Tag Food

Behind the Baking: Leavening

Introduction Welcome to the second installment of my Baking Science series! This time, I’m putting a variety of leavening agents to the test to see how they perform based on taste, texture, and overall look. I will be baking three…

The Science of Baking Pt.2

Introduction Welcome to Part 2 of The Science of Baking! Since this is the second installment of the series, I would recommend going back and reading part 1. This article will go through an experiment of baking a flaky pastry…

The Science of Baking Pt. 1

Introduction Have you ever wondered how exactly baking turns a soupy batter or a thick paste into a beautiful cake or cookie? Think no further, this article will soon explain what goes into the magic that is baking and some…

Color Changing Lemonade

Would you believe the drink above is lemonade, and the blue and purple colors are due to all natural ingredients? That’s right. The lemonade pictured is cooled with not-so-average ice cubes. These cubes are made from frozen butterfly pea flower…

The Chemistry Behind Common Workout Supplements

In the fitness community, novice and expert athletes alike, are continually searching for supplements that will give an athletic edge in their workouts. There are many athletes, especially newer and younger ones, that are ingesting supplements without actually understanding what…

Milk’s environmental impact

     A big misconception is that milk is taken directly from a cow and put in a bottle.  But this is not entirely true as the process of turning raw milk into consumer milk is much more complicated than…

Carbonation and Coca-Cola

“What is the difference?” I asked the person across from me after they tasted the flat Coca Cola and the carbonated Coca-Cola. While it took them a while to get to their answers, they all followed the lines of “The…

That’s The Tea

Recently, our STEMComm class put on a Sober Science Speakeasy event for Atlanta Science Festival, where our classmates explored the science of drinks. One of our drinks was the science behind the tastes and textures of milk tea boba, which…