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A simplified ethanol\u2013water-ester-acid model system combined with multiscale characterization and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations revealed PEF triggers cascaded hydrogen-bond network reorganization, proceeding from aqueous network dissociation to ethanol cluster assembly and subsequent hydrophobic microdomain expansion. The resulting ethanol clusters serve as binding sites that preferentially solubilize hydrophobic flavor compounds through strengthened directional hydrogen bonds, weakening solute\u2013solute interactions. This pathway facilitates transformation from metastable supersaturation to thermodynamically stable homogeneous colloid. Time-resolved 2D-COS spectroscopy established the kinetic sequence as 370 nm (water-dominated) to 330 nm (transitional) and finally to 308 nm (ethanol-rich), confirming that water network disruption precedes cluster formation. 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