A real-life cigar experiment you SHOULD try at home! See for yourself why tasting cigars involves both your sense of smell and your taste buds. Create your own palate training kit using everyday items from your pantry, spice rack, mudroom, humidor, etc. Learn how to use those sense stimulators to identify and define a cigar’s flavor. 

Hear how professional smoke testers develop flavor notes for premium cigars. You can train yourself to taste cigars like an expert!  

Guest: Altadis Cigars’ National Education Manager and Smoke Tester, Travis Pappenheim 

Boveda Box Hosts: Rob Gagner and Nate Beck 

More with cigar smokers, Travis, Rob and Nate here:

What Are You Tasting in a Cigar? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cErxW... 

How Cigar Flavor Stimulates Memory https://youtu.be/ZgY7PtTlMu4

Learning How to Taste Cigars at a Higher Level https://youtu.be/qTmd4tzi_x4

Cigar talk highlights:

00:00 Cold open

00:26 Develop your palate for a premium cigar—get a hold of the cigar manufacturer’s tasting notes to know what you’re smoking 

02:20 How to make a cigar flavor testing kit

03:30 How to humidify cedar spills for a palate testing kit—use a Boveda 69% RH in a Tupperware®

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03:34 What techniques professional smoke testers use to train their cigar palates?

04:28 Rob uses coffee to learn how to identify a cigar’s flavor profile

04:40 The 15-second cigar tasting technique:

- 3 count smell of aroma

- 3 count draw in

- 3 count hold in your mouth

- 3 count release of smoke

- 3 count smell aroma again

08:25 Be patient—you might not develop a cigar palate quickly

08:50 Nate uses Spanish cedar to learn how to identify a cigar’s flavor profile

13:18 What’s a really good cigar for a first-time smoker or a celebration, like a wedding or bachelor party?

Why use Boveda a cigar humidor? 

Keeping cigars fresh by storing with them Boveda preserves the flavors you taste in tobacco. 

The cigar packs are so easy to use. Just slip Boveda into a humidor and the packs do all the work. There's nothing to refill or manage. Boveda works automatically to protect cigars. 

Shop Boveda here:

https://store.bovedainc.com/collections/boveda-for-tobacco

Learn more about refining your taste buds for cigars: 

Pick Your Cigar Palate Apart!

https://youtu.be/TOF-KS-O1QY 

What Makes a Cigar Taste Good?

https://youtu.be/1RYXtKHUwgM?t=88 

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