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MajorCaptSilly
03-25-2009, 02:04 PM
This hasn't happened to me in awhile but I'm in a cigar funk. Everything tastes about the same and nothing tastes very good. It doesn't matter if it's CC or NC, it just ain't good. It's too bad this happened just when the weather got good enough to enjoy a smoke on the back porch. I'll probably still smoke but hit my lesser expensive stuff so I'm at least not wasting dollars on my busted taster. Woe is me...

MCS
ChicagoWhiteSox
03-25-2009, 02:08 PM
That sucks. You will get "funk" back soon:tu
Whee
03-25-2009, 02:10 PM
This hasn't happened to me in awhile but I'm in a cigar funk. Everything tastes about the same and nothing tastes very good. It doesn't matter if it's CC or NC, it just ain't good. It's too bad this happened just when the weather got good enough to enjoy a smoke on the back porch. I'll probably still smoke but hit my lesser expensive stuff so I'm at least not wasting dollars on my busted taster. Woe is me...

MCS

Lick the cat's butt. Then everything will taste better...:r

I went through this not long ago. All my go to's tasted like crap. Though I was sick or something. Went with one of my so-so sticks and that seemed to reboot the taste buds. Everything since has been a-ok. Hence the above lick the cat butt reference.

could just be bud burnout.
rack04
03-25-2009, 02:14 PM
The only funk I've been in only lasted a day. That dreadful day I went through 4 of my go to smokes and they all sucked. I decided to give up and try it again another day. The next day everything was back to normal. Must have been something I ate or possibly the mood I was in that day.
taltos
03-25-2009, 02:20 PM
Now is the time to smoke a Cremosa.:D
cbsmokin
03-25-2009, 02:43 PM
I find that if I'm in a funk and get drunk, it gets me over the hump.

That wasn't even supposed to be funny, but it is.
icehog3
03-25-2009, 02:43 PM
Maybe instead of smoking your lesser stuff, Scott, maybe a week off would help?
icehog3
03-25-2009, 02:44 PM
I find that if I'm in a funk and get drunk, it gets me over the hump.

That wasn't even supposed to be funny, but it is.

Opinions may vary.



;) :r
cbsmokin
03-25-2009, 02:47 PM
Opinions may vary.



;) :r


:fu
Da Klugs
03-25-2009, 02:49 PM
Lick the cat's butt. Then everything will taste better...:r


:fu


Here kitty, kitty for the Hello Kitty man. :D


Happens to me once in a while. Typically when I get into a smoking too fast mode.

Try taking a small cigar an smoking it veeery slow.
Bruce
03-25-2009, 02:56 PM
Just stop for a while. Don't fire a cigar up until you really crave one. All will be well then..............
lightning9191
03-25-2009, 02:56 PM
Smoke two Black & Milds and call me in the morning.:r
Da Klugs
03-25-2009, 03:02 PM
Just stop for a while. Don't fire a cigar up until you really crave one. All will be well then..............

But what if you smoke pipes all the time.. spoiling your palate with all that nasty flavored stuff? :D
shadow king
03-25-2009, 04:10 PM
I've had this as well! I thought it was just me lol. The take a week off remidy usually works for me. But be carefull, sometimes a week can turn into a month. Again, thats just probably me. I don't think cigars are nearly as addictive as cigs. Guess thats a good thing?
hotreds
03-25-2009, 04:20 PM
Just stop for a while. Don't fire a cigar up until you really crave one. All will be well then..............
I agree. If you don't feel like smoking, why force yourself!
md4958
03-25-2009, 04:56 PM
I think I know somebody that can help with your Funk problem!
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JJG
03-25-2009, 05:03 PM
I've been in a funk lately too but only for Nicaraguans, luckily. It's not that they taste bad just, they all taste the same and kind of boring. I even had '64 ani over the weekend and didn't bother to finish it.
14holestogie
03-25-2009, 05:11 PM
I've been experiencing the funk all this week with my everyday nc's, so much so that I shied away from the cc's, not wanting to waste them. Decided to fire one up tonight after another day of meh nc's, and the funk is gone.
:tu
68TriShield
03-25-2009, 05:12 PM
Maybe instead of smoking your lesser stuff, Scott, maybe a week off would help?

My thought as well. Give your tongue a rest. You snuff don't you Scott,a couple or three of those would get me through the day...
nozero
03-25-2009, 05:26 PM
This too shall pass my friend. I go through it too, sometimes it lasts a day sometimes a week, but it always clears up. I have found that if I have a cigar, just about any cigar, with a nice big Bloody Mary that takes care of it almost everytime.

:hm I need to keep a bottle of mix handy...:al
TripleF
03-25-2009, 06:10 PM
Happened to me not too long ago.

Try a light, very mild cigar and see if that doesn't pick things back up.

I assume you snork?
Cigary
03-25-2009, 06:13 PM
Just stop for a while. Don't fire a cigar up until you really crave one. All will be well then..............

I think we've all been there at some point and I agree with Bruce. If they aren't tasting like they should stop for awhile and let them get you to craving them. I smoke when I crave and to smoke a cigar without having that pull is just "blowing smoke" in my opinion.
MajorCaptSilly
03-25-2009, 06:16 PM
Yeah, I'm gonna lay off for a bit. I haven't been smoking very often but I think a week or two break might do it.

MCS
JaKaacH
03-25-2009, 06:23 PM
How is the cake intake..??

Went to the dentist a couple weeks ago, what ever they use on the teeth to clean and polish made cigars and coffee taste bad for a couple days.

Single malt helps reboot the taste buds..:al
neoflex
03-25-2009, 06:29 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho3Zdc7vF9c :rJ/K
I would also suggest taking a week or two off. With Spring upon us it could have to do with allergies too. If you have allergies that can negatively effect your sense of taste big time.:2
Legend
03-25-2009, 06:46 PM
Probably coming down with a cold.

Zycam.

Have a few yard gars for a while Til it passes.

Or as recommended. Just quit for a few days.

Feel for you bro.
rizzle
03-26-2009, 08:44 AM
Go suck on a gzornblt for a while.
AD720
05-12-2009, 03:14 PM
This hasn't happened to me in awhile but I'm in a cigar funk. Everything tastes about the same and nothing tastes very good. It doesn't matter if it's CC or NC, it just ain't good. It's too bad this happened just when the weather got good enough to enjoy a smoke on the back porch. I'll probably still smoke but hit my lesser expensive stuff so I'm at least not wasting dollars on my busted taster. Woe is me...

MCS


:tpd:


Nothing tastes right, and more than that I don't have the desire to smoke lately. I was smoking like a chimney when it was freezing, now that weathers nice and I can be enjoying it nothing tastes right.

No point really, just whining.
ade06
05-12-2009, 03:30 PM
Just stop smoking for a while and trust what your body is telling you. Cigar smoking is supposed to be a hobby not an addition like cigarettes. Why go through the motions if your palette and/or heart isn't into it?
AD720
05-12-2009, 03:37 PM
That is good advice. I have only tried twice in the last 10 days.

Today is a little better. Yesterday I threw away two sticks in 15 minutes.
Kwilkinson
05-12-2009, 03:38 PM
Just stop smoking for a while and trust what your body is telling you. Cigar smoking is supposed to be a hobby not an addition like cigarettes. Why go through the motions if your palette and/or heart isn't into it?

+1. That is what happened to me. I was smoking 3-4 a day, which is fine for some people, but it was above my own body's personal limit. So I got burnt out and had to take a break. But now I've found a rejuvenated, and honestly, better, appreciation for cigars than I had before. My break ended up lasting 4 months though.
skullnrose
05-12-2009, 03:47 PM
A 4 month break. That's one way to help your sticks age a bit. Glad you are enjoying again now.
Kwilkinson
05-12-2009, 03:51 PM
A 4 month break. That's one way to help your sticks age a bit. Glad you are enjoying again now.

:r Good point!
What's funny is that I thought I "quit" so I paid all my stuff forward to new smokers.
Then, after a couple months, I started getting really pissy and depressed. I got sick of it and asked myself what the H my problem was. Turns out I was just in a bad mood for 4 months b/c I wasn't relaxing with cigars anymore. :D
MithShrike
05-12-2009, 04:09 PM
I've been in a funk ever since I had a cigar made from 50 year old tobacco... It's not that everything else sucks... they just don't compare.
Tio Gato
05-12-2009, 04:34 PM
Time off is the way to go.:2
MarkinAZ
05-12-2009, 06:12 PM
This hasn't happened to me in awhile but I'm in a cigar funk. Everything tastes about the same and nothing tastes very good.

How's the tinfoil hat holding up these days Scott? Maybe its just time for a new one.

Are you holding you mouth right when you smoke?:D
replicant_argent
05-12-2009, 06:20 PM
I suggest thrice daily tongue scrapings with rockwell hardness 43 cake corpses, followed by thorough gzornblt-essence lavage.
Mr.Maduro
05-12-2009, 06:21 PM
This has happened to me a twice. Both times the streak lasted about 6 cigars, and I tought it was because I was smoking alone and/or the pairing of an alcoholic beverage. I even tried a few of my "go to" cigars. I was wrong. I think it was just that I needed a break....and waited until I really craved a smoke rather than smoking just for the sake of smoking. I hope this helps.
MajorCaptSilly
05-12-2009, 06:22 PM
FYI: My funk has passed. I am now "Below the Funk".

MCS
HK3-
05-12-2009, 06:26 PM
Glad to hear the taste has come back silly. I smoked an NC today... talk about funk. ;) :r
GWN
05-12-2009, 06:31 PM
Smoke a Cremosa followed by a couple acids. All will be good again (that's just a guess. Not that I'd ever do this myself)
hotreds
05-12-2009, 06:46 PM
Welcome back!
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_63RmJ_PUOLw/SXgXSKWsNGI/AAAAAAAAGhE/aUFJn8qoqLw/Stooges-ShempMoeCurly_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg
Starscream
05-12-2009, 06:50 PM
No longer feeling funky?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qnoh3h6JD8
WildBlueSooner
05-12-2009, 07:59 PM
Congrats on beating the funk. Your prize...

http://www.oneweb.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/what_the_funk_image.gif
Starscream
01-18-2010, 01:33 PM
This hasn't happened to me in awhile but I'm in a cigar funk. Everything tastes about the same and nothing tastes very good. It doesn't matter if it's CC or NC, it just ain't good. It's too bad this happened just when the weather got good enough to enjoy a smoke on the back porch. I'll probably still smoke but hit my lesser expensive stuff so I'm at least not wasting dollars on my busted taster. Woe is me...

MCS

I seem to be experiencing this funk you speak of. I quit smoking cigarettes again one month ago, yet I have been slightly conjested, my sense of smell and taste have been off. This has been going on for about six weeks (possibly linger). I hope it goes away, but I'm almost to the point of becoming concerned about it. I can discern a bit of flavor from the cigars I smoke, but mostly that taste very bland. Not even worth smoking right now. I hope I get over this soon.
Bubba - NJ
01-19-2010, 09:04 PM
It happens . Eventually taste comes back . Dont panic ! :2
Starscream
01-20-2010, 06:54 AM
It happens . Eventually taste comes back . Dont panic ! :2

I hope so. I miss having a full sense of smell and taste buds.
slickster81
01-20-2010, 07:56 AM
I was funked up about a month or so ago, same thing, everything tasted the same, I thought "I'm totally funked". After funking around with this cigar and that one....I finally figured "funk it" and took it easy for awhile. Turns out it was my taste buds funking with me. Very funking funny.....:D