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ELI5: Why does mint make water so much colder?

Every time I chew mint gum or have a mint, water becomes almost painfully cold to my mouth. Why is this?

EDIT: Yes, I understand this has been asked before. I apologize.
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You know when you eat a hot wing and it feels like burning?  Cold water helps a bit and hot food intensifies it.  It's a chemical and it works the opposite with mint.  Mint has menthol in it.  Menthol makes your brain think that the area is cold when it really isn't in the same way that capsaicin makes the brain think the area is burning.  So, when you drink water, the water pulls some real  heat from your mouth and the brain adds the real cooling effect of the water to the perceived cooling effect of the menthol and your brain gets a super cool sensation.