Clever people explain why some of you taste soap when you eat coriander [video]
Dhania, cilantro, coriander… call it what you will, but folks either love it or hate it and here’s why.
Turns out that, that soapy taste you get from coriander, well up to 14% of you anyway; it’s all down to genetics.
Folks actually have a genetic predisposition to tasting soap when they’re having fresh coriander. Have a look at this clever guy from SciShow explaining exactly how it works.
