{"id":786785,"date":"2024-08-04T07:40:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T12:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=786785"},"modified":"2024-08-04T07:40:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T12:40:50","slug":"the-flavor-of-our-galaxy-raspberries-and-rum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=786785","title":{"rendered":"The flavor of our galaxy \u2026 raspberries and rum?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What&#039;s the FLAVOR of Our Galaxy?\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nn9R3hGA4OQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>Does this Torani syrup capture the flavor of our galaxy? And what exactly does that taste like? Watch Kelly Kizer Whitt taste test the Torani galaxy syrup.<\/p>\n<h3>The flavor of our galaxy<\/h3>\n<p>In 2009, astronomers analyzing a gas cloud near the center of our Milky Way galaxy discovered ethyl formate. On Earth, ethyl formate smells like rum and is responsible for the flavor of raspberries. The Torani syrup company took inspiration from this discovery for their 2024 flavor of the year: Galaxy. When I found out there was a syrup mimicking the flavor of our galaxy, I knew I had to give it a try.<\/p>\n<p>Torani didn\u2019t pay me to sample the syrup. I ordered it online and eagerly awaited for it to arrive. Torani syrups are often used to make Starbucks-like coffees at home. I\u2019m not a coffee drinker, but the company also recommends using it in energy drinks or matcha drinks. Of course, I wanted to try the pure flavor of our galaxy, so I sipped it straight. It\u2019s obviously much sweeter that way, but it was quite tasty. I may have to create my own signature drink with the galaxy syrup as an ingredient. Did it taste like raspberries and rum? Maybe a little. Torani describes it this way:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u2026 an out-of-this-world, fantastical flavor that brings to life the molecular structure of dust clouds in space \u2013 which share the taste of juicy raspberries and dark rum \u2013 in a delightfully natural way.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To be clear, the syrup is nonalcoholic. One reviewer called it grape Kool-Aid on steroids, while another said it had a berry flavor with a hint of rum. Personally, I think it tasted like huckleberry. But I\u2019m just going to think of it as galaxy-flavored.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_482483\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-482483\" style=\"width: 542px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-482483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Torani 2024 flavor of the year is Galaxy. It\u2019s inspired by the 2009 discovery of ethyl formate in a gas and dust cloud near the Milky Way\u2019s center. Image via Torani.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>The original study<\/h3>\n<p>In 2009, astronomers were looking for amino acids \u2013 the building blocks of life \u2013 in a cloud of gas and dust near the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Their target was Sagittarius B2. Sagittarius B2 is the largest star-forming cloud near our galaxy\u2019s center. The scientists didn\u2019t end up detecting amino acids there, but they did find ethyl formate.<\/p>\n<p>Ethyl formate smells like rum and is part of what gives raspberries their flavor. It also has many uses in industry, for example, in the manufacture of safety glass. <\/p>\n<p>But ethyl formate is not the only thing the researchers found in Sagittarius B2. They also found the lethal chemical propyl cyanide. Quite the combination. These are some of the largest molecules scientists have yet found in space. <\/p>\n<p>Bottom line: What is the flavor of our galaxy? A 2009 study found a gas cloud near the Milky Way\u2019s center with a molecule that smells like rum and tastes like raspberries. Torani syrups used this as inspiration for their 2024 flavor of the year: Galaxy.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cp-load-after-post\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post-author\">\n<h4>Kelly Kizer Whitt<\/h4>\n<p>                    View Articles\n                  <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-tags\">\n<h6 data-udy-fe=\"text_7c58270d\">About the Author:<\/h6>\n<p>Kelly Kizer Whitt has been a science writer specializing in astronomy for more than two decades. She began her career at Astronomy Magazine, and she has made regular contributions to AstronomyToday and the Sierra Club, among other outlets. Her children\u2019s picture book, Solar System Forecast, was published in 2012. She has also written a young adult dystopian novel titled A Different Sky. When she is not reading or writing about astronomy and staring up at the stars, she enjoys traveling to the national parks, creating crossword puzzles, running, tennis, and paddleboarding. Kelly lives in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/space\/the-flavor-of-our-galaxy-raspberries-and-rum-torani\/?rand=772280\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does this Torani syrup capture the flavor of our galaxy? And what exactly does that taste like? Watch Kelly Kizer Whitt taste test the Torani galaxy syrup. 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