Re: What taste has Cyanide?

Cyanide is a simple chemical,  just one Carbon & one Nitrogen atom ( 
CN ).  Cyanide has been known to have an bitter almond taste and odor.  
However, not everyone can smell cyanide, the ability to detect  the odor 
is genetic.  I cannot detect the odor myself, but I have worked with 
individuals who knew when an autopsy was being conducted on a cyanide 
victim.  These people could smell the cyanide  as soon as they walked into 
the Medical Examiner's Office!  

I do not know what you mean by computing the taste of Cyanide. You may or 
may not be able to taste or smell the Cyanide based upon a genetic 
disposition.  I would assume that the greater the quantity  used, the 
more "taste" you would have, however short lived it would be.

 I can say that there is an entire science devoted to flavors and scents.  
For example, if a scientist wanted to determine how bitter a beer 
would "taste", he or she could determine the alpha acid content.  The 
greater the amount of alpha acid the more bitter the beer would be.

Hope this helps,

Mike Doskotz