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Acidity causes things to taste sour, not bitter. Bitterness is associated with alkaloids (many alkaloids are poisonous, so the fact we have taste-buds for bitte
by denton-scratch 2y ago
Acidity causes things to taste sour, not bitter. Bitterness is associated with alkaloids (many alkaloids are poisonous, so the fact we have taste-buds for bitterness is an advantage).
I experience lemons as both sweet and sour, but certainly not bitter.
[Edit] Perhaps the peel is bitter; the white pulp is certainly bitter.
- taejo 2y agoSome acids are bitter, e.g. in hops https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00253-021-11329-4 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00253-021-11329-4 and in bile https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-04971-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-04971-3.