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Why does carbonated water have a taste?

Chemistry For Your Life

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Carbonated Water: A Sensory Response to the Chemical

There's more acid sour taste than there would be because of the CO2 detectors on our tongue or enzymes on our tongue. And second of all, that feeling is a sensory response to the chemical, not necessarily the actual feeling of bubbly water. So I'm here to formally apologize and admit I was wrong to my brother on a public forum.

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