soapy taste

Cilantro for some

A soapy taste is a flavor resembling soap—clean, chemical, slightly bitter or perfumed.

Some people experience cilantro this way due to genetic variation: Cilantro has a soapy taste to me.

The phrase also describes actual contamination from dish soap residue on glasses or utensils.

Related

washing up liquid · foam · lather · aftertaste · dish · rinse · mouth · metallic · cilantro · unpleasant · washing · bubbles · artificial · coating · tongue · clean · perfumed · alkaline

Categories
Opposites
taste quality

soapy tastebitter taste

Sharp, unpleasant flavor

sour taste · tangy taste · earthy taste · umami · salty taste

palatability

soapy tastetasty

Good to eat

mouthwatering · flavorful · yummy · scrumptious · palatable

naturalness

soapy tasteclean finish

Neat, complete ending

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G