the tea smelled of bitter almonds because old drugs smelled that way. she was trying to kill him by drugging the tea.
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potassium cyanide is a poisen that is distinguised by its smell and taste of bitter almonds
Cyanide smells of almonds.
"Cyanide" is the polyatomic ion CN-. Compounds of cyanide reportedly tend to smell like "bitter almonds" (as opposed to sweet almonds, which smell like benzaldehyde); they're toxic enough I don't go around intentionally sniffing them.
There is no such thing as "sionide".However "Cyanide" is EXTREMELY poisonous and tasting it could kill you!!!It is said to have a smell like bitter almonds.
Arsenic when heated will form Arsenic Trioxide which has an order resembling garlic.
One is sweet and the other is bitter.
Any signs of weevils is always a good indicator. As well you smell them as this can indicate if they have lost their flavor and no longer edible.
A bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds.
In books, the small of bitter almonds on a body indicates cyanide poisoning.
For me quite sweet.
Bitter Tea was created on 2006-04-18.