Acids taste sour and bases taste bitter. Bases and Bitter both start with 'B', so I never confuse.
Acids taste bitter.
Yes, acids are sharp and bitter as well
sharp and bitter
all bases taste bitter Thomas To be more accurate, the taste of a base is bitter, but also the taste of an acid is sour, and a salt, well...is salty. :D -Wasp04. ZD
Bases taste bitter. Acids taste sour.
Acids taste sour, alkaline substances taste bitter.
That's because food containing acids are usually sour, and others with bases are bitter.
Alkali substances taste bitter, or soapy.
"sharp" Just as in English, it can mean "piercing" for a sharp and shrill noise, "acrid" for a sharp, bitter taste, "keen" as in a sharp mind, and so on.
Sour taste usually indicated the presence of an acid, while the bitter means base, and there are various indicators to distinguish acids from bases.
Acids. And bases. Vetting from lemon juice to soap. Acids are sour. Bases are bitter and slippery.