What is Briskness?

I sometimes use this word, so I should splain. Sometimes I use it to mean the strength of a flavor, the kick in the face quality a tea has, like a robustness. I guess it’s a little different to me than bitterness/astringency.

I use it to describe a very fresh crisp feel. Usually when it also accompanies a cool mouth feel, like when you breathe in through your mouth sharply when it’s cold outside.

But google says it’s when there’s a lot of astringency. I don’t agree with using it that way though.

I use it when describing black teas, to me it means a mix of sensation and taste. The sensation is a lip smacking dryness that is just on the edge of astringent, it wakes your mouth up and has a sharp edge to it. The sensation is usually accompanied by an oak wood taste (at least I find it is)

This link has a rather lively description of different tea tasting terms http://teadiscussion.com/various/tea-tasting-terminology-explained.php I find it fun to read :)