How come my coffee turns tasteless and no aroma as it used to be after continuously drinking 7 days in a row?!


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How come my coffee turns tasteless and no aroma as it used to be after continuously drinking 7 days in a row?


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If you are talking about drinking the coffee all day then you have sensory fatigue. When we drink or eat the sensation of flavor is detected through the trigeminal senses.
When one of these are inhibited from functioning then the sense of taste is blocked. As we continue to drink or eat our taste buds continue to function. What this means is those things of physiology that is a part of our sensory function is working overtime. One of these is nerve cell signaling.
For these cells to function Ca++ is utilized to release the action and start a new cycle of nerve cell activity. What happens with continued drinking (amoung other things) of coffee the supply of Ca++ is depleted and the nerve cells do not function. This is called sensory fatigue. When this occurs our taste are not working as well and common foods and beverages have no flavor. Since you have no taste bud (very low) you also have no or very low smell sensitivity.

Stop for a day or two and they will return.




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