I Burned My Tongue
This will be my shortest post yet, but I’d rather ponder it on my blog than toss it to the wolves at Yahoo answers.
Sometimes I’m in a hurry to get coffee or tea down my gullet before class and I burn my tongue.
My question is simply this: What is the hottest a food or liquid can be before the human tongue can no longer stand the heat? (If there is a range between different individuals, this would be interesting as well.) Also, is it possible to develop a tolerance to the heat while still maintaining your sense of taste?