| The tarragon sauce lent an interesting and subtle astringency, which gave the tender pork a real lift. |
| Casein and gelatin function as adsorbents for phenolics and can reduce a wine's excess bitterness and astringency. |
| A warmly lyrical idiom gave place to a gritty astringency that must have been very disturbing to erstwhile admirers. |
| Tannin is responsible for the astringency, colour, and some of the flavour in tea. |
| It is an important issue because even trained tasters can have trouble distinguishing between bitterness and astringency. |
| As fruit ripens, the degree of astringency declines proportional to changes in proanthocyanidin levels. |
