Astringency

It is then good tasted, and somewhat nutritive, and it loses, by the process, the whole of the astringency which is so disagreeable in the recent fruit. ❋ Unknown (1839)

There was a fair amount of astringency in all of the wines. ❋ Lettie Teague (2011)

By virtue of their fragrance and astringency, spices were classified as heating and drying (by and large), therefore counteracting all diseases classed as wet or cold. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Anxiety might exist during various levels of astringency as great as it might remain utterly constant, come as great as go or appear unexpected (and acutely as in an stress attack). ❋ Admin (2009)

I do think it's appropriate to use the term (after all, that slight chalkiness is not astringency, and needs some kind of term). ❋ Unknown (2009)

To temper dark malts' roasted astringency, yet retain the sinister tint, the grains are cold-steeped in water. ❋ Food Republic (2011)

What the winemakers seem to be going for is consistent, red and blue fruit with a gripping astringency and a hint of vegetal/pepper character, which to me is not a mortal sin. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sencha Tasting notes: Well balanced and bright, with a woodsy astringency. ❋ Unknown (2011)

When true misery and bathetic manipulation start to blur, the astringency of poetry helps me sort things out. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's a grim work for an artist who balances playfulness and melancholy, sensuality and astringency, subjectivity and systems of measurement and classification. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There were wretched, off flavors, biting astringency; it was so dry that it seemed to suck all the saliva off the top of the mouth, leaving us working our tongues over our palates like dogs lapping at peanut butter. ❋ MAX WATMAN (2010)