Why acids are sour in taste and bases are bitter in taste?

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Acidic compounds are believed to taste sour because of their hydrogen ion concentration, whereas many bases are bitter compounds & are indeed alkaline, but this is because natural bitter compounds often contain amine groups. Amine groups are weak bases. Acids taste sour, and this is because of the pH.

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