All cigars taste bland like cardboard
I've been enjoying cigars for about a year and I've come up with a decent palate. About 1-2 months ago Ive been having issues where no matter what cigar I smoke, they all taste bland, like water/cardboard. I can't taste any pepper on any cigars, and I've tried some pepper bombs like Espinosa Murcielago, laranja escuro and some Punch, which I used to love but no pepper at all. They all basically taste like cheap cigars. I can't smell the sweet tobacco aroma anymore. I live in a very hot area where is about 120 degrees during the summer. I buy my cigars online and never had a problem with the quality until recently. But, I wouldn't know if the cigars went bad on transit or somehow I damaged my taste buds. My cigars are being kept in a good 70/70 cigar humidor as soon as they arrive by the mail. Has anyone gone through this issue?
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Covid?
New medications?
Diet changes?I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves livesIt'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
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Śhitty cigars?
"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
-- Winston Churchill
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Well does anything else you consume taste bland? Or is it just the cigars? Try inhaling, that’ll do it
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Wait.
Didn't we already do this some time back??
Keeps the cigars at 70/70, blah, blah, blah.I could swear we get this same post every other year.
In Fumo Pax
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.Wylaff said:Atmospheric pressure and crap.2 -
...waiting for @Patrickbrick to rush in and yell, "DZR! DZR!"
"I could've had a Mi Querida!" Nick Bardis3 -
Stop smoking cigars for two weeks.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
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Sounds like your taste buds are burnt out. Like Shawn suggested, take some time off. Heard zinc helps. Medications and supplements can cause this also.
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You might consider switching to smoking cardboard. It would save you a lot of money.
"I could've had a Mi Querida!" Nick Bardis8 -
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Will he be back?
I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves livesIt'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
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@IndustMech said:
@cryptoking13Will he be back?
Cat got his tongue
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"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
-- Winston Churchill
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@0patience said:
Wait.
Didn't we already do this some time back??
Keeps the cigars at 70/70, blah, blah, blah.I could swear we get this same post every other year.
And it's usually a single post, ne'er to be seen again.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain3 -
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@peter4jc said:
...waiting for @Patrickbrick to rush in and yell, "DZR! DZR!"See definitely DZR.
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give". Winston Churchill.
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Well, I tried most of the recommendations and it hasnt worked great. Bought from different places. Humidor at 68% humidity and temp at 70 degrees. I'm suspecting allergies, for I have lots of trees and plants and when it gets windy, my sinuses get terrible. Stuffy nose, sneezing all the time.
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Theres some days/times I enjoy the cigars. Its kind of random. Cant be the cigars themselves. In comparison, a davidoff will taste the same as any cheapo cuban sandwich. I feel cigars taste goes together with their aroma. If they taste bad, they will also smell bad. Not foul but just like burnt cigarettes. I've seen this question asked by a lot of people when they dont know what it is when their cigars just taste bland. Many have suggested allergies.
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Covid
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@ScotchnSmoke still sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones.2 -
And that's not being a smart aleck. If you have a long-term taste and smell problems, it could be coronavirus. Get tested. Sometimes taste and smell can go away for 6 or 8 months.
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@ScotchnSmoke still sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones.0 -
@cryptoking13 said:
Theres some days/times I enjoy the cigars. Its kind of random. Cant be the cigars themselves. In comparison, a davidoff will taste the same as any cheapo cuban sandwich. I feel cigars taste goes together with their aroma. If they taste bad, they will also smell bad. Not foul but just like burnt cigarettes. I've seen this question asked by a lot of people when they dont know what it is when their cigars just taste bland. Many have suggested allergies.Try retrohale
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found the solution, thank god. ive found out cigars were too humid. now i bought from different online retailers and found out the main one kept or the cigars became too humid during transit/ boveda packs. ive been dryboxing and also bought a box from the main retailer which came sealed with plastic. smoked one right away and it was perfect. i thought i was losing my mind but im glad it worked out and i hope this helps anyone out there.
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Things don't add up with this thread but i for one am thrilled you got it worked out.
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@cryptoking13 said:
found the solution, thank god. ive found out cigars were too humid. now i bought from different online retailers and found out the main one kept or the cigars became too humid during transit/ boveda packs. ive been dryboxing and also bought a box from the main retailer which came sealed with plastic. smoked one right away and it was perfect. i thought i was losing my mind but im glad it worked out and i hope this helps anyone out there.Soggy cigars suck
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My cigars are definitely not soggy but they do, mostly, taste bland. I’m kinda leaning toward thinking it’s Covid-related somehow… 👴🏻
And coffee doesn’t taste right anymore, either…. 🤨
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One for the ride home...
If it don’t bother me, it don’t bother me. Just leave me alone.
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Does that taste like cardboard @Rdp77
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@Jrflickster said:
Does that taste like cardboard @Rdp77Hahahaa what the hell...wrong thread
If it don’t bother me, it don’t bother me. Just leave me alone.
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