“Ginger ale tastes better on a plane”
Many people believe that ginger ale tastes better on an airplane than it does on the ground. The scientific reason for this is that ginger ale, when consumed on an airplane at a high altitude, tastes drier, sharper and crisper.
“Ginger ale tastes better on a plane, I think” was posted on X/Twitter by ♚Riki on December 28, 2014. “Ginger ale tastes better on an airplane. #fact” was posted on X/Twitter by Annabelle 👾 on December 31, 2014.
“Ginger ale tastes best on an airplane. No debate” was posted on X/Twitter by 🤙🏾 on uly 8, 2018.
“Ginger ale tastes best on a plane because it is a beverage of the gods and when you fly you are closer to them, radiating in their light” was posted on X/Twitter by erin chack on August 5, 2026, and this received over 10,000 likes.
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Zoro
@Onepiecezoro33
Ginger ale tastes better thousands of miles in the air.
8:52 AM · Dec 7, 2014
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♚Riki
@rikisquire
Ginger ale tastes better on a plane, I think.
Or I’m just weird.🍸
8:56 PM · Dec 28, 2014
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Annabelle 👾
@nnabelle__
Ginger ale tastes better on an airplane. #fact
12:23 AM · Dec 31, 2014
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Suzzy Kalu Daines
@suzzkaludaines
Ginger Ale tastes better on planes
3:10 PM · Jul 9, 2015
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@dazeydarkness
ginger ale tastes better on airplanes #fact
1:23 PM · Jun 5, 2017
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T-Mobile
@TMobile
Ginger ale tastes best 39,000 feet in the air! *ErikS
11:38 PM · Sep 6, 2017
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Steve McManus
@SteveMcManus87
Ginger Ale tastes better on an airplane.
9:42 PM · Sep 22, 2017 from Austin, TX
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@KingWheatXVI
Ginger ale tastes best on an airplane. No debate.
3:40 PM · Jul 8, 2018
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Evan 💫
@Starrcasm
ginger ale tastes best on an airplane. it is the perfect airplane beverage.
2:54 PM · Mar 22, 2019
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Josh Smith
April 17, 2019 at 3:55 PM ·
Ginger ale tastes significantly better when one is on an air plane. It’s a scientific fact.
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🤙🏾
@KingWheatXVI
And ginger ale tastes best on an airplane.
4:24 PM · Jun 7, 2020
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liv
@livmoods
ginger ale tastes better on a plane. I don’t make the rules
12:57 PM · Dec 14, 2021
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Bari Rosenstein Tippett
@basicallybari
can confirm gingerale tastes better on the plane
11:32 AM · Jun 18, 2022
Bluesky
Joint Kibbutz
@maintaintortoise.bsky.social
‘It’s one of the few things that tastes better at 10,000 feet’: Flight attendant says there’s a reason ginger ale tastes better on planes
Dailydot
‘It’s one of the few things that tastes better at 10,000 feet’: Flight attendant says there’s a reason ginger ale tastes better on planes
http://www.dailydot.com
12:47 AM · Sep 8, 2023
New York (NY) Post
The scientific reason ginger ale is one of the most popular drinks on flights
By Alexandra Klausner
Published May 14, 2024 Updated May 14, 2024, 1:07 p.m. ET
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You won’t taste the usual sweetness of ginger ale while on a plane, but it will have a dry and crisp flavor.
Low cabin pressure makes taste receptors for citrusy, salty and sweet flavors less effective, whereas bitter, sour and earthy flavors remain relatively unchanged.
allrecipes
The Surprising Reason Ginger Ale Tastes Better On Planes
It’s not your imagination.
By Taylor Maple Published on December 14, 2024
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“The altered low pressure in the passenger cabin under flight conditions changes the oxygen saturation in the blood,” Andrea Burdack-Freitag, a researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics in Germany, told Health. According to her, this means that salty, sweet, and citrusy flavors are dulled under these conditions while bitter, sour, and earthy tastes are less impacted.
So how is ginger ale specifically affected? While you’re in the air, ginger ale’s dry, sharp, crisp tones remain while the sweetness takes a backseat, making it a flavor you can’t quite get at any other time.
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stickfigureeight
@stickfigureate
ginger ale tastes better on the airplane
9:03 AM · Sep 23, 2025
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Why Ginger Ale Tastes Better On Airplanes
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Mar 8, 2026 #airplanefood #planefood #weirdhistoryfood
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erin chack
@ErinChack
Ginger ale tastes best on a plane because it is a beverage of the gods and when you fly you are closer to them, radiating in their light
8:38 AM · Aug 5, 2026