Why does carbonated water have a taste?
Chemistry For Your Life
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The CO2 Enzyme and the Taste Palette
The CO2 enzyme is a flag on the sour receptors almost. So they are kind of one even though they do different things just in real life. We obviously taste sour even when it's not carbonated or whatever. But they are one thing sort of. It's like attached. Okay. Maybe someone who likes the science history can go look into how Joseph Priestley came up with that. I did not have time to do it and the semester starts tomorrow.
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