Am I Expecting too Much?
I'm not certain that I should admit to this for fear of being branded a philistine, but I simply cannot seem to differentiate - concerning flavours - between the tobaccos that I've smoked. If it were not for the different cuts and unlit olfactory properties of each of the (very selected) tobaccos that I've smoked thus far I don't have any cause to believe I would be able to tell one apart from the other.
As it stands, I've smoked: C&D's Morley's Best; C&D's Pennington Gap; McC's 2015; an English and a Virginia blend from 4noggins. I've smoked through the whole quantity of each blend before moving onto the next but I'm unsure if this is the best approach.
Having read copious amounts of posts on here and other boards and many reviews on tobacco reviews I definitely feel that I'm missing out on something everytime I smoke some tobacco.
Every blend so far, if I were to have smoked a bowl of each consecutively, has merged into one, so to speak, producing almost identical flavours. I would have thought that after having smoked a Va/Per, a Burley, an English and an Aromatic I would be capable of setting each apart. This, unfortunately, is not the case.
Understandably, at least in my eyes, this is somewhat frustrating. New and experienced smokers alike at CS claim to be enjoying bounteous flavours in their tobacco that I just can't detect. So, my questions are: am I expecting too much so early on in the hobby? is it a matter of persevering? should I branch out on the range of tobacco that I smoke, rather than one blend at a time? or should I just put this down as, disappointingly, something that is not for me?
I approached this hobby with much enthusiasm and at present I feel rather let down. Perhaps I built my hopes up too much after reading other people's opinions. If this is the case though, I would have expected to be capable of ascertaining the fundamentals of each category of tobacco. I don't surmise that I'll ever reach the heights of tasting 7 year old Madagascan vanilla but I certainly wish to pick up on the basics at least.
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