10 Amazing Life Hacks That Are Actually Backed By Science

9. Add Salt To Your Coffee To Reduce Bitterness

One way of reducing the bitterness in coffee is to load it up with enough fat and sugar to put you into a diabetic coma. In some parts of the world, however, people swear by adding a pinch of salt to a bitter brew to make it more palatable.

In a post-salted caramel world, we'll try anything once and, as it turns out, this one is backed up by some proper science.

When the salt dissolves in the hot coffee, sodium ions break away from the molecule and block the bitter molecules from reaching the receptors on your tongue.

The effect occurs well below the level at which you'd be able to detect the salt so you get nothing but smooth sciencey sippin'.