The Influence of the Color of the Cup on Consumers' Perception of a Hot Beverage

Journal of Sensory Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 324-331

  Piqueras Fiszman, Betina ^a,b   Spence, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES;

COLOR;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84867234275     PISSN: 08878250     EISSN: 1745459X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-459X.2012.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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