Having trouble with taste...

[linty]

Hello, I tried my first two cigars during the last week, and... they taste the same? (taboo twist and padron 3k). I keep on getting this coal-y boot taste. I'm trying to light it slow and turning it, but i'm using a BIC lighter, could this be the problem?

[Darrell]

Originally Posted by linty

Hello, I tried my first two cigars during the last week, and... they taste the same? (taboo twist and padron 3k). I keep on getting this coal-y boot taste. I'm trying to light it slow and turning it, but i'm using a BIC lighter, could this be the problem?

Don't use a bic lighter, ever. You need a torch lighter that uses butane. The fuel in your bic very much has an effect on your smoking.

[linty]

Originally Posted by Darrell

Don't use a bic lighter, ever. You need a torch lighter that uses butane. The fuel in your bic very much has an effect on your smoking.

bah i knew that was what it was, now i need to go out and get a new lighter!

[Darrell]

Originally Posted by linty

bah i knew that was what it was, now i need to go out and get a new lighter!

If you have a wal mart near by, you can pick up a Ronson torch, they run under $5 and work just fine.

[linty]

Originally Posted by Darrell

If you have a wal mart near by, you can pick up a Ronson torch, they run under $5 and work just fine.

I haven't seem them at the walmarts here in Canada, but I do know they carry them at canadian tire for around 12$

[NCRadioMan]

I thought bics were filled with butane. I never noticed a wierd taste from them.

[Darrell]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

I thought bics were filled with butane. I never noticed a wierd taste from them.

Really? I always heard they were not butane, but more like zippo fluid. I'm confused.

[Hermit]

The only time I use a Bic for cigars is when traveling
and leave my torches at home. I never noticed any
unusual taste from them, but they are inferior as a
cigar lighter.

[gary106334]

Bic is a butane lighter.

[linty]

so... if bic is a butane lighter, what else could I be doing wrong? skip the toasting the foot to see if it helps? light it more carefully so that the flame doesn't touch the cigar? try some more cigars?

[Strangelove84]

You could be burning your tongue? I recently began smoking pipes/cigars, and had a similiar problem.

[kansashat]

Originally Posted by linty

so... if bic is a butane lighter, what else could I be doing wrong? skip the toasting the foot to see if it helps? light it more carefully so that the flame doesn't touch the cigar? try some more cigars?

Don't dip the foot/tuck of the cigar into the flame. This can carbonize the end of the cigar & give it an off flavor (might explain the coal flavor). Do a search on flame purging also. Flame purging can help the flavor by burning off the excess gasses in the cigar.

[Pat1075]

Try smoking a little slower you might just be hammering it.

[pakrat]

I usually torch my cigar before cutting it. I heard that it helps reduce the chance of drawing odors from the lighter into the cigar. So far it seems to work for me.

[linty]

mm i'll try flame purging tomorrow on my last twist tomorrow, sound promising and can't hurt