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Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.
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Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
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An astringent puckery sensation given to the gums; it is a quality of the liquor and not a flavor. Also called bite. Pungency gives tea its refreshing quality; excessive pungency gives tea its refreshing quality; excessive pungency gives tea a bitter, harsh, rough character.
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A term to denote a very astringent tea
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A wine with a powerful, assertive smell linked to a high level of acidity. abc | def | ghijk | lmnopq | rstuv | wxyz
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With a sharp stiff tip.
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sharp biting or acrid especially in taste or smell; "tasting the pungent wood sorrel"; "pungent curry"; "a pungent smell of burning sulfur"
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capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
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A strong smell.
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producing a harsh sensation in the nose : a wine without elegance Top of the page Race wine of distinction and class
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is a smell term used when a wine is very aromatic, often earthy.
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This word drifts into shades of personal subjectives.  In coffee, it can mean a strong and penetrating effect on the palate and nose.  Not the same as pungency of tea.
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a term meaning a wine is very aromatic or earthy; usually linked to high levels of volatile acidity.
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Having a sharp tip, usually applied to spines or Petal.
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Pleasantly astringent in the mouth.
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A good combination of strength, briskness and brightness.
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Astringency or tartness; bite.
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Astringent; it's what gives tea its bite.
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tea taster's term to denote a very astringent tea
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Astringent with a combination of briskness, brightness and strength.
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Very brisk- look for this
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A high level of volatile acidity can have a powerful and assertive smell.
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A sharp point; an acrid taste.
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A term describing highly astringent tea.
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Describes a tea liquor having marked briskness and an astringent effect on the palate without bitterness.
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Gives tea a bitter, harsh, rough character.  Usually described as an astringent puckery sensation to the gums which has nothing to do with flavor.  It is the liquor that imparts this ‘bite'.
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a quality characteristic of tea e.g. brisk
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Sharp or irritating.
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Having an acrid taste or smell.
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Ideal combination of briskness, brightness, strength and flavor, highly desirable.
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Irritating or shapely painful. Producing a sharp sensation of taste or smell.
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Having a powerful, assertive smell linked to a high level of volatile acidity.
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can be seen as strong, spicy, hot, heady, overpowering, sharp, biting, a penetrating taste or smell; or you could take it by the forceful, biting, cutting, caustic, acerbic side. Forget about bland or mild.
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is the sharp, almost sour sensation or bite inside your mouth when you taste a tea with a higher percentage of unfermented tannins.
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Pleasantly astringent; a good combination or briskness, strength, and brightness.
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