Why do I enjoy the combination of two flavours if they arrive separately, but hate them when they arrive pre-combined?
By way of an example, I was eating a salad which had raw onions in it. I then took a sip of Coke. The combination of the two flavours was amazing, but I know that if someone handed me an onion-infused Coke, I'd find it horrid.
What the hell is the difference?
With pre-mix you're getting a continuous flow of the same ratio of flavors. No variation.
Mixing yourself, you have control over which flavor you want to be more prominent when.
Great answer, makes sense! Cheers.
Things like acid and salt act as flavor enhancers but the don't enhance all flavors equally so you perceive less flavors you dislike in proportion to the flavors you enjoy.
Makes sense, maybe if the oniony flavour was in little clots floating within the Coke it would work better (just realised how profoundly gross that sounds).
How do you know you'd hate onion coke?
Soak a couple onion slices in coke for five minutes and then try it.
Sweet and spicy do go together. For example, general tso chicken or Al pastor.
The same reason that a salad with a bunch of different vegetables is better than blending them all into a consistent slurry. Or how some soups are far better chunky than blended into a smooth consistency.
When the flavors are mixed none of them stand out and you lose the associated textures. That can work in some cases, but not all.
🤔 I'll be back to post the results.
It means you like your onion coke chunky.
Sounds like a good slushy.
I mean eating onnions and then sipping on a coke isn’t exactly the same as an onnion INFUSED coke :-/