Bases taste bitter. Acids taste sour.
Bitter-melon.
The tongue however does taste things that are: bitter, salty, sour and sweet.
The four basic tastes are bitter tastes, sweet/sugary tastes, salty tastes and sour tastesSweet, Salty, Sour and Bitter.
Slippery and tastes bitter.....not properties of an acid --Apex:)
Slippery tastes bitter
Slippery tastes bitter
Acids taste bitter.
"Bitter tastes are experienced by quinine."
the tip is sweet, on the very back is bitter, sour is on the side, and salty on the edges. EDIT: Actually, that theory has been disproven a few years ago and it is now known that they are spread throughout the tongue
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Several important bitter chemicals: denatonium benzoate (this the champion), quinine, alkaloids.
An Acid is a substance that tastes sour and Base is a substance that tastes bitter and feels slippery.