Cigar Taste

BFGarner

So what are some tips as to distinguishing "tastes" in your cigars. Excluding the Nub Connecticut (creamy and smooth) and the occasional spicy taste I can't really decipher what it is I am tasting. Basically I think 1) This is good 2) This is ok 3) This is bad. Am I missing something or does this just come with time?

kuzi16

Big Deel

The tastes are hard to pick up on for me. I now can taste some of them, but I couldn't in the beginning. Like every thing, you just need time/practice.

Your pallet will change after smoking for a while. Many of the cigars I tried in the beginning were just to "strong" for me at that time.

BFGarner

Kuzi WTF is a taste wheel and where do I find one?

kuzi16

PM me your email and ill hook you up.

urbino

kuzi16

iduno... maybe its a bit of both. if you do find reviews get to know that reviewer and what they like. im sure that will help. People have told me my reviews are spot on, i still dont believe them but if they are, what would be wrong with looking at what others think? if it tastes like cedar then it tastes like cedar.

BFGarner

I sent you my info KUZI

urbino

kuzi16:

iduno... maybe its a bit of both. if you do find reviews get to know that reviewer and what they like. im sure that will help. People have told me my reviews are spot on, i still dont believe them but if they are, what would be wrong with looking at what others think? if it tastes like cedar then it tastes like cedar.

I don't think there's anything wrong, necessarily, with looking at what others think. I just think it sets up expectations in your mind of what a cigar is going to taste like, and when you have a predetermined set of expectations in your head, you're going to tend to taste what you expect. If you don't set up the expectations, you might taste something different. Then you can look at what others tasted and compare notes. Next time you smoke that cigar, see if your tasting experience differs.

jlzimmerman

urbino:

I actually think it's better to write your own review of a cigar before reading anybody else's. Otherwise, you wind up trying to taste what they tasted, instead of tasting what you taste. After you've smoked it and written down your own thoughts, then go look at other reviews if you want to; compare notes.

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urbino

jlzimmerman:

+ 1

Is that good?

j0z3r

kuzi16

urbino:

kuzi16:

iduno... maybe its a bit of both. if you do find reviews get to know that reviewer and what they like. im sure that will help. People have told me my reviews are spot on, i still dont believe them but if they are, what would be wrong with looking at what others think? if it tastes like cedar then it tastes like cedar.

I don't think there's anything wrong, necessarily, with looking at what others think. I just think it sets up expectations in your mind of what a cigar is going to taste like, and when you have a predetermined set of expectations in your head, you're going to tend to taste what you expect. If you don't set up the expectations, you might taste something different. Then you can look at what others tasted and compare notes. Next time you smoke that cigar, see if your tasting experience differs.

though i read many reviews i try and enter MY reviews with a clear mind.

urbino

No doubt. But that doesn't necessarily make it the best approach for cigar smokers at large. That's who I was aiming my recommendation at.

kuzi16

fair nuff

BFGarner

Punch Champion last night. I rated it a good. I tasted smoke, with a light hint of happiness.

kuzi16

BFGarner

lol burning money is perfect. Kuzi I never got that thing you were gonna email me. Let me know when you send it please. Im anxious and bored.

kuzi16

i just sent it a few minutes ago (maybe 20ish )

jlzimmerman

j0z3r

BFGarner:

Punch Champion last night. I rated it a good. I tasted smoke, with a light hint of happiness.

That's a review I can agree with. I was pretty impressed with the champion myself.

madurofan

urbino

kaspera79

urbino

kaspera79

Well, leather is a taste I can relate too,while someone here mentioned the taste of a dirty belt all my leather has been clean. pepper is pepper I can't tell white from black, and there is a taste I often find at the end of cigars that reminds me of either grass or mint I just can't describe it..It makes me think " Green " if a color could have a flavor that would be it.. odd

urbino

I think I know the flavor you're talking about, kas. Does it almost make you think of Pine-Sol?

j0z3r

haha, pine-sol. I know the taste you guys speak of. I usually think of a pine scent.... pine sol seems a little too sanitary to describe how i experience the taste, but it has pine qualities to it for certain.

urbino

Yeah, it's not unpleasant, but it has that sinus-opening pine scent and I always associate that with Pine-Sol.

kaspera79

urbino:

I think I know the flavor you're talking about, kas. Does it almost make you think of Pine-Sol?

Not really pine -sol that would be to strong... milder but it may be in that same family though..More grassy than piney

madurofan