Drinking hot coffee: Why doesn't it burn the mouth?

Journal of Sensory Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-32

  Lee, Hye Seong ^a   Carstens, E ^a   O'Mahony, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SKIN; THERMOCOUPLES; TISSUE;

HOT COFFEE;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 0037964383     PISSN: 08878250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-459X.2003.tb00370.x     Document Type: Article

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