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What am I missing here? Because it sounds like they're saying they've discovered a new thing that registers to us as sour, not actually a new flavor?
No, the paper says it shares a receptor with sour, not that it tastes like sour.
Just as "orange" and "purple" have receptors in common but are not perceived as the same.