Salty Cigars

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Syekick

Chairy Hestbeater
Over time, I've noticed that some cigars taste salty when I start them time and time again. Others remain salty throughout the smoke. Always the same brands. For example, one of my favorites has a little bit of salt that fades quickly. The Carlos Torono Signature Maduro. I had an cheap maduro from a sampler pack today that was very salty till I put it down.

Now for the the straight line. Is it just me? Go head....
 
There certainly DOES seem to always be something...regardless of what you're doing :r

Seriously I have noticed salt before but never from a Torano. Maybe a Sol Cubano
 
Can't believe someone actually brought this up. On rare occassions I've had a salty taste in my mouth when smoking, but I've always thought it was something to do with the curent status of my pallet......not the cigar.

Maybe it is the cigar...
 
I smoked a Pepin Black the other day and tasted pepper (obviously) but no salt. About midway through I started to taste fruit...dried cherries maybe. Never tasted a salty flavor in any cigar.
 
Yes, indeedy, I've tasted salt upon starting to smoke a cigar! Usually goes away after a while, but certainly is disconcerting. Gives new meaning to rolling cigars "with the sweat of their brow!"
 
Wow! I just experienced the same thing today. I attributed it to having burned my tongue smoking my pipe but maybe not. The cigar was just plain NASTY! I threw it out...........
 
I had an aged cc a couple weeks ago that tasted like I was smoking a bowl of salt. It was horrible but since it was a rare stick for me, I smoked it almost to the end in hopes something would change. Nothing changed, just overwhelming salt flavor through and through. Yuk.
 
yayson said:
I've heard many here say that Cuban Sancho Panzas' unique characteristic is saltiness
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Those are the only cigars I have smoked that I would describe as salty...but I don't care much for Toranos so I have not tried the Signature Maduro.
 
yayson said:
I've heard many here say that Cuban Sancho Panzas' unique characteristic is saltiness
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I consider that to be a GOOD salty flavor though, generally not overpowering. The analogy I have for Sancho Panza is that it is like a good dish that uses the perfect amount of salt to highlight all the other subtle underlying flavors. Delicious, but that is about the only one I have tasted it in that I can think of off hand.
 
I have had a 5 Vegas "A" serie maduro. It has a salty taste when just put in my mouth, unlit yet. The taste doesn't seeem to be in the smoking. Just the initial taste of the wrapper. IMHO
 
Twill413 said:
I consider that to be a GOOD salty flavor though, generally not overpowering. The analogy I have for Sancho Panza is that it is like a good dish that uses the perfect amount of salt to highlight all the other subtle underlying flavors. Delicious, but that is about the only one I have tasted it in that I can think of off hand.
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Absolutely, Tony.....I didn't mean to imply I don't like them, I think they are delicious too. :)

Head to the banter thread and tell me how the interview went. :)
 
Maybe it's just me but the CAO America line of cigars have a very salt and peppery taste to them. Especially the Potomac. But it could just be me.
 
I have has quite a few of the Carlos Torono Signature Maduro, and have never pick up a salty flavor, but everybody is different. I have picked up a salty flavor on the RP R4 Maduros before, so to each is own.
 
The Signatures are one on my favorites, but I can't recall any saltiness to them. BTW, aren't ALL the sig line maduros? I don't think I've seen them in any other wrapper, but that is just me, and I might have overlooked other wrappers!!??!!

I agree 100% with Twill413's assessment of the Sancho Panza salt characteristics. Went through two boxes of their [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Belicosos a couple of years ago, nice salty tastes on the lips.

I had a cigar in the last month that reminded me of the SPBs, but for the life of me, I can't recall now what it was. Old man memory kickin' in!!
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I had to have a SP Corona tonite just because of this thread. Mmm love the slightly salty taste! :tu:tu:tu
 
I had a bundle of Consuegra 15 Maddies that tasted like you were eating the rock salt you throw in your driveway to melt ice.

I thought maybe it was a hot day and I was sweating, but the whole bundle was that way. Man was I glad I gave those away...

Munt.
 
I had an RP Edge Mad. perfecto that the wrapper actually tasted like it was salted. I put it down after a few puffs. :2
 
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