02-24-2009, 10:59 AM
Another thing to consider is food & drink prior and during the cigar.
For instance, the same cigar will taste different after a bowl of pasta versus mexican or a nice steak dinner. Toss in some wine or bourbon and you add more factors to how the cigar will taste.
Wait about an hour (or longer) after eating anything spicy/garlic. Grab a shot of bourbon and sit down with the cigar. The bourbon will open your taste buds/senses a bit and may help you notice some of the nusances and wonderful qualities of the cigar. Note the qualities. Next time, try that same cigar with a glass of wine. Note the change.
Another consideration is more on the medical side of things. You may never actually experience a full range of tastes based on your genetics. Your genes play a part in taste/smell sensitivity. Some people can actually taste or smell much more than others due to having more functioning olfactory genes. We humans are part of a lineage that has traded smell for sight over many years of evolution. Its a proven fact in our genomes. Different traits give each of us different levels of abilities and disabilities, per se. Basically if you have a pretty good sense of food taste and can smell a lilac tree or roses 3 blocks away....then you should be able to enjoy many of the qualities described with cigars. If you can't taste the difference from Folgers crystals and real coffee, then [baby]. lol!
I'm actually one of the lucky people I guess you can say. I can smell and taste things that some cannot. Last year I called the gas company because I smelled mercaptan outside the house. They came up, checked everything out with their gas sensors and found nothing for about 30 minutes. Then after I assured them I could still smell it, they followed me around and my nose actually found the source of it when their electronic meter could not. It was a pinhole around the threads of the meter, not even enough to show a bubble on the soap test unless you sat there for 5 minutes waiting for it!! Needless to say, they were amazed. Downside is it can sometimes be nausiating and I constantly have allergy issues because a frickin ragweed plant 5 blocks away can make me sneeze.
For instance, the same cigar will taste different after a bowl of pasta versus mexican or a nice steak dinner. Toss in some wine or bourbon and you add more factors to how the cigar will taste.
Wait about an hour (or longer) after eating anything spicy/garlic. Grab a shot of bourbon and sit down with the cigar. The bourbon will open your taste buds/senses a bit and may help you notice some of the nusances and wonderful qualities of the cigar. Note the qualities. Next time, try that same cigar with a glass of wine. Note the change.
Another consideration is more on the medical side of things. You may never actually experience a full range of tastes based on your genetics. Your genes play a part in taste/smell sensitivity. Some people can actually taste or smell much more than others due to having more functioning olfactory genes. We humans are part of a lineage that has traded smell for sight over many years of evolution. Its a proven fact in our genomes. Different traits give each of us different levels of abilities and disabilities, per se. Basically if you have a pretty good sense of food taste and can smell a lilac tree or roses 3 blocks away....then you should be able to enjoy many of the qualities described with cigars. If you can't taste the difference from Folgers crystals and real coffee, then [baby]. lol!
I'm actually one of the lucky people I guess you can say. I can smell and taste things that some cannot. Last year I called the gas company because I smelled mercaptan outside the house. They came up, checked everything out with their gas sensors and found nothing for about 30 minutes. Then after I assured them I could still smell it, they followed me around and my nose actually found the source of it when their electronic meter could not. It was a pinhole around the threads of the meter, not even enough to show a bubble on the soap test unless you sat there for 5 minutes waiting for it!! Needless to say, they were amazed. Downside is it can sometimes be nausiating and I constantly have allergy issues because a frickin ragweed plant 5 blocks away can make me sneeze.