21.   The red peppers must be cooked to mellow their bitter aftertaste.

22.   The Starbucks Coffee Co. plan to acquire Pasqua Coffee is leaving a bitter aftertaste in the mouths of some patrons of the San Francisco-based coffeehouse.

23.   These days, even the best of times have a way of leaving a bitter aftertaste.

24.   Though the images are childlike and as colorful as cotton candy, they leave a bitter aftertaste.

25.   Two tablespoons was the winner, yielding a rich cup of coffee with no bitter aftertaste.

26.   Two panelists also noted a bitter aftertaste.

27.   What happened next, however, left confusion and a bitter aftertaste.

28.   Yet the triumph still leaves a bitter aftertaste.

29.   Accusations of foul play flew thick and fast during that presidential contest and the bitter aftertaste has remained.

30.   Accusations of foul-play flew thick and fast during that presidential contest and the bitter aftertaste has remained to this day.