Are you tasting what you think you are?

I disagree with TheRiddick but I do know what he means. However if you smoke enough and your blessed (because some of taste more than others) you can develop a palette. I think I've smoked enough cigars to tell the difference between green cigars and pepper as a flavor.

However when he talks about ripening tobacco as far as I know only fruits can continue to ripen after they are picked and only some of them.