10. Sour taste
The taste of stomach acid is not sweet. Thus, you can easily understand how the taste changes when you have stomach acid around. Gastric juices are flowing upward to the throat constantly. In some cases, they make contact with a portion of the tongue, stimulating the papillary buds and changing the patient’s taste perception. So, even when you don’t have active acid reflux, your taste perception might start to change.
But the sensation is much more prominent in acute episodes. Other alterations may also change your taste. Thus, it is essential to talk to your doctor about it. In some cases, it can be due to a medication. But if you have other signs and symptoms listed in this article, acid reflux is always a possibility.