Describing the taste .........

[Maxsi]

I was enjoining a smoke the other day and trying to work out the flavours. At one stage I thought "mmm dried cherries" and as I was congratulating myself on my palette developing, the 'taste' disappeared and I decided I was just trying to be clever.
This evening I read a review of the cigar and it mentioned 'dried fruit'. !!!!!!!!

My question is, and this might sound dumb, but hey .........
Is that normal ? Getting a sense, feeling or imagination of let's say chocolate, oak or whatever then next second a feeling of something else ? More like 'this brings to mind wild meadows after spring rain' Than actually tasting like a wet field.

Hope that makes sense.

[cj121]

Totally, and that's where those with a more developed palate get their descriptions from: sense of, reminding of, smells like, tastes like, hint of this/that and the list goes on. Nice to hear you've made a progression there Maxsi. Personally, I'm a bit pants at it, but good onya

Oh yeah, some even get a whiff of 'lady garden' in/on their smokes. I'll put my hand up to that one, albeit not often

[Maxsi]

even get a whiff of 'lady garden'

Dude !!!!!!! wtf have you been smokin

[cigarmo]

Dude !!!!!!! wtf have you been smokin

I want some too

[cj121]

I think it was MrCigar who introduced the phrase on here

http://www.ukcigarforums.com/showthread.php?13016-Tobacco-Myth&highlight=Lady+garden

[rokkitsci]

My favo(u)rite was -- and I wish I could remember who on this forum -- the bloke who detected hope pork loin.

[mrcigar]

Yup, definitely lady garden before lighting up.

[Sean]

Dude !!!!!!! wtf have you been smokin

Hahahahaha am still learning myself as to tastes of a cigar but hey will get there eventually

[ValeTudoGuy]

Kinda like salty milk and coins?

[cj121]

Kinda like salty milk and coins?

As Maxsi would say "dude!!! WTF have you been smoking?"

[cj121]

Yup, definitely lady garden before lighting up.

The very man, thanks for popping in MrC You definitely tuned me into that one. On occasions, whilst fiddling with my humidor, I get a discernible waft of a box full.

[ValeTudoGuy]

I once went to a show in Amsterdam that ended up with me holding a cigar that definitely smelled of "The Lady Garden" but that's a strory for another day!

[Sean]

I once went to a show in Amsterdam that ended up with me holding a cigar that definitely smelled of "The Lady Garden" but that's a strory for another day!

Are you sure that was cigar mate 😎 being in the dam

[Maxsi]

It took longer than I thought, but we got there in the end

[larrysson]

Salty milk and coins??? Going to have to think about that one for awhile....

On a more serious note, tasting notes is something I don't get. I see it in cigars, pipe tobacco, whiskey (whisky), beer, wine, etc. I personally don't get the comparisons that relate to food taste and smells. I hear words like plum, raisens, dried fruit, chocolate, leather, ect., and I haven't ever tasted those things in any cigar, pipe tobacco or alcohol. Depending on what I'm consuming, all I usually detect is the flavour of the item...tobacco, whiskey, beer, whatever. I can detect smoky, spicy, fruity, lady garden, or whatever, but that's about it. It either tastes good, or bad. Perhaps my taste buds are challenged or have a low IQ. Still, I wonder what I'm missin'. Is it possible to just enjoy the flavours of tobacco and experience the nuances of flavours associated with tobacco, without finding food words to describe it?