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Q & A: What Is Retrohaling?

Q.
What is retrohaling? Is it important?

10/02/13 | by DT of Athens, GA

A.
​​“Retrohale” is probably a term you’ve heard before but may still being scratching your head about. To put it simply, retrohaling is when you pass the cigar’s smoke through your nose. Really, you’re not inhaling the smoke, you’re just gently pushing it through the back of your palate and out of your nose. So why would you want to retrohale? Your palate is only built to take you so far in terms of flavor as your nose is designed to balance the aroma as well as the flavor thus providing more complexity to your cigar. Now, like anything else in this hobby, whether you retrohale is entirely up to you. Maybe you’re happy not doing it, maybe this well open your mind to a whole other layer of this hobby. 

by Dave

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