标题：The future of the Chinese consumer—in three glasses

What China’s biggest distiller, brewer and water-bottler say about its economy

正文：To western palates baijiu is an acquired taste—and most never acquire it. China’s national fire water, at first whiff redolent of cheap potato vodka with a soup?on of fish sauce, is just too pungently unfamiliar. But whatever foreign investors plied with the stuff by their Chinese business partners make of the flavour, they appear to be lapping up shares in its makers.

知识点：whiff n.

1. a smell, especially one that you only smell for a short time一点儿气味；一股气味

a whiff of cigar smoke一股雪茄烟味

He caught a whiff of perfume as he leaned towards her.他探身靠近她时闻到一股香水味。

2. a slight sign or feeling of sth轻微的迹象（或感觉）；一点点；些许

a whiff of danger一点点危险

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