“When people were tested after drinking coffee, they became more sensitive to sweetness, and less sensitive to bitterness…It’s probably some of the bitter substances in the coffee that create this effect…This may explain that if you enjoy a piece of dark chocolate with your coffee, it’s taste is much milder, because the bitterness is downplayed and the sweetness is enhanced…We already know that our senses have an effect on each other, but it’s a surprise that our registration of sweetness and bitterness is so easily influenced.”
