The phrase "astringent taste" refers to a sharp, bitter, or puckering sensation you experience in your mouth when something is very dry or tannic. It might make your mouth feel like it's being pulled tight or dried out. Full definition
Foods with astringent taste can help stopping diarrhea and bleeding. (foodpyramid.com)
It's important to use Fuyu persimmons in this and other salads: they're the compact persimmons that stay firm, even crunchy, when ripe (as opposed to Hachiya persimmons: the oblong - shaped variety with much softer flesh and a very astringent taste unless perfectly ripe). (healthygreenkitchen.com)
Green tea is a bitter, astringent tasting beverage that derives from the leaves of the Camellia sinesis plant. (instantknockout.com)