Science Questions

Why does tea taste nicer out of china cups?

Why does tea taste nicer out of china cups, and coke taste better from a glass than a plastic cup? Ros, Peterborough

Chris -  I’d say, it’s the placebo effect, wouldn’t you?  I think it’s just because you automatically think it’s nicer because it’s in glass.

Diana -   Yeah, having lived, sort of six years on and off as a student, I think it starts to taste the same after a while anyway.

Dave -   A lot of what you experience from a meal food is to do with the surroundings which is why restaurants spends so much money on having pretty stuff in the room not just on the food.

September 2009