Acid pH heard by modern day Bards

A spoon in a white mug of hot chocolate

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The hot chocolate effect might have practical application

A mug of hot chocolate tapped with a spoon can produce a note of increasing pitch as bubbles rise to the surface. This principle can also be used to measure the acidity of a solution, which might make it quicker to test the viability of yeast used in brewing beer.

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