Any flavor or gustatory perception that could be loosely described as something like drinking water is called a moist sensation. We use words like briny, fresh, pickled, pure, fishy, drinkable, alkaline, clean, saline, etc. to describe specific tastes in this category. The reference experience for describing moist sensations is tasting the ocean. So to make a binary description of a moist taste sensation, compare it with a sip of seawater. Report the result using one of the following algebraic statements.
If a sensation cannot be compared with drinking water, then say it is not a moist sensation and write If a sensation is like tasting the ocean, then call it a brackish taste and express this as
If a moist sensation is not like tasting like the ocean, then say it is potable and report
The number
is called the saltiness. And the word salty is often used as a catchall for moist sensations. These relations can be mathematically stated as
Reference Constant for Saltiness
The numerical constant associated with tasting the ocean has not yet been assigned.