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Why are some drinks more pleasurable when consuming them is slightly painful, such as carbonated soda or hot coffee, and less pleasurable when the painful element has been removed, such as when soda has gone flat or coffee has been sitting out for long enough to cool?

by /u/Caulibflower in /r/askscience

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