kuzi16:

im a gurkha kinda guy

This comes from spending so much time in Ohio, the water there has destroyed his sense of taste.

LMAO ... I'm just playing. Wait until you try the Summer kuzi

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j0z3r:

I liked it, it tasted less like a Gurkha and more like a normal cigar, good flavors too.

Hey Kuzi... great thread. One question regarding the nose. When I smoke I like to draw in a little(very little here) smoke IN THRU my nose not OUT THRU my nose. Is this what you were saying or do you blow the smoke OUT the nose. I find that by drawing a very small amount of the smoke from my mouth up into my nose as I exhale the smoke from my mouth, then I can really taste the flavours of the cigar. If I do it the other way and blow the smoke out my nose I can't taste the cigar the same. I have heard this reffered to as French inhaling but I don't think it is quite the same. I do not "Inhale" the smoke so much as allow it back into my nose as it leaves my mouth and by drawing VERY lightly thru the nose I can smell / taste so much more of what is going on with the cigar. Yes that is the definition of inhaling I know, but it is not done to the same degree as purposefully inhaling the smoke deep into your lungs like a cigarette. Am I just mixing up what you are saying or what?

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laker1963:

Hey Kuzi... great thread. One question regarding the nose. When I smoke I like to draw in a little(very little here) smoke IN THRU my nose not OUT THRU my nose. Is this what you were saying or do you blow the smoke OUT the nose. I find that by drawing a very small amount of the smoke from my mouth up into my nose as I exhale the smoke from my mouth, then I can really taste the flavours of the cigar. If I do it the other way and blow the smoke out my nose I can't taste the cigar the same. I have heard this reffered to as French inhaling but I don't think it is quite the same. I do not "Inhale" the smoke so much as allow it back into my nose as it leaves my mouth and by drawing VERY lightly thru the nose I can smell / taste so much more of what is going on with the cigar. Yes that is the definition of inhaling I know, but it is not done to the same degree as purposefully inhaling the smoke deep into your lungs like a cigarette. Am I just mixing up what you are saying or what?

Ok just to add a note to what I have said here. I just finished a Montecristo Tubos while drinking a fantastic cup of Sumatra Mandheling coffee from freshly roasted and ground beans, mmmmmmmmmmmm! I always try to exhale some smoke thru my nose but prefer to draw it IN lightly as stated. I did however notice more of the leather and peat? while exhaling just a tiny amount of smoke thru my nose. This leads me to two questions. Was I trying to exhale too much smoke? Because all I ever noticed before today was a stinging burn in my sinuses and after a few seconds a "taste" that I could not identify nor enjoyed. My second question regards noses. Can the nose work in both directions does anybody know? I seem to taste the complete aroma and complexities of the cigar when I draw in thru the nose. Now today I can say I did TASTE different elements of the cigar when I exhaled the smallest amount of smoke out thru my nose. Does anybody else know what I am talking about. I am having trouble expressing it here in a way that totally says what I mean.

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I'm a cigar whore... what's your excuse?

i think that smoke that is brawn IN through the nose wafting up from the cigar is "aroma"

when you breathe it out through your nose its "flavor. "

i always try to keep it a small amount of smoke through thte nose. too much and you can get a burn/pain/not fun thing goin on. its just to taste better, not to sear off the nose hair.

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kuzi16:

i think that smoke that is brawn IN through the nose wafting up from the cigar is "aroma"

when you breathe it out through your nose its "flavor. "

i always try to keep it a small amount of smoke through thte nose. too much and you can get a burn/pain/not fun thing goin on. its just to taste better, not to sear off the nose hair.

I agree not fun lol


I see what you are saying about aroma / flavor.

I know that the olfactory senses are a direct pathway to the brain and when I "smell" my own cigar by small wiffs thru the nose it brings back memories of "adults" smoking cigars when I was way too young to smoke and somehow that intensifies the whole smoking experience.

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I'm a cigar whore... what's your excuse?

its funny how when i walk up to people smoking a cigar it smells one way and when i light one up its totally different.

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You should see what they're smoking ;)

I agree.. I don't like the smell of a cigar when someone else is smoking it. I love the aroma of a good cigar when I'm smoking it. When I come inside after a particularly good cigar, I can be spotted in a corner snorting off the back of my hand like some kind of coke addict.

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phobicsquirrel:

ummm milk it..

Can you imagine what he was snorting after he heard about the Monica cigar incident?

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j0z3r:

I liked it, it tasted less like a Gurkha and more like a normal cigar, good flavors too.

That was the night I filled out a job application at Long John Silver's

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phobicsquirrel:

ummm milk it..

dutyje:

That was the night I filled out a job application at Long John Silver's

Uuuhhhh, I don't know where to take that one!

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j0z3r:

I liked it, it tasted less like a Gurkha and more like a normal cigar, good flavors too.

Something about a fishstick seems appropriate.

I don't care for 2nd-hand cigar smoke, either. Oddly enough, pipes are just the opposite. If anything, 2nd-hand pipe smoke smells better than when you're smoking it.

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urbino:

If anything, 2nd-hand pipe smoke smells better than when you're smoking it.

i agree on this but i do think that cigar smoke smells good. It may be a learned thing. My father smoked an ocasional cigar when i was a kid. maybe that has something to do with it.

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kuzi16:

its funny how when i walk up to people smoking a cigar it smells one way and when i light one up its totally different.

Hey Kuzi, I was thinking the same thing just the other day. I love the smell of a burning (good) cigar. But I never get that experience with the ones I am holding. Maybe it is that my senses are overwhelmed.

i think it has something to do with overwhelming the sences but it may also have something to do with the fact that the smoke we are tasting has been drawn through the cigar. If you notice while you smoke the color of the smoke is different depending on if it was drawn on or if its comming out of the end of the cigar.

just a theory but it sounds logical.

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Thanks for the cigar tasting tips Kuzi.
I love wine and have tried the tasting tests you list with wine but never thought to do it with a cigar. As I am trying to develop my palate for cigars, I may try and add some of these techniques.

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