San Francisco Flavor Tripping Party

Wired.com correspondent Alexis Madrigal visits a flavor tripping part in San Francisco. Participants are given a berry from a plant native to West Africa. The fruit contains a protein, miraculin, that sticks to the sweet receptors on your taste buds and sets them off if the pH is low enough. Since sour things are generally acidic, they often trigger unusual flavor perceptions.

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Science & Technology

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• flavor
• tripping
• miraculin
• san
• francisco
• wired
• food
• weird
• science

[Wyhejin]

"i still think bad tequila tastes like bad tequila"

hahahaha 5 stars

[nilesriver2]

shame on the FDA for slowing the success of this product.

[tomdownard4179]

I saw these berries presented on an newscast and the news caster said he couldn't tell any difference.

[dex1lsp]

I gotta get me some of those berries! According to the video, there must be some nearby. . .

[sweetsweetfireworks]

hey... this vid isn't mine, but you got to watch it!... its worth it!!... its called "Ghost Jenna" and its by tabithaTNT!

[johncumbers]

cool Alex... cool... you should have brought a bunch last Wednesday :)

[Gawesssssssss]

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[StarWarsDork]

Trippy.

[kaosdevice]

feh.

[babydock214]

They can't help being so San Francisco West Coast stereotypical. Its a good thing. ;)