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Why does carbonated water have a taste?

Chemistry For Your Life

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The Effects of Sour Receptors on Taste

If you inhibit your CO2 detector, you can still taste sour things. So would all of the things say that to a human instead of a mouse? We can ask them the mice how they feel about it. What would it feel like to drink a soda or carbonate water? Would it just taste a little funky but just be like flat? I mean, we've all experienced a flat soda. Right.

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