How to Get Rid of Cayenne Pepper Taste

Get rid of cayenne pepper taste in your mouth with dairy products.

When you eat foods containing cayenne pepper, the capsaicin contained in this pepper often creates an intense burning in your mouth. Although the mouth can develop a tolerance and resistance to this burn with time and repeated exposure to capsaicin, the burning sensation can be exceedingly unpleasant to experience. Get rid of cayenne pepper taste in your mouth by soothing and neutralizing the capsaicin. This will reduce the burning and make your mouth more comfortable.

Things You'll Need

• Cold whole milk or half-and-half
• Ice cream
• Yogurt

Instructions

1. Drink a glass of cold milk or half-and-half very slowly. Allow the liquid to sit in your mouth and swish it around liberally so the fats from the liquid can coat your taste buds thoroughly.

2. Eat frozen ice cream, taking small bites. Allow the coldness of the ice cream to soothe the burning and move the ice cream around your mouth to enable the fats in the ice cream to neutralize the capsaicin in the cayenne pepper.

3. Take small bites of yogurt in your mouth and move the yogurt around your mouth to counteract the cayenne pepper.

4. Continue eating or drinking whatever dairy product you choose to continue to remove the taste and soothe the burning.

Tips & Warnings

• Other food items that may provide some relief include plain rice, bread, alcoholic drinks, heavy fruit syrup and olive oil.

• Avoid water to remove the taste and burn of cayenne pepper. The water will not neutralize the capsaicin and may actually make the burning worse.

References

• Fiery Foods: Burning in the Mouth, Fire in the Belly: Why Some Like It Hotter Than Others