Taste descriptions !!!!!!

[wallyevs012]

I can't define the characteristics of taste: Toasty, creamy, buttery, earthy, vanillaish, Carmelly, Silky, herbal, spice, peppery, etc, etc, etc.

[sanfrantreat]

your not the only one, for me its either good or not good

[roarknumber1]

Originally Posted by wallyevs012

I can't define the characteristics of taste: Toasty, creamy, buttery, earthy, vanillaish, Carmelly, Silky, herbal, spice, peppery, etc, etc, etc.

Try here.














kidding

[hotreds]

I'd have to agree that I have yet to taste cherry or nutmeg or almond or or or in my cigars. Indeed, I grade them on aroma, taste(good or bad!), and construction. Yet many(?) BOTLs here seem to be able to discern those subtle nuances of flavor. More power to them! Maybe someday.......

[NCRadioMan]

The more you smoke the more you will be able to detect flavors, maybe. The nose exhale is very important for this. It's different for everybody. I could pick out flavors from my first cigar. I think I have a pretty good taster but I have had alot of experience tasting. (I'm fat )

[Mullet]

with every cigar I smoke, I tend to get a better appreciation for flavors. The trick is knowing what to look for. The flavors are not in your face either, they are subtle flavors. If you're drinking an extremely cold drink while smoking a cigar that tends to really make it difficult to discern flavors in my experience. Also, you just have to think past the tobacco and smoke flavor. Of course tobacco is the strongest flavor in a cigar, but there are definitely distinctions to be made about the other flavors.

If you don't nose-exhale then you're missing out on what makes some cigars 10x better than others.

[Volt]

See if this thread helps out. It was a blind taste test that provided a lot of insight.

http://www.clubstogie.com/vb/showthr...ht=wayne+blind

Originally Posted by wallyevs012

I can't define the characteristics of taste: Toasty, creamy, buttery, earthy, vanillaish, Carmelly, Silky, herbal, spice, peppery, etc, etc, etc.

[jdreynss]

I can notice flavors much better now than when I first started smoking.... but I still can't pick out flavors like some can

[cab28]

The 1st cigar I could detect flavers in was a macanudo gold label. It helps me to inhale thru my mouth then exhale out my nose AFTER I've exhaled the smoke. I've suggested it to fellow noobs at work and it worked for them also.

[Fortune500]

I've been working a bit on developing my palate a bit. What works for me, I think, is trying cigars that someone else has done a review on, and trying to follow along with the reviewer, and see if I can pick out the same tastes as they do. This kind of gives you at least an IDEA of what to look for. It's worth a shot.

[sikk50]

I still can't either, but the last few sticks I've had, that was my main focus. I feel like I'm beginning to get more "taste" from them, but I have yet to be able to pick out flavors

[SR Mike]

A few tips that may help from my own experience, if you are really interested in developing a palate for specifics.

Keep notes. Write down everything that the cigar you are smoking provides you with. Note the burn, the amount of smoke, construction burn time, flavors, tobacco scent before lighting, aroma and etc.

Two flavor are the most common with cigars are coffee and cocoa. Coffee is easier to pick out with natural cigars and cocoa with maduros. Concentrate on those flavors when you smoke. Smell some fresh coffee or chocolate while you smoke. This will help you discern flavors. When you taste any of these two flavors, write it down.

Once you have a good handle on these flavors, while you are smoking the cigar will give you something new, try to describe what you are tasting, it could be anise (like root beer), tang (like citrus), nutty (try almonds, walnuts, sunflower seed, peanuts, etc.).

Smoke one cigar with different drinks; different sodas, coffees, hot chocolate, alcohol (if you like), water. With the different flavors washing your mouth out, each puff will give you a new flavor profile to try and figure out.

Next thing you know, you will be eating a particular food, drink, or working with a seasoning and it will hit you what that flavor was you could not figure out. it takes time and patience, I found even smoking the same cigar with others helps too. Find those online audio or videos of cigar smokers and virtually herf with them.

I did this for months until I was comfortable enough to put it together in a blog of my own (clicky by my signature). I still keep notes while I smoke new cigars or want to review one, and I find it enjoyable when I am smoking alone, it keeps my mind busy at the same time.

Good luck and long ashes!!

[demiurgic]

Same here, but I am a newbie in this hobby. So far, some cigars make my pallette go numb, and tasteless or a while after. Learning not to chief the thing so much.

[tazziedevil]

I've been smoking for awhile, and I still can't taste most of the flavors some people describe. I'm not too worried about it. They mostly taste like tobacco to me, which isn't a bad thing.

[tsolomon]

I really have to focus on the cigar and think about what I'm tasting to really find some of the flavors or aromas most people attribute to certain cigars. It's fun to sit there and try to match the taste of what you're smoking with all those descriptive terms you have heard about. Since I joined CS, I have smoked a number of different cigars and I'm only starting to really pick up on the differences between them. I have also found that different beverages can improve the cigar I'm smoking when my tastebuds stop working halfway through a good smoke.