mrreindeer
Gorilla
I just read all 5 pages and couldn't stop reading as if it was some mystery thriller. Really great job Wayne & all the participants, truly.
Tasting of cigars
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I just read all 5 pages and couldn't stop reading as if it was some mystery thriller. Really great job Wayne & all the participants, truly.
mrreindeer
Gorilla
I'm still new at the snork but some on CS have mentioned that in addition to 'snorking', they actually do take some of the burning smoke from the foot into the nose. I end up coughing doing that. The 'snork' is actually just bringing the smoke into your mouth, then holding it there, swirling it around, then slowly exhaling 80% out the mouth & 20% or less, out the nose. You just blow out the last bit through your nose.
Agreed. I just read through that thread, and it's fantastic.
OP: It might help you taste the subtle nuances of cigars if you "sip" rather than puff. By that I mean that you take smaller, slower draws and let them really flow across your tongue.
NCRadioMan
More cigars Sanchez!
The easiest way I know of is to take a draw, let most of the smoke out then start to smack your lips like you just tasted something very good. When you smack your lips like you are chewing the smoke, your toungue will go to the roof of your mouth and force smoke out through your nose and it should open up a whole new world of tastes from cigars. With time and practice it will be come second nature. I can't smoke a cigar without doing it. For other methods search the words I mentioned in earlier in this thread.
NoValidTitle
Young Ape
So I didn't take all of your advice. I'm sitting here now smoking my last macanudo and the snorking really increases the taste like 5 fold.
mrreindeer
Gorilla
Okay, okay, you got me there, because I've only had one Mac and it was way back at the beginning of the year on my first real cigar purchase and I didn't even know about snorking. Maybe I should try it again!
Know that I've only just recently begun snorking myself (god, that sounds awful), so I'm just slowly getting the hang of it myself. I await the GREAT NUANCE with eager anticipation! :chk:chk:chk
Great advice. I stumbled on this about a month ago and for some reason, it really is a great combo. What is really bizzare is that Barq's Diet does not have the same effect for me.
RockEStone
Smoke em' if you Got em'
I agree. Just to change things up a Cabernet and cigar really do go very well together.
My few comments:
1. I had a Rocky Patel "The Edge" with a beautiful very dark (Sumatra I think) wrapper. I had read online that it was a serious full bodied smoke. Well, I'm still generally a noob - been smoking cigars since February. Well, I actually didn't think it was that strong at all. My wife thought so, and she's had many of the smokes I had. I actually really liked it though. Definitely one I would buy again but I certainly wouldn't classify it as strong as others have.
2. Definitely take everyone's advice and exhale some smoke out the nose. The reason is because you have taste buds up there at the roof of your mouth. Most people think taste buds are only on the tongue but that's not the case. There's are taste buds on the uupper part of your mouth (called the palate). When you exhale through the nose you will get a LOT more flavor as that part is more sensitive to the smoke.
3. Cigars have a flavor all their own. I too find it funny when people talk about "leathery notes" and all that sillyness. I mean... who hear has eaten leather? Well, when people use that reference they're not really referring to actual taste but rather a scent to taste comparison. You smell something and the brain thinks it has an idea of what the taste should be. Truth be told... cigars have a taste all their own - well... for the mostpart. Describing the tobacco flavor is hard when using typical consumables as a reference. You just can't find the exact thing with which to describe it. So, while there is a ton of flavor it's kinda hard to describe as no predefined words have been associated with the flavors.
4. I'm a beer connoisseur and its much easier to describe the tastes than it is for cigars. But, on occasion I'm at a loss to describe a specific flavour. Again, it's because it's unique and there is no one single consumable that exactly matches that taste to use as a reference.
Anyhow, those are some of my findings
Rev.
1. I had a Rocky Patel "The Edge" with a beautiful very dark (Sumatra I think) wrapper. I had read online that it was a serious full bodied smoke. Well, I'm still generally a noob - been smoking cigars since February. Well, I actually didn't think it was that strong at all. My wife thought so, and she's had many of the smokes I had. I actually really liked it though. Definitely one I would buy again but I certainly wouldn't classify it as strong as others have.
2. Definitely take everyone's advice and exhale some smoke out the nose. The reason is because you have taste buds up there at the roof of your mouth. Most people think taste buds are only on the tongue but that's not the case. There's are taste buds on the uupper part of your mouth (called the palate). When you exhale through the nose you will get a LOT more flavor as that part is more sensitive to the smoke.
3. Cigars have a flavor all their own. I too find it funny when people talk about "leathery notes" and all that sillyness. I mean... who hear has eaten leather? Well, when people use that reference they're not really referring to actual taste but rather a scent to taste comparison. You smell something and the brain thinks it has an idea of what the taste should be. Truth be told... cigars have a taste all their own - well... for the mostpart. Describing the tobacco flavor is hard when using typical consumables as a reference. You just can't find the exact thing with which to describe it. So, while there is a ton of flavor it's kinda hard to describe as no predefined words have been associated with the flavors.
4. I'm a beer connoisseur and its much easier to describe the tastes than it is for cigars. But, on occasion I'm at a loss to describe a specific flavour. Again, it's because it's unique and there is no one single consumable that exactly matches that taste to use as a reference.
Anyhow, those are some of my findings
Rev.
NCRadioMan
More cigars Sanchez!
I agree the Edge isn't that strong. Ever play baseball? When I taste leather, it takes me back to when I was a kid in the outfield chewing on the leather strings of my glove while waiting for a ball to come my way. That's how I can taste leather.
Yup. Plus, if you've ever gotten your glove wet, then depending on where & how it dried out, you might get a whole new flavor profile from the leather. If it dries out & picks up a little mustiness from mildew...well, that's pretty nasty. If it dries out in the hot sun, you might get a little flintiness...an almost metallic flavor.
Rawhide work gloves are another one...the kind that you'd wear to punch doggies in (I've never punched a doggie in my life despite living in Kansas). They look gunslinger cool if you turn down the cuffs that would cover your wrists. Anyhow, they have a distinctive leather aroma which can sometimes flash in a cigar.
IHT, poor bastage, claims to have never picked up a leathery aspect in a cigar, but then he has the palate of a billy goat.
Cigar Man Andy
Young Chimp
Hi there!
This is my first post. I'm pretty new to cigar smoking. I am not a smoker otherwise. I have read a lot of reviews, watched a lot of reviews and talked to the guys at my local B&M. So far I've tried about 7-10 different stogies and I honestly have a hard hard time telling the difference in them. Now as a none smoker I would think the taste would be overbearing since I'm not used to smoke in my mouth. To name a few I've had...
Red Dot Dominican Cohiba
A Green banded Macanudo (don't remember specifics)
Rocky Patel Decade (I LOVED the draw on this)
Rocky Patel 1990
Rocky Patel 1992
When I told the guy at the B&M I was going to try the decade he said "are you sure you can handle that as a new smoker?" but yet I could hardly taste anything.
I can list a few more later once I get home and look at my collection of bands.
I can taste food and drinks but why not smoke so much!? :ss
*edit* Just so you guys know, I AM working my way through the stickies.
There is a famous quote.
"I don't know much about art, but I know what I like".
Keep trying different cigars until you find what you like. As you smoke more, your pallet will develop. There are not that many cigars that I have not tried. When I find another one that I like, I buy 10 and end up smoking 1-3 and the rest end up in my humidor aging. I always seem to go back to my Joya de Nicaragua and Opus X.
I like most of the cigars that are in my humidor, but not for a steady diet, but for a change of pace. And as my pallet changes, my taste changes.
Suggestion... Try a few sampler packs. Maduro, natural, Cameroon, Corojo, Sun Grown and such. Smoke a different one each day and take notes. As you hold the smoke in your mouth, it will be the after taste that will tell the story. In time you will taste the flavor more.
Personally, I like peppery spicy leathery. but every stogie tells a story if you listen.
All the best
Andy
mrreindeer
Gorilla
Great post Andy.
NoValidTitle
Young Ape
Thanks Andy! I didn't know that was an actual famous quote but I do say that same thing.
When I went to my B&M last night I grabbed 9 more sticks to try out, RP Sungrown, CAO Brazilia, 4 different Olivas, another RP Decade and the last has slipped my mind.
Great tips guys! Very informative. Unfortunately I have a stuffy nose right now so I have to wait till that breaks to light up another.