ReviewJournal of caffeine research2017
The Taste of Caffeine.
Review in Journal of caffeine research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Effects of carbohydrate, caffeine and menthol mouth rinses on exercise performance and ratings of perceived exertion: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
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- Direct electrochemical appraisal of black coffee quality using cyclic voltammetry.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Unraveling molecular mechanisms of cigarette smoke bitterness via chemical profiling and bitter taste receptor activation analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Worldwide study of the taste of bitter medicines and their modifiers.Chemical senses · 2025Article
- The Role of Bitter-Tasting Substances in Salivation and Swallowing: Results of the Pilot Study.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Impact of Coffee Intake on Measures of Wellbeing in Mice.Nutrients · 2024Article
- TRPA1, TRPV1, and Caffeine: Pain and Analgesia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Thiazolidinediones are Partially Effective Bitter Blockers.Clinical therapeutics · 2024Article
- Prediction of bitterness based on modular designed graph neural network.Bioinformatics advances · 2024Article
- Coffee consumption decreases the connectivity of the posterior Default Mode Network (DMN) at rest.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2023Article
- Ultrafast cold-brewing of coffee by picosecond-pulsed laser extraction.NPJ science of food · 2022Article
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- Anion-cation contrast of small molecule solvation in salt solutions.Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP · 2022Article
- Taste Receptor Signaling.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2022Article
- The effect of the chemical composition on the sensory characterization of Ecuadorian coffee.Current research in food science · 2022Article
- An update on extra-oral bitter taste receptors.Journal of translational medicine · 2021Review
- Can taste be ergogenic?European journal of nutrition · 2021Review
- International society of sports nutrition position stand: caffeine and exercise performance.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2021Review
- Taste Perception and Caffeine Consumption: An fMRI Study.Nutrients · 2018Article
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Abstract
Many people avidly consume foods and drinks containing caffeine, despite its bitter taste. Here, we review what is known about caffeine as a bitter taste stimulus. Topics include caffeine's action on the canonical bitter taste receptor pathway and caffeine's action on noncanonical receptor-dependent and -independent pathways in taste cells. Two conclusions are that (1) caffeine is a poor prototypical bitter taste stimulus because it acts on bitter taste receptor-independent pathways, and (2) caffeinated products most likely stimulate "taste" receptors in nongustatory cells. This review is relevant for taste researchers, manufacturers of caffeinated products, and caffeine consumers.
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