delicious, fresh, nice, pleasant, refreshing
distinctive
pungent, rich, strong
bland, mild
foul, nasty, unpleasant
bitter, creamy, metallic, salty, sharp, smooth, sour, spicy, sweet
authentic
You need to use fresh herbs to get the authentic Italian taste.

have
The soup had a very salty taste.

leave
The drink left a bitter taste in his mouth.
The whole business left a bad taste in my mouth. (figurative)

affect
spoil
Don't have a cigarette now—you'll spoil the taste of your food!

enhance, improve
enjoy, savour/savor
She was enjoying the taste of the champagne.

disguise, take away
I had a strong coffee to take away the nasty taste of the food.

feel
He could feel the taste of blood in his mouth.

buds

brief, little, small
real
That job gave me my first real taste of teaching.

first

get, have, taste (esp. AmE)
Have a taste of this cake.

give sb, offer (sb), provide (sb with)

taste of
This was her first taste of success.

a taste of things to come
The new appraisal plan is only a taste of things to come.

catholic (esp. BrE), eclectic, varied
simple
refined, sophisticated
expensive, extravagant
eccentric, esoteric (esp. BrE), strange
acquired
Modern art is an acquired taste.

changing
the changing tastes of consumers

natural
local, national
modern
individual, personal
aesthetic, artistic, cultural, literary, musical, reading, sexual
audience, consumer, contemporary, popular, public, Western
Her music appeals to popular taste.

have
They have a taste for adventure.

like, share
You obviously share her taste in reading.

acquire, cultivate, develop, get
lose
I've lost my taste for exotic trips.

indulge
Now he is retired he has time to indulge his tastes for writing and politics.

demonstrate, display
Her choice of outfit demonstrated her taste for the outrageous.

appeal to, cater for (esp. BrE), cater to (esp. AmE), match, meet, satisfy, suit
a range of hotels to suit all tastes and budgets

lie
It all depends on where your tastes lie.

run
His tastes run to the exotic.

change, differ, vary
Lifestyles differ and tastes vary.

for sb's taste
The music was too modern for my taste.

to taste (= according to how much of sth as you want)
Add salt and pepper to taste.

to your taste
If fishing is not to your taste, there are many other leisure activities on offer.

taste for
People with a taste for complex plots will enjoy this book.

taste in
young people's tastes in music

a man/woman of … tastes
a man of advanced tastes

a matter of (personal) taste
What type of bicycle you should buy is very much a matter of personal taste.

a wide range/variety of tastes

excellent, exquisite, fine, good, great, impeccable
Her work is executed with impeccable taste.

appalling (esp. BrE), bad, dubious, poor, questionable, terrible

reflect, show
The house reflected his taste.

exercise
The designer has exercised good taste in her choice of fabrics.

in … taste
That joke was in very poor taste.

with taste
The room had been decorated with great taste.

taste in
She has terrible taste in clothing.

an arbiter of taste (esp. BrE)
Contemporary arbiters of taste dismissed his paintings as rubbish.

in the best possible taste, in the worst possible taste
The love scenes are all done in the best possible taste.
HIs jokes were in the worst possible taste.

a lack of taste
The remark showed a real lack of taste.

a man/woman of taste
taste and decency (BrE)
The play was judged to offend against standards of public taste and decency.