The water was cold, tasting brightly of tin, but not as cold as that which bubbled up in a corner of that small-town garage, the cement floor black with grease and the ceiling obscured by the sliding-door tracks and suspended wood frames holding rubber tires fresh from Akron.
Have a Manhattan made by one of the whiz kids back behind the bar, some mustachioed chemist with tattoos and an understanding of bitters that rivals a rabbi's knowledge of the Talmud, then some brilliant oysters, fresh and clean and cold, tasting only a few hours out of the waters of Cape Cod or the Gulf of Maine.
Although it was very ordinary wine — Graham would have refused to drink it — the cold green taste of each mouthful was heady and transforming, worth whatever it would cost her afterward.
Sit out with Coke!… the cold crisp taste that deeply satisfies!", a 1967 one for 7-Up merely shows an ice-cold bottle top dripping with condensation and the tagline, "Wet and Wild".
Maybe he'd try to inspire me with something like, "Young man, young man, the only thing that could possibly make a cold beer taste better is if it gets you drunk and high at the same time.
Remember that cold drinks taste best in chilled glasses.
I had tried scotch once at a wedding reception when I was younger and to me it had a cold flat taste, like cardboard tipped in vinegar.
But their half-life is astoundingly fast, and by the time these babies are cold, they taste like mealy little icicles.
The mixture of grits, sugar and cold water tastes every bit as good as it sounds.
A verdant cold soup tasting richly of corn is served over its diced tomato garnish.
