> It is hard for me to accept my brain is not tricking me when drinks in glass taste better than can/plastic of the same drink Although we use the word "taste"

> It is hard for me to accept my brain is not tricking me when drinks in glass taste better than can/plastic of the same drink Although we use the word "taste" to describe the experience, even that is well understood to be a methaphor for taste and smell. What's more, I think it's also pretty well understood that texture is an important component of how people perceive (dare I say "taste"?) what they eat. As such, I don't think you need to resort to accusing your brain of trickery to conclude a different experience when drinking from a can or from bottles of different composition. On the other hand, if they're both first poured into identical glass highballs before being consumed.. that's another matter.