“Coffee or tea?” We all have a certain answer to the question. We look forward to drinking one after a busy day.

What makes us love one person more than another? It may have something to do with our genes. How does it work? Let us explain it right away.

Genes play a role in how we perceive the bitter taste of drinks.

Both tea and coffee contain the bitter-tasting caffeine molecule. Quinine (another bitter-tasting molecule) is also found alongside caffeine. Based on this, caffeine, quinine and PROP molecules, an artificial molecule with a bitter taste The receptors that mediate the perception of bitter taste have become the subject of scientific research.

More than 400,000 participants had data on their pain receptor genes. coffee and tea consumption studied. People with caffeine bitter taste receptors drank at least 4 cups of coffee per day and drank less tea. Parental copies of the bitter taste receptor gene increased the chance of becoming a coffee drinker by 20%.

People with bitter taste receptors for PROP, or quinine, also drank more tea and less coffee. Each copy of this gene for the bitter taste receptor It increased the chance of becoming a tea drinker by 9%. They drank at least 5 cups of tea per day. Quinine tasters with PROP may have preferred tea because they were more sensitive to bitter tastes.

If you are confused, we can summarize it like this: Those who strongly experience the bitter taste of PROP perceive both the quinine molecule in coffee and caffeine. coffee is bitter compared to tea, tea is sweet compared to coffee They find it.

Of course, genes cannot be the only reason for our choices.

Genes aren’t the only reason we choose between tea and coffee. As tastes, habits and dietary styles change, your attitudes to food and drink are likely to change over time.

Which is your choice? Coffee or tea?

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