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Spicy food is not really a taste — it is a warm, tingly feeling in your mouth.

Spicy food is not really a taste — it is a warm, tingly feeling in your mouth.

Chilli makes your mouth feel hot. It is a feeling, not one of the five tastes.

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Your tongue can taste sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and savoury. Your tongue can taste sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and savoury. Sweet things like sugar and honey make many people smile. Sweet things like sugar and honey make many people smile. Lemons taste sour and can make your face scrunch up. Lemons taste sour and can make your face scrunch up. Your sense of smell helps you taste your food better. Your sense of smell helps you taste your food better. Your tongue is covered in thousands of tiny taste buds! Your tongue is covered in thousands of tiny taste buds!