As acids are sour in taste, bases are bitter in taste, what is the taste of salts ?

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Taste of different salts is different.Taste may be sweet, bitter, and tasteless. Lead (Pb) and beryllium (Be) salts are said to be sweet, however toxic.Taste of MgSO₄ is bitter. CuSO₄ has an unfathomable, diligent metallic taste.

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