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It may sound surprising, but people who are supersensitive to coffee’s bitter taste actually drink more of it, a new study finds.
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“You'd expect that people who are particularly sensitive to the bitter taste of caffeine would drink less coffee,” said study senior researcher Marilyn Cornelis.
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“The results of our study suggest coffee consumers acquire a taste for or an ability to detect the bitterness of caffeine due to the learned positive brought out by caffeine.” Put another way, people who have a ability to taste the bitterness of coffee learn to associate “good things with it,” Cornelis said.
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Researchers conducted the study to understand how genetics influences people’s of tea, coffee and alcohol which tend to taste bitter, said lead study researcher Jue Sheng Ong.
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“The degree to which we find these flavors bitter is, in part, determined by your genes.” People with the genes to taste the bitterness of green vegetables are more likely to prefer tea to coffee.
四级 · CET-4 2026年6月 第2套