Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.
Harsh is a term used to describe overwhelming tastes, aromas or mouthfeels. This descriptor can describe a variety of negative aspects of a beer including the hops, carbonation level, or overwhelming finish.
Gratingly unpleasant to the ear.
A coffee that is hard in flavour.
Harshness would normally be due to under withering or oxidization in the manufacturing process rather than the timing of plucking.
A term used to describe a certain coffee flavor. Rio and similarly flavored coffee are generally described as harsh.
Wines that are tannic, rough, and high in alcohol.
unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"
disagreeable to the senses; "the harsh cry of a blue jay"; "harsh cognac"; "the harsh white light makes you screw up your eyes"; "harsh irritating smoke filled the hallway"
sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court delays"; "an abrasive character"
unpleasant chemical taste and smell due to excessive ethyl acetate
An unpleasantly aggressive or caustic flavor or feeling to the mouth or nose.
Unpleasantly rough tasting tea that has not been properly withered.
Unpleasant, bitter infusion resulting from under withered leaves.
Crude raw taste; used to describe certain Brazils and robustas.
A hard raspy often-caustic flavour sometimes described as Rioy.
Strong, unpleasant, sharp or "edgy" flavor; also used to describe Rio-y, iodine-like flavor.
A coffee that is hard in flavor.
Unpleasant, hard, or crude in flavor.
A hard, raspy, often caustic, flavor sometimes described as Rioy.
Refers to a tea which is bitter which could result from picking (plucking) tea before it is ready.
Acrid. Sensation at the same time bitter and astringent, raspy, and disagreeable. Particularly found in some poor quality robusta coffees. Often due to imperfect beans.
(Tea - Liquors) An unattractive astringent taste caused by underwithered leaf or high firing
An unpleasantly sharp, rough or irritating taste.
a taste generally due to the leaf being under withered during manufacture resulting in a very rough taste.
A taste which is unpleasantly sharp, rough, or irritating.
unpleasant to the taste, abrasive, coarse, acerbic, astringent, biting, bitter, caustic, cutting, dry, mordant, nasty, sharp, stinging, vitriolic. Definitely not smooth.
Very astringent wines, usually with high alcohol component, often have this rough, rustic taste characteristic. May become more tolerable with aging but also may not be worth the wait.
burning, caustic or callous flavor.
Very rough in flavor; associated with underwithered teas.
