metspitzer wrote:

Almost every chemical substance is characterized by "taste," as in
"odorless, colorless, tasteless..."

Taste is a common diagnostic tool.

So you are saying that CSI people routinely lick bones and taste
unknown substances?

Dunno about CSI folks, but I've worked in two labs: Research Clinical
Pathology at a major cancer research hospital and the exploration and
production labs at the world's largest facility for studying the origin and
migration of petroleum.

"Taste" is a fairly common diagnostic tool - sometimes, admittedly, by
accident as you mouth-pipette various substances such as urine, liquefied
feces, pus, and so on.