a. [f. TOAST sb.1 + -Y.] Like toast, esp. in having a slightly burnt flavor.
Hence Toastiness, ’toasty’ quality (of tea).
1892. Walsh, Tea (Philad.), 100. The infusion is also darker in draw, but very ‘toasty,’ that is ‘burnt’ in flavor, owing to too high firing. Ibid., 72. The finer grades [of Pakeong] yield a rich ripe flavor … but lacking in that ‘toastiness’ for which the former [kinds of tea] are so much admired.
