Alex, I think the idea was to attempt to get a feel for the signature tastes of the different tobacco producing countries, or at least the key players. Obviously the main flaw, as you'd be quick to point out, is that many countries have different tobacco growing regions that give off their own signature taste, but I think mainly we would be trying to get a feel for what country we are tasting so as to be better informed when we smoke our regular, blended cigars. Call it an experiment in taste identification.
yes. all this stemming from Maddy and myself discussing how i seem to like Honduran tobacco compared to Nicaraguan. the question being "is there a "Nicaraguan" taste, or a "honduran" taste? "
I believe the idea is to have a puro from different countires (say Nicaragua, DR, and Honduras) without bands sent out to everyone who is participating. Then upon smoking them, the participants will try to determine the country of origin.
And the more I think about it alien, the more it makes sense to use a selection of currently available puros. This way we get a properly blended, balanced cigar to base our judgments on. While a custom blended puro from Nicaragua, Honduras and the DR would have enough variety in taste to offer a balanced smoking experience, some other countries without such a wealth of diverse tobacco might fall short of that.
I agree. Maybe two each of the same stick, or maybe two different puros from three different countries.
I think that we should continue this experiment but with the forum blend going we can just proceed on our own with existing puros. Then if the Alex, Tim and the boys want to help us later, we can just add that to the experiment. I will start doing some research and see what puros I can find.
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