mouth feel
Food's tactile quality
Mouth feel is the physical sensation food or drink produces in the mouth—its texture, temperature, and consistency as experienced while eating or drinking.
Wine has mouth feel; so does chocolate.
The term appears most often in food criticism and beverage reviews: The stout has a creamy mouth feel.
Also spelled mouthfeel.
- astringencyDrying, puckering quality
- creamySmooth and rich
- buttery smoothLuxuriously slick and creamy
- hardFirm or demanding
- slicknessSmooth, slippery quality
chewiness · brittle · crispness · soft · viscosity · food science · mealy · emulsification · firm · aeration · crunchy · numbing · oleaginous · effervescence · gelatinous · creaminess · velvety · silkiness
mouth feelgrittiness
Rough granular quality
sliminess · chalkiness · mealiness · mushiness · rubberiness
mouth feelsmoothness
Freedom from irregularity
uniformity · homogeneity · blandness · flatness · thinness
mouth, feel, mouths, mouthed, mouthing, mouthy, feels, feeling, feelings