Dear jonny1991,

It's possible. Sometimes various foods, certain medications, smoking, and alcohol can affect the way that semen tastes or looks.

Eating fruit, for example, makes semen taste sweeter. So will naturally fermented alcohol. Coffee will make it taste bitter. So will chemically processed alcohol. Even water has an effect on semen. Drinking enough water every day will improve the taste, smell, and texture of semen.

There's also a wide range of textures, odors, and tastes of "normal" and healthy semen, regardless of foods, medication, and drugs.

Semen can be opaque or transparent, thick or thin, sweet or salty. The color of semen can vary from white to yellowish.

Hope this information helps!

Take care,

teenwire.com^® Editors

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