"The Taste of Ink" is the debut single by American rock band the Used from their self-titled debut album The Used.

It was released to radio September 2002 along with a music video for TV directed by the Malloys.

A music video was filmed in August.

[5] A CD single was later released in March 2003 with contained a b-side, Christmas song, and music video.

A demo version can be found on the band's demo album Demos from the Basement which was a CD distributed by the band in 2001 which was then called Used.