Salt instead of sugar in coffee: have you heard of this unusual nutritional trick? Here’s why you should definitely try it.
Too much coffee powder, too strong beans or too hot water when pouring – and the coffee tastes unpleasantly bitter in the morning. Most people then reach for milk or a sugar bowl and try to make the pick-me-up enjoyable again. But that doesn’t have to be the case: a pinch of salt is enough.
A pinch of salt in the coffee: a real taste experience?
It sounds strange at first, but it actually works: A pinch of salt in the coffee dissolves the bitter substances in the drink and you can save on the sugar. The sodium neutralizes the bitter taste and enhances the aroma. US chemists have already proven this scientifically, as they report in the specialist journal “Nature”.
The fact that the salt dissolves the bitter substances could explain, among other things, why we so often eat salty foods. Unpleasant flavors are blocked by the sodium. Bitter substances are removed from the food – it tastes tastier.
So don’t worry: the morning coffee doesn’t taste salty because of the pinch. But it is important to really just leave it at just this one pinch.
It’s that easy: Your coffee without milk and sugar
The coffee with salt can be made very quickly and easily: Brew your coffee as usual. Then you simply add a pinch of salt to the drink and stir well. You can also mix the salt directly into the coffee powder. But it is also important here: do not overdo it.
