you're blindfolded let alone different types of soda so clearly you're wrong! /s
Seriously, though, one unreplicated headline-grabbing result can generate so very much "science says..." type rhetoric.
So, she made me take a blind taste test. I proved I was right and that I really could taste the difference, and she stopped trying to force me to decaffeinate myself.
She was quite surprised and unhappy that I was right and that I really could taste the difference. But to her credit, she upheld her end of the bargain.