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Originally Posted by sparkboss
whats one of the best or easiest ways (other than smoking countless cigars) to warm my taste buds up to the minute tastes in a cigar?
i've been smoking for a few months and i can pick up a few of the little tastes in a cigar but havent been able to distinguish some key tastes in different types of cigars.
and lastly, would it help to get into some lighter cigars for a start?
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I worried about that too when I started smoking. Listening to people talk about flavors and all I tasted was---well I wasn't sure!
Like anything, practice makes perfect. The more you smoke, the more your palate will develop.
I don't worry too much about the flavors, or at least identifying them as I smoke, but if you want to help develop your palate, write reviews.
I started doing this and jotting notes down for each cigar. If i tasted a flower, I wrote it down, if I tasted chocolate, I wrote it down. Then post 'em up. And read reviews that you find here. Some of the reviews at other sites and in certain magazines may be skewed to present a certain viewpoint.
Now I wouldn't do this for every cigar. You can search for my reviews here. I also did some for another site as well. But every now and then I would set aside the time to really focus on the cigar and what it tasted like. I read other reviews to see if it was a common taste.
You'll find you'll be tasting that "vegetal taste reminiscent of Appalachian moss in early October", in no time.
Keep in mind, if you have never experienced a flavor, it will be hard to identify it. I kept hearing cigars that had a leather taste. Couldn't figure it out until someone described the flavor as "chewing on a ball glove in left field". While not appetizing, it gave me a reference point.
Good Luck