Ways to describe taste:
1. Acidic: sharp - tasting or sour.
"acidic wine"
2. Astringent: sharp or bitter
"an astringent smell of rotting apples"
3. Bitter: having a sharp, pungent taste or smell; not sweet.
"raw berries have an intensely bitter flavour"
4. Bittersweet: sweet with a bitter aftertaste.
"she sipped the bittersweet mocktail"
5. Brackish: slightly salty, as in river estuaries.
"a cup of brackish water"
6. Hot: containing or consisting of pungent spices or peppers which produce a burning sensation when tasted.
"a very hot dish cooked with green chilli"
7. Mature: ready for consumption.
"mature Cheddar cheese"
8. Mild: not sharp, hot, or strong in flavour.
"a mild Italian cheese"
9. Ripe: developed to the point of readiness for harvesting and eating.
"a ripe tomato"
10. Robust: strong and rich in flavour or smell.
"a robust mixture of fish, onions, capers and tomatoes"
11. Savory: belonging to the category which is salty or spicy rather than sweet.
"fresh pineapple is useful in savoury as well as in sweet dishes"
12. Seasoned: having had salt, pepper, herbs, or spices added.
"seasoned flour"
13. Sharp: acidic and intense.
"fresh goats' milk cheese has a slightly sharper flavour than fromage frais"
14. Sour: having gone bad because of fermentation.
"the kitchen smelled of sour milk"
15. Spicy: flavoured with or fragrant with spice.
"pasta in a spicy tomato sauce"
16. Sweet and sour: (especially of Chinese - style food) cooked in a sauce containing sugar and either vinegar or lemon.
"sweet - and - sour pork"
17. Syrupy: having the consistency or sweetness of syrup.
"syrupy puddings"
18. Tart: sharp in taste.
"a tart apple"
19. Unsalted: not salted.
"unsalted butter"
20. Watery: disapproving (of food or drink) containing too much water and therefore weak in taste
"watery soup/coffee"