How has your pallette evolved?

OHMatt · 11-11-2008, 10:13 PM

I don't know if my "palate has evovled" or my tastes have changed.. Every 12-18 months my go to wrapper and "strength" changes:

1992-1998 what I could afford, typically cheap "colorado" and mild
2001-02 Connecticut/Cameroon medium
2003-04 Maduros! medium-full
2004-06 Corojo/Criollo/SG Spicy FULL Baby
2007-08 Connecticut/Ecuador medium

I still smoked the whole spectrum year to year; but I have had a definite sway in what I reach for most often.. Typically other "profies" can't satisfy my palate the way my current favorite does. However the only way I can determine what my palate wants is by occasionally trying something different..

Variety is the spice of life, which is why I am soo often on my soap box about limiting one's rotation to cigars originating from an island the size of Pennsylvania. I definitely *LOVE* those cigars, but having the rest of the world to provide variety is very rewarding to me..

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Originally Posted by Scottw

Since I've only been smoking seriously for the past year, I just started realizing this. One of the first cigars I loved was the RP connecticut. Smooth wrapper, mild yet good flavored smoke, even burn, etc. Couldn't get enough of them but then..................I hit the slope hard. I started trying to smoke all blends, wrappers, fillers. I paired many with different drinks (like a sommelier) and after specific meals to really experience all the stogie had to offer and compliment. Anyway, I haven't had a RP connie in about 6-7 months. The other morning, I was putting together firewood racks outside and I figure I'd go with a good morning stick. I had 2 RP's left so I grabbed one.It lit great and burned well, but I could not handle the mild and one dimensional aspect of this stick nor the flavors. The cigar was so boring that I pitched it halfway through and I used to get these things down to the nub.Maybe it was the fact that it aged too long and went past it's prime. Have you had sticks that in the past you loved but didn't like them as your cigar hobby and pallette evolved?