Article
Japan study finds coffee taste changes with cup texture
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260629/p2a/00m/0na/020000c
Discussion Questions
- Are you surprised by the findings in the article? Do you believe that how something feels really can affect the taste of drinks? How about food?
- Have you ever had the experience, or feeling, that something tasted different based on the texture of what it was served in? Please explain.
- Do you know of any other ways in which our senses affect the taste of the foods we eat? Do you have any personal experience with any of these?
- What is your opinion on the usefulness of studies such as this one? Do you think they are necessary or a waste of time? Please explain.

