How long does it really take to differentiate...

[andtasmo]

For a newbie, smoke still tastes like smoke to me. How long did it take YOU to develop a palette?

 

[stevehawk]

I've been smoking cigars for about 9 months. It took me about 3 months (approximately 10-12 cigars) to find out that I really enjoyed it. Before then, it was jsut something to do during the poker games.

I'm smoking a lot more now. (You've been warned...)

 

[Treamayne]

Well, I've been smoking Cigarsfor about 18 Mos now. In a fewmonths I could discern some quality differences, flavor (sweet, bitter, ashy) profile and recognoze some construction goods and bads. After 8-10 months I could reasonably tast different primary flavors (woody, floral, cocoa, leather, earthy). Normally I would read a review right before I tried a new cigar then try to see if I tasted what I read others had tasted. I am now beginnign to taste some complex flavors (like both the pepper and the citrus hint in an Opus) but not reliably and not all the complex flavors other seem to taste.

The good news is that it only gets better the longer you practice.

 

[hudsonvalley]

I have been smoking about 10 years and at first it was kind of disappointing because getting the waft from someone ELSE smoking the cigar was almost better. Much like it can be with coffee, the smell can be better than the taste.

One of the most important things, IMO, is not to inhale the smoke directly. This will be so powerful you will kill the more subtle aromas.

Do a search for 'how to smoke a cigar'

Check your mailbox for some mild smokes with nice profiles that I enjoyed early on.

Cheers

 

[mississippi rifleman]

Yea, same here. I've been smoking for less than a year. I can kinda tell the differences, but, to me, all ISOMs taste the same. Where I messed up, I think, is not smoking any milds. I just bought was other were talking about and got mostly full.

 

[andtasmo]

Check your mailbox for some mild smokes with nice profiles that I enjoyed early on.

Did I read that correctly? You're mailing me some smokes? :love:

 

[CoventryCat86]

How long did it take YOU to develop a palette?

Well, first off Mrs. Crabtree sez:

PALATE

For me the question should be "How long did it take to RUIN your palate?" since I smoke so many cigars, I can barely taste anything anymore :0 To which my answer is "When I started smoking more than two cigars a day" (which was about two years ago).

 

[Kento]

I have been smoking for less than a year now, and while I still can't taste any of the coffee, chocolate, cheese, etc flavors that the real pros can taste, I do know when I am smoking a primo, delicious cigar, and when I am smoking one that tastes like ass. The funny thing is that the same cigar can be great, or ass-like in flavor depending on how it was stored, lit, smoked, etc. As for telling the difference between them all? The only thing I can differentiate right now are the different wrappers.

 

[hudsonvalley]

Check your mailbox for some mild smokes with nice profiles that I enjoyed early on.

Did I read that correctly? You're mailing me some smokes? :love:

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Yes and when you do develope your tastes a little more set a couple aside and PIF. It's just how things are done here at CP. No big whup. Enjoy.

 

[Mephiston]

I did not really start to notice until One day I had A hemingway on the way to work, and I did not have a cigarette that day yet. It was very pleasant and since than I have thought more than ever about quitting cigarettes. I also had a bottle of water so the only real taste was the cigar. I Have hemingways in the humi always now.

 

[Kento]

Hey Meph,

As a former cigarette smoker, I would say that once you get used to cigars, you really don't miss the cigarettes at all. Good luck if you do end up trying to quit. It is hard, but worth every bit of effort.

 

[Mephiston]

I think I would be ok If I could get over the cigarette that I always crave with a good drink in hand. Thanks for the support though.