Like when you drink pop out of a can it tatses differently than out of a bottle or fountain drink?
2006-07-02 06:33:53 · 7 answers · asked by Kevin R 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Part of the container erodes into the drink so you can taste the container with the drink.
2006-07-02 06:36:26 · answer #1 · answered by Daniel M 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are many reasons for this. Part of it has to do with your ability to smell things. Since scent contributes to how something tastes, if the materials that the drink is held in smell differently, the taste will most likely be different.
Some containers, like some plastics, can release chemicals into a liquid as the plastic is exposed to heat or sunlight.
When it comes to fountain drinks, it's really a gamble that you're drinking thecorrect formula because not every machine is properly calibrated to mix syrup and water correctly.
2006-07-02 06:43:00 · answer #2 · answered by Lucas P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that the container gives it a bit of a taste. I love pop out of a glass bottle, I just think it tastes better than a can or plastic bottle. Also, fountain drinks, I have noticed are flatter than usual. I think this is because it is pretty much mixed on the spot. Meaning, they have water in the machine and bags of the syrup and when you press the button to dispense it they mix.
2006-07-02 06:39:14 · answer #3 · answered by Rx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can only guess on this one. Different containers require different methods of packaging, which can alter the composition of the beverage slightly. Also, carbonated drinks are somewhat corrosive and pick up the taste/odor of the container itself. Fountain drinks begin as just the syrup and are mixed with CO2 at the place of business ... different machines vary in their levels of syrup to CO2.
2006-07-02 06:38:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure about the bottle and can thing, but fountain drinks are watered down.
2006-07-02 06:37:52 · answer #5 · answered by Michelle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chemical breakdown of the container (especially plastic) (emmissions of gases from the breakdown) caused by heat, cold, air and interaction with the drink itself (especially pop which is just chemicals). Even water takes on the "taste of the container".
Scary, isn't it?!
2006-07-02 06:39:59 · answer #6 · answered by treeof knowledge 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daniel is right...partly it's a chemical process.
Another important factor is the ammount of air that goes with food or drink (compare bottle and mug);
that's why every kind of liquor or wine has its own kind of specially shaped glas.
2006-07-02 06:40:07 · answer #7 · answered by mrlionelhuds 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe there is something nasty in the can that makes the drink taste differently.
2006-07-02 06:36:52 · answer #8 · answered by Aint No Bugs On Me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋