It was not till we had had tea three times round, with tasters and wasters to match, that Patty said very gently, 'It's quite dark now.
Nevertheless, these two great wine-tasters held to what they had said.
Tea and wine tasters (who of course are really tea and wine smellers) can pick out the place where grapes or leaves grew, and the season of the year.
Wine tasters can tell one year’s vintage from another, and distinguish between the top and the bottom of a single bottle.
The tasters write no books themselves; consequently they have the more time to look over and tax those of other people.
They are commonly called tasters (or Praegustatores) because they eat a mouthful of every book beforehand, and tell the people whether its flavor be good.
It was not until we had had tea three times round, with tasters and wasters to match, that Patty said very gently: 'It's quite dark now.
Notwithstanding this, the two famous tastersstood positively to what they had said.
You must know I have had in my family, by the father's side, two of the rarest tastersthat were ever known in La Mancha; and I will give you a proof of their skill.
The oath to be taken by these beer tasters or conners ran as follows:-- "You are the chosen ale-tasters of this town.
When they were dishing the meat, my graceless tastersmust have been inattentive, for he managed to throw about one-half of the poison on a plate which held some thin slices of bread.
The man did not throw it into the pot, because I had strictly enjoined my tasters ever to watch the Hindustanis; fortunately, therefore, he only threw it into the tray.
The expert wine tasters in Rhineland, where the full flavour of the luscious fruit is retained in the wine as Nature put it there, never drink wine.
In trying coffee, my favourite beverage, as you told me I might do if I handled it rightly in the mouth, I tasted it until it was absorbed or swallowed involuntarily just as you told me the expert wine-tasters and tea-tasters do.
With liquids one simply has to do as the wine-tasters and the tea-tasters do.
Low tasters inspect the meat exposed to sale, and cause that to be destroyed which is unfit for use.
High tasters examine the goodness of beer, and its measure.
Then it flashed upon me that he was alluding to the old "Tasters for Poison"; and I looked at him curiously.
So I came to ask what Tasters have been appointed for the Earth-Cherished-One this evening.
I don't know whether the punch tasters referred to were professional punch mixers or whether it was simply a term applied to persons of well-known experience and judgment in punch-drinking.
Here is one from the Salem Gazette in 1741:-- "Extraordinary good and very fresh Orange juice which some of the very best Punch Tastersprefer to Lemmon, at one dollar a gallon.
Since ale and beer have become excisable commodities the custom of appointing ale-tasters has in most places fallen into disuse.
They seem to me To act like tasters (=protenthai=) who in hopes to take The prytanea with all possible speed, Taste them on this account all on one day.
And I find also a decree passed, while Cephisodorus was archer at Athens, in which the tasters are mentioned as a regular guild or college; just like the men who are called parasites.
They also used to call the tasters (according to the statement of the same Pamphilus) =edeatroi=, because they ate of dishes before the king with a view to his safety.
Professional tea-tasters have long been known to suffer from nervous symptoms; very early in the practice of their occupation the head pressure symptoms of neurasthenia occur.
They are usually known by the name of tasters or rulers of taste, because they try the flavour of every book as it comes out, and then tell the people whether they'll like it or not.
But the accuracy of good tasters is really wonderful; they will classify and fix the true value of a chop of teas beyond dispute, and the East India Company's tasters were occasionally of eminent service in detecting frauds.
It was not till we had had tea three times round, with tasters and wasters to match, that Patty said very gently, `It's quite dark now.
Tea tasters and beer tasters and special food tasters do the same in order to preserve their keen taste discrimination.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tasters" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
