The soup was clear and the flavor remarkably pure, as if it had been repeatedly strained until only the sweet liquid essence of melon remained.
Liquid essence of Vespa mandarinia japonica, it had been the beverage of choice of Naoko Takahashi on her way to her gold medal in the Olympic marathon at Sydney.
"I personally think it dates back to Roman times, and the use of garum," the Romans' liquid essence of salted anchovies, said Elizabeth Minchilli, an expert in Roman food and the author of "Eating Rome," which is being published in April.
But these days, when people talk about essential oils, they're likely referring to the little vials of liquid essence of lemon or tea tree that you can buy at grocery stores or yoga studios, or from a distributor like Carla Cohen.
It wasn't quite Hunter S Thompson's noble quest for the American Dream, but I was on a hunt for the liquid essence of Las Vegas, and sadly, a hollowed-out, piña colada-filled, half-yard plastic replica of the Eiffel Tower was it – the guilty pleasure of America's guilty pleasure town.
Made by steaming or cold pressing raw plant material, essential oils are the distilled liquid essence of a plant.
Distillation was believed by medieval scholars to produce the essence of the liquid being purified, and the term aqua vitae ("water of life") was used as a generic term for all kinds of distillates.
In times of war and social turmoil (most of the time), vials of ca cuongs' aromatic essence were literally a liquid asset, more valuable than gold, and could provide the capital needed to start a new life.
There is even a liquid coffee essence or extract that can add a punch to your instant coffee flavor.
A cell is, in essence, a drop of watery liquid surrounded by a fatty membrane.
