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What is it about fizzy drinks that make them irresistible?

Drinking almost any fizzy drink, with carbon dioxide bubbles seems to tickle and excite your tongue. Are there carbon dioxide receptors in your tongue or something?

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  • kswck2
    Lv 7
    2 months ago
    Favourite answer

    No. It just tickles your nose. A not unpleasant feeling. 

  • 2 months ago

    I love carbonated drinks. Just spent money on a Kitchen Aid carbonated beverage maker. I get the most pleasure from carbonated drinks when they cause tingling in my throat. It reminds me of the cola drinks when I was a kid, and the sodas tickled/burned my throat when I drank them. I like it plain, with artificially sweetened flavorings and most of all with Scot's whisky.

  • 2 months ago

    It isn't so much the CO2, but the sugar and caffeine that triggers your brain and makes it want more, and also the sodium that leaves you thirsty, making you think you want more soda.

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