jfh,
You're partly CORRECT. Please read TRUTH NO. 3 and TRUTH No. 4 on my webpage entitled, "ACTIVATED CHARCOAL POWDER - UNTRUTHS & TRUTHS" (see below) to understand that it's SYNTHETIC and INORGANIC substances, plus ORGANIC TOXIC substances, but NOT NATURAL and ORGANIC nutrients, including herbs, which are ADSORBED from the body by Activated Charcoal. Miracle-Mineral-Supplement and Colloidal Minerals are INORGANIC and so they would be ADSORBED.
Activated Charcoal Powder has very little taste on it's own, but it does have a slightly gritty feeling on your tongue. You could use a straw to drink the slurry, if that's a real PROBLEM for you.