# How can one make their sperm taste better? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 3, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858 "2006-03-03T02:37:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858/1 "2006-03-03T02:37:59Z")
Is it possible? Can sperm taste be based on what you eat or drink? If so, what are “good” foods that make it taste better? What foods should be avoided? And if not, does anything contribute at all to it’s taste? ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858/2 "2006-03-03T02:40:03Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > Is it possible? > > Can sperm taste be based on what you eat or drink? If so, what are “good” foods that make it taste better? What foods should be avoided? > > And if not, does anything contribute at all to it’s taste? This question comes up here from time to time. I seem to recall that celery was mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858/3 "2006-03-03T02:42:22Z")
I have been complemented on the pineapple in my diet. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858/4 "2006-03-03T02:45:27Z")
I have been told that vegetarian spunk has a distinct edge. (By a meat-eatin’ girl, so no bias.) ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858/5 "2006-03-03T02:52:03Z")
Give [THIS](http://www.semenex.com/home.html) a try. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858/6 "2006-03-03T02:57:22Z")
Love never tasted so good? Bwaaahaaaahaaaahaaahaaaa! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858/7 "2006-03-03T03:00:46Z")
One of the basic premesis is that semen is (from what I have heard) is an alkali, so things you can do to bring itmore towards neutral is better, therefore acidic things like OJ, pineapple, etc… (Interestingly enough, they say the opposite is true of women. That a vagina is naturalyl acidic and they should eat more alkalis to balance the taste. I can safely say that at least one of the women I have been with definetly had an acidic tasting area. Not so much that it was off-putting, but enough that it was noticable.) ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858/8 "2006-03-03T03:00:54Z")
I have been told (and confirmed through field studies) that both cinnamon and vanilla have positive effects. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858/9 "2006-03-03T03:03:47Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > One of the basic premesis is that semen is (from what I have heard) is an alkali, so things you can do to bring itmore towards neutral is better, therefore acidic things like OJ, pineapple, etc… > (Interestingly enough, they say the opposite is true of women. That a vagina is naturalyl acidic and they should eat more alkalis to balance the taste. I can safely say that at least one of the women I have been with definetly had an acidic tasting area. Not so much that it was off-putting, but enough that it was noticable.) Now I understand her nickname: **EverReady**. And to think, all this time I thought… ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858/10 "2006-03-03T04:06:48Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > (By a meat-eatin’ girl Doesn’t that part go without saying? ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858/11 "2006-03-03T04:18:08Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > Can sperm taste be based on what you eat or drink? If so, what are “good” foods that make it taste better? What foods should be avoided? Try [this site](http://www.dontspitswallow.com/cum_taste.shtml), referred to in the OP of [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=326149). ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858/12 "2006-03-03T04:24:21Z")
This is one case where I think there’s no point in using the gender-neutral “their”. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858/13 "2006-03-03T04:36:44Z")
Stop smoking. What kind of alkali foods are there? I mean, lutefisk, but what else fits in here? ---
**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858/14 "2006-03-03T05:25:56Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > How can one make their sperm taste better? Pan-fry it? ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858/15 "2006-03-03T09:15:22Z")
> [@](#): > > How can one make their sperm taste better? For you or for the fish? ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858/16 "2006-03-03T09:37:54Z")
Add sugar. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858/17 "2006-03-03T09:53:02Z")
Hey, as we’ve been all high and mighty in recent weeks over not sloppily calling the female genitals “vagina”, let’s clear up the distinction between _sperm_ and _semen_, shall we? My take: It’s an acquired taste. Observation persuades me that most Americans wouldn’t touch liver or kidneys, but both are delectable, and it’s more in the eye of the beholder (well, yanno what I mean) than in any attempts to improve the flavour. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858/18 "2006-03-03T10:21:03Z")
I’ve been informed that garlic and chili can leave an, um, aftertaste :o ---
**Author:** ![beckiemoriello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@beckiemoriello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckiemoriello)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858/19 "2006-03-10T04:10:53Z")
A friend of mine swears that his wife tastes MUCH better 30min after eating an avocado. (I think it was 30min. Mighta been 60min) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858/20 "2006-03-10T16:03:04Z")
> [@Antonius Block](#): > > Try [this site](http://www.dontspitswallow.com/cum_taste.shtml), referred to in the OP of [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=326149). :eek: A little warning next time regarding sites that aren’t work safe. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-make-their-sperm-taste-better/346858.md?page=2)