Does something acidic like tiramisu take the flavor of a restaurants aluminum to-go tray?

[Anonymous]

We just got to-go food from an Italian restaurant. Entrées were in hard plastic, the dessert was in aluminum to-go trays with the clear plastic top. I am almost positive the tiramisu had an aluminum taste. Am I imagining this or does the acidic coffee used in the bottom of the dessert leach the aluminum into the food?

[Anonymous]

You are imagining things. Coffee is not acidic enough.

[Anonymous]

It's true that acidic foods aren't supposed to be cooked or stored in alumimium pans, including coffee. But a one-time exposure won't harm you, OP.

[Anonymous]

Coffee IS acidic. pH = 5
Tomato = 4
Citrus = 2-3

It's best that none of these things exist for very long in aluminum containers.

However you can't "taste" aluminum, OP. A metallic taste in your mouth is probably heartburn or indigestion.

[Anonymous]

Maybe the tiramisu had a bit too much baking soda? It can have a metallic taste.

[Anonymous]

Could you be more specific in your inquiry?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe the tiramisu had a bit too much baking soda? It can have a metallic taste.

Tiramisu is not supposed to have baking soda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Coffee IS acidic. pH = 5
Tomato = 4
Citrus = 2-3

It's best that none of these things exist for very long in aluminum containers.

However you can't "taste" aluminum, OP. A metallic taste in your mouth is probably heartburn or indigestion.

And I bet they prep the slices in the morning, so it wasn't just in the aluminum for 5 minutes, it was likely all day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Could you be more specific in your inquiry?

I think dessert may have tasted metallic.

[Anonymous]

You’re pregnant or have COVID. That’s the metallic taste.

[Anonymous]

oP, I can taste aluminum in certain dishes. I can also often taste when things have been stored in plastics. I’m sort of a super smeller/taster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’re pregnant or have COVID. That’s the metallic taste.

Maybe! I had Covid last month, but I can't recall ever getting a metallic sensation for anything else. Literally only tonight for something highly acidic served in an aluminum to-go tray?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Coffee IS acidic. pH = 5
Tomato = 4
Citrus = 2-3

It's best that none of these things exist for very long in aluminum containers.

However you can't "taste" aluminum, OP. A metallic taste in your mouth is probably heartburn or indigestion.

And I bet they prep the slices in the morning, so it wasn't just in the aluminum for 5 minutes, it was likely all day.

soda is 2.5-3.5 and lives in aluminum cans. does soda out of a can taste acidic to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re pregnant or have COVID. That’s the metallic taste.

Maybe! I had Covid last month, but I can't recall ever getting a metallic sensation for anything else. Literally only tonight for something highly acidic served in an aluminum to-go tray?

It’s a very small amount of espresso in tiramisu.

[Anonymous]

Tiramisu is not as acidic as coffee. It’s pudding.