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LFOD

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For the last 3 months or so cigars have all tasted bitter and acrid to me. I can't enjoy them.
I know it's me and not the cigars. Humidity in my winador is spot on and my sticks are nicely rested.
I don't have a cold or any sinus issues.
Anyone had something like this happen to them?

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LFOD said:
For the last 3 months or so cigars have all tasted bitter and acrid to me. I can't enjoy them.
I know it's me and not the cigars. Humidity in my winador is spot on and my sticks are nicely rested.
I don't have a cold or any sinus issues.
Anyone had something like this happen to them?

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Yep, it happens......sucks, but it's happened to me before brother, time time to take a break, maybe a week or two, then try em again.

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Stress?
Having too much on my mind can kill a great stick.. Actually just got back to smoking myself, after about 2 months of stressed out blah...
 
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Yes! Last year, I experienced a similar spell that lasted for about 2 months. Every cigar tasted acrid, no matter the strength or blend.

I switched from a punch or small cut to a bigger straight cut on the cigar. Seemed to put an end to it.
My only thought was that it was build up of tar or something.
 
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I haven't had any issues until recently. I've had both NC and CC sticks that have smoked awful - just an unpleasant taste. I'm assuming for me, the 99% humidity outside is one of the main issues. I'll probably just cut back for the next several months.
 
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I have taken a self induced hiatus from cigars lately. I haven't bought any this year and the last 4 months only smoking 1-2 a month. It isn't due to poor taste, it just seems I have just taken a step back. I do plan on having one this evening but we shall see.
 
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Try a Missouri Meerschaum cob pipe, a pouch of Carter Hall pipe tobacco, and maybe a few 1oz samplers of pipe baccy. Cost will be very modest for these items. There's a huge range in flavor profiles available in pipe tobacco. For me, pipe & cigar smoking complement each other. I smoke more cigars during warmer weather months, more pipes during colder weather months. Maybe changing things up a little bit will help the OP's situation. If a wide variety of pipe tobaccos 'all taste the same' there may be other underlying issues that need to be looked at.

Good luck


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JR Kipling said:
Try a Missouri Meerschaum cob pipe, a pouch of Carter Hall pipe tobacco, and maybe a few 1oz samplers of pipe baccy. Cost will be very modest for these items. There's a huge range in flavor profiles available in pipe tobacco. For me, pipe & cigar smoking complement each other. I smoke more cigars during warmer weather months, more pipes during colder weather months. Maybe changing things up a little bit will help the OP's situation. If a wide variety of pipe tobaccos 'all taste the same' there may be other underlying issues that need to be looked at.

Good luck


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I can agree with this, have done it before. Kind of wipes the slate clean.
 
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Yeah strangely enough I've been finding pipes aren't tasting good to me lately either. It's definitely me. :oldman:
 
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A few years back I had a similar problem. I had other symptoms like being tired, a funny taste in my mouth and I would get a low grade fever at night. I would be feeling great one minute and then it was like a switch was turned on and I felt like crap. It really messed up my sense of taste. Smoking a pipe or a cigar was impossible during an episode. Nothing tasted like what it was supposed to taste. It turned out I had a residual virus that hung on after a getting the flu in the spring. It lasted all summer. All the symptoms suddenly went away that September.

You can pick up a minor bug someplace and it can mess up your sense of taste even if you never really feel sick. You just need to wait it out.
 
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