Martin Lersch

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What is in the name Khymos? The name of this site, khymos ( χυμός ), is Greek meaning “juice”. It is related to al-kimiya ( كيمياء ) , the Arabic word that gave rise to alchemy. Other related words include Khemia , the old name of Egypt (meaning land of black earth) and the Greek khein and khymatos meaning “to pour” and “that which is poured out” respectively. Eventually these words also developed into the current word chemistry. As you can see, the word khymos provides a link between food and chemistry! I therefore thought it would be a suitable name for a site dealing with food, chemistry, molecular gastronomy and related subjects. Coffee being poured into a Chemex – of course it is chemis | This Cookie Policy was last updated on July 28, 2026 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the European Economic Area and Switzerland. 1. Introduction Our website, https://khymos.org (hereinafter: "the website") uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all t

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