The liquid hits the back of my throat like an electric shock, at once bitter and sweet.
The human tongue can detect five distinct tastes: sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami.
So sick he couldn't walk, Benton lay in his hospital bed bitter and resentful.
It's possible to take this too far, however: over-extracted wine can be bitter and coarse.
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Writer Harry Reid said the incident left the university campus "a very bitter and divided place".
Its brewer, Foster's, has a lot more success with brands like Victoria Bitter and Carlton.
So yes, politics has become more bitter and polarised, but the problem isn't American tribalism.
What religion is to contemporary U.S. national politics--a bitter and hardening divide--illegal immigration is to California politics.
The result of this, he says, is that they can become "very bitter and twisted when they don't make it".
Around 70% of production is the robusta type of beans, the more bitter and cheaper variety than arabica.
Not quite lemony in flavor, this citrus is more delicate and nuanced, with distinct bitter and floral characteristics.
Unless you want to create a generation of children as bitter and miserable as anonymous newspaper message board posters.
But his bitter and suspicious party colleagues are not giving him such leeway.
But even the majority of settlers who forswear violence are bitter and fearful.
All members of the United Nations are affected by both the bitter and the sweet events and developments in today's world.
But just as Gallagher was experiencing an unexpected success, so his weighing room colleague McCoy was tasting a bitter and unexpected low.
Rich, bitter and set on revenge, Mr Reddy may dent Congress's support.
"I got real bitter and angry, " he said of his initial response.
The debate over the debt ceiling looked ugly, bitter and partisan, but all sides were able to state their case clearly and forcefully.
After bitter and pointless debate, the council zoned the lot for the gas station and the galaxy above the lot for the sign.
It owns some of beer's best brands, not only Carlsberg but also Tuborg, Pripps, Falcon and, in the U.K., Tetley Bitter and Burton Ale.
Avoid white ones, which are bitter and can be slightly poisonous.
When he finally stumbles into lucidity, Morgan is bitter and angry.
The contempt order is the latest escalation in one of the most bitter and contentious business divorces among hedge fund owners that Greenwich has ever seen.
They forget the childhood lesson about people not being better or worse because of what they wear or own, and let themselves become bitter and resentful.
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Rather, a desire to minimize and manage risk by both parties and to avoid a bitter and costly end, makes having an employment contract a smart idea.
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Other airlines have been increasing their use of umami, which is one of the five basic tastes discovered by the Japanese (together with sweet, sour, bitter and salty).
Young saw his players released for Wales training from Monday to Wednesday following the bitter and protracted row between the regions and the Welsh Rugby Union over player release.
Called by president Artur Mas, of the moderate nationalist CiU, after his demands for a new fiscal pact with Madrid were rejected, this election has become both bitter and personal.
It can be described as a shortcut to umami, the so-called fifth flavor (in addition to sweet, sour, bitter and salt), which in turn is often described as savory or meaty.
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