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Smokestack Jack · 01-11-2016, 07:50 AM

Now-a-days, I'm into Connecticut shade cigars. I don't know why but I used to enjoy Sumatra, Criollo, and maduro wrappers a lot more. I am really enjoying Oliva Connecticut Reserve, Padilla, and even Mark Twain Connecticut cigars. With the exception of the Mark Twain, I have also changed to smaller cigars such as coronas, petite coronas, Lonsdales, and cigarillos for a quick smoke.I guess that's the way it goes! I'm just glad there are so many different cigars to choose from!

What about you guys, do your tastes change as much? How about the size cigars you smoke?

grtrx · 01-11-2016, 10:19 AM

tastebud fatigue is a real thing (as is olfactory bulb fatigue). I think it explains the need to shift cigars from time to time

CSMAnderson · 01-11-2016, 12:19 PM

I smoked a Mark Twain a few weeks ago. It was like smoking cardboard. Every time I try a milder cigar I get the same results. I'm glad you could make the switch and have it work out for you.

KatDad · 01-12-2016, 04:56 AM

I tend to rotate through different strengths and flavor profiles.
BTW, I like Mark Twains as a mild change of pace smoke.

BigJohn · 01-12-2016, 10:45 AM

there are days when a stronger cigar (padron, camacho...) puts me on my ass.
Other days, they're ok to me.
I'm glad that I have the ability to switch up - and it seems that my tastebuds and my brain seem to be able to tell me which tasty stick I'll be in the mood for!

01-11-2016, 07:50 AM	#1
Smokestack Jack Herf God Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Warsaw, Mo. 65355 Posts: 13,366	Why do our tastes change so much? Now-a-days, I'm into Connecticut shade cigars. I don't know why but I used to enjoy Sumatra, Criollo, and maduro wrappers a lot more. I am really enjoying Oliva Connecticut Reserve, Padilla, and even Mark Twain Connecticut cigars. With the exception of the Mark Twain, I have also changed to smaller cigars such as coronas, petite coronas, Lonsdales, and cigarillos for a quick smoke.I guess that's the way it goes! I'm just glad there are so many different cigars to choose from! What about you guys, do your tastes change as much? How about the size cigars you smoke? __________________ *SSJ... Herfin' in the Heartland* I can't help it, I have an excuse. What was that excuse again?

01-11-2016, 10:19 AM	#2
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,579	tastebud fatigue is a real thing (as is olfactory bulb fatigue). I think it explains the need to shift cigars from time to time __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

01-12-2016, 04:56 AM	#4
KatDad Herf God Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Overland Park, Kansas Posts: 30,275	I tend to rotate through different strengths and flavor profiles. BTW, I like Mark Twains as a mild change of pace smoke. __________________ The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it George Bernard Shaw The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it H. L. Mencken The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants Albert Camus The Land of the Free Because of the Brave

01-12-2016, 10:45 AM	#5
BigJohn Chief Geek, @cigarweekly Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta (north burbs - Woodsto Posts: 14,174	there are days when a stronger cigar (padron, camacho...) puts me on my ass. Other days, they're ok to me. I'm glad that I have the ability to switch up - and it seems that my tastebuds and my brain seem to be able to tell me which tasty stick I'll be in the mood for! __________________ Government breaks our legs, then hands us a pair of crutches and says, "You see? If it wasn't for us you wouldn't be able to walk.".... Aren't we so lucky!? Need a website? Get one from a BOTL - > PM me! *"I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."* Help support the CigarWeekly webhost (me!) > Shop online? Start HERE: direct to Amazon.com Protect your computer from VIRUSES > Get Avast!

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01-11-2016, 12:19 PM	#3
CSMAnderson Herf God Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 16,356	I smoked a Mark Twain a few weeks ago. It was like smoking cardboard. Every time I try a milder cigar I get the same results. I'm glad you could make the switch and have it work out for you.