Thanks for your opinions =) And there is some good news, recently I have been noticing more and more things that I can just barely smell. For instance, after chopping the basil for the omelet I just ate I took a big whif of it and got just a teeny bit of basil smell, so it appears that things are slowly on the mend. The optomistic cigar lover inside of me wants me to believe it might even be the cigars that are helping my recovery. As if they are giving my senses some sort of exercise to make them stronger. You are right that palate developement isn't key to cigar smoking and as long as I keep enjoying tasty cigars and continue to slowly regain my sense of smell I'll be one happy guy. You should also know that besides the smell thing I made a full recovery long ago so I am still physically and mentally (some may argue) whole and unchanged.

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Just wanted to say this thread is awesome... I actually printed some messages from here and am collecting them in a binder! lol... Hm... Has anybody here thought about making a small cigar book together? There is a lot of knowledge on these forums... I once was part of an experiment like that. It is different, but it will give you an idea what I have in mind. I was part of this forum of fantasy lovers and we were all writing short stories.. So... We gathered the best (after we agreed on a common topic and length) and put them in a short story book that we published... I can see something like this working here! Several articles/essays on various topics gathered in a book! It has to be decent writing though and definitely in the article/essay format. I think it could work though! And maybe we can get cigar.com to "sponsor" it a bit. Even a small count of the book would be nice. The best part - it can be done totally electronically and distributed online! I have people at Amazon and we can sell it and promote it there! Ok... Enough... Just tossing some ideas ;)...

Cheers!

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Or as all the ladies in high school called me...Hey you in the bushes!!

I really appreciate the advice you put out on these boards, I am trying to develop my palate, and will definitely try the through the nose trick. Us noobs need advice like this

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Or as all the ladies in high school called me...Hey you in the bushes!!

Kuzi please name a couple of stiks you consider full flavored and a couple you consider full bodied...and if you decide to take this mission...maybe a couple that are both full flavored and full bodied.

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Hawk55:

Kuzi please name a couple of stiks you consider full flavored and a couple you consider full bodied...and if you decide to take this mission...maybe a couple that are both full flavored and full bodied.

full flavor: Ashton Classic, Avo Domaine, NUB Connecticut, Arturo Fuente natural 8-5-8, Cusano 18.
all of those are full flavor but are still mild to medium in body.


full body: Camacho Diploma, El Cobre, LFD Double Ligero.
those are full in body and flavor

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Excellent..thanx Kuzi..gonna give the 8-5-8 and the Camacho Diploma a try..had been questioning whether to give the 8-5-8 a shot, hear lots about it...

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eat a meal before the camacho. dont smoke it hung over.

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Hey Kuzi, on the El Cobre, I know it's one of your favs, but I don't remember it being easy to find. I did a quick search and found a few places selling them. Is it still the same blend that was onced (I think a few times) praised by your palate?

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i think it is. i dont remember hearing anything about a change.

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Cool, I couldn't find anything on a change in blend, but I noticed that they are easier to find now or maybe they've just gotten more popular and more available, so I had lingering thoughts that it may be a new blend. Just thought I would check with the master. Thanks Kuzi.

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Tim B. (The Beard) -Coffee- "A patented mixture of ritalin and prozac with a little bit of jameson for taste."

"If I cannot smoke in heaven, then I shall not go" Mark Twain

Even if the El Cobre is a new blend, it's still a pretty good cigar, and the price isn't bad either. I bought a bundle of the toros probably about 18 months ago, and they've been consistently better with each one I smoke, so I can only assume the time is doing them good.

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j0z3r:

...they've been consistently better with each one I smoke, so I can only assume the time is doing them good.

i have some from 06 in my humidor.

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I've reached a transition in my palate development where I'm no longer trying to sample everything, but refine what I like the most in cigars so that (as kuzi and others have said) every cigar is a special occasion because I know it's that good. Not that I'm not going to sample and try new cigars every chance I get, but that I'm focusing my humidor stock on cigars that I know I really like AND still sampling new cigars.

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Tim B. (The Beard) -Coffee- "A patented mixture of ritalin and prozac with a little bit of jameson for taste."

"If I cannot smoke in heaven, then I shall not go" Mark Twain

AND that I must try the El Cobre.

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"If I cannot smoke in heaven, then I shall not go" Mark Twain