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Is Bitter Taste in Mouth Serious?

Sophia Al-Mansoor Oct 18, 2026 6 min read

Analyze the key details Is Bitter Taste in Mouth Serious with our in-depth report.

We have five basic tastes sweet, sour, salty, bitter and 'savoury' (called umami) which are not normally affected when we lose our sense of smell because they are detected with the tongue. However, there is evidence that in COVID true taste can be affected as well as smell.