Do hot foods actually taste spicier when you eat them in hot weather, or is it all in my head?

patoowardfan

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Okay, so this might be totally random, but I swear when I eat something spicy on a hot day, it feels even hotter than usual. Like, I had some extra spicy kimchi the other day when it was 90°F outside, and I was dying. But if I eat the same thing in an air-conditioned room, it doesn’t hit as hard? Is this a real thing, or is my brain just messing with me? Anyone else notice this?
 
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