Flavor Profiles
 

I have been wondering for awhile now how many different flavor profiles can be found in cigars. And I dont mean the strawberry rockets from the local gas station either. Let's see if we can get a list going of familiar tastes that can be found in cigars.

1.) Woody
2.) Earthy
3.) Cedary
4.) Floral
5.)

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This should help....

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...stingwheel.gif

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:tpd: Great tasting wheel!

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I think the wheel pretty well covers it.

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Looks like the wheel put a stop to this thread...

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Well, that answers my question. Thanks Patrick. :salute:

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What is the purpose of have the two sides different colors?

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Nice! Now, as a noob, I'd be interested in seeing cigars mapped to the wheel. For instance, I'm a fan of the sweet, caramel and creamy wedges. It would be cool to look at the wheel and be able to pick out a couple cigars that fall into those areas.

I'm sure something like this exists somewhere. Anybody know of a good tool that can be used to map flavor preferences to cigars?

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I've always had trouble identifying flavors in a cigar. I printed this out to use the next time I try a new cigar. This is a great chart. :ss

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I think they are opposite sides of the spectrum. :confused:

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Great Thread!

I found this and some other interesting tidbits here.

Zinc eh? Gotta go take a multivitamin...

That tastes like Umami.
:)

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Umami! :D

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The wheel isn't very complete.
How about:
Grass
Burning Tire
Green Spray Paint
Brush Fire
Poop

The Wheel guy must be an eternal optomist. :D

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Poop? What about mummy dick? :)

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Aahhh, Cremosa :D

WyoBob

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What about foot, or toenail or burning toenail?
:pu

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great wheel. I love sticks with the cocoa, espresso flavor profiles

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What about "No pre-light scent" or "Just harsh"? :D

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I would think the mild-medium flavors are on the left side (yellow) and the med-full flavors are on the right side. (orange)

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Balsa? Really? Was I supposed to be tasting all those airplanes when I was a kid?


I like this wheel, though. It's great to have a list of flavors to call on when trying to do a review. I'll taste something, and if I don't get a clue, they all taste like "tobacco."

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Does any one know how this wheel is used?
Tom

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It helps you narrow down the flavors. Pick the one in the center that best fits the flavor, then go outward and pick the more detailed option if possible.

EX: If you determine its floral, then go outward and decide if you think the flavor is rose, jasmin, balsa or mint.

HTH

~Vitis

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Based on my experience with some sticks

The wheel is missing

Bellybutton lint
Vacuum cleaner bags
Dust bunnies

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how about....

hints of palio cutter

and

ronson fuel essence

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The ones used in wine testing/tasting are great to use as well. Here is one I like to use:

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...roma_Wheel.jpg

This one above is big enough to print out.

I have seen many different flavor wheels and even a few specifically for cigars. Maybe we should do a Cigar Asylum wheel??

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Don't forget Zippo flavor for the true dummies. :D

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I've seen "ass" used in a number of reviews.

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When we do trained taste panels we usually have a standard we use to identify with each flavor....what would you propose we use as a standard here? Age? Sex? Culture? Or should we leave this up to the individual smoker:D

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I'm not the one who could answer this question, since I myself have never used this as a description. But that is a good question. I often wonder how one would know what ass tasted like. But then again, maybe I don't want to know.:D

But on a serious note, I'd be interested to hear more about using standards to identifying flavors. I found that wheel very interesting and useful.

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This one shows more, but maybe it's too complicated.

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n...1227828324.jpg