Trying narrow the flavors of cigar tobacco

[buck]

Saw a couple of interesting videos about cigar tasting.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTmd4tzi_x4

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-L976OtGlE

 

[Charly]

Interesting videos, even if I did not watch them completly they give some interesting tasting methods for those who are trying to identify the flavors of their cigars.
A bit too much on the commercial side, but interesting

 

[MadFarmer]

Anyone have any notes on the flavor of Connecticut Broadleaf? I had an unpleasant experience with a commercial cigar that billed itself as a 'double Connecticut' as it had a broadleaf binder and CT Shade wrapper. I bought a five pack online, so I've smoked this one four different times and every time the predominant flavor has been sour, like cooked coffee dregs sour mixed with acrid smoke.
Now could the reason for this be:
1. Improper storage before or after I purchased the cigar.
2. CT binder just tastes like that to me.

I'm asking because, I don't want any of my leaf to be ruined in this way, and of its just my tastebuds I shouldn't attempt to grow CT Broadleaf.
Any help will be appreciated.

 

[deluxestogie]

Many premium brands use that combination of wrapper/binder for EMS, and then swap them for maduro. Did the cigar have any filler?

Bob

 

[MadFarmer]

The filler is described, very helpfully as 'Nicaraguan' period.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

When I first learned to roll, I would do one at a time and I was lazy about it. I found it simpler to pull out one wrapper leaf, and use it as both binder and wrapper. It kinda makes sense if you aren't counting the fact you're wasting money. In my defense, I rolled many a cigar on the hood of a truck at work, and wasn't set up for separate binders and wrappers.

Anyways, I had a bad impression of both US and Ecuadorian CT wrapper from this. I also would have described it as sour. Now I only use it as wrapper, and I'm fond of it.

 

[MadFarmer]

Good to know. What's the effect of changing positions from binder to wrapper?

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

What I meant was I was using it for both and now am just using it as wrapper. I'm not sure I can describe the flavour, but that 'sourness' is gone.

 

[Knucklehead]

When I first learned to roll, I would do one at a time and I was lazy about it. I found it simpler to pull out one wrapper leaf, and use it as both binder and wrapper. It kinda makes sense if you aren't counting the fact you're wasting money. In my defense, I rolled many a cigar on the hood of a truck at work, and wasn't set up for separate binders and wrappers.

Anyways, I had a bad impression of both US and Ecuadorian CT wrapper from this. I also would have described it as sour. Now I only use it as wrapper, and I'm fond of it.

MadFarmer. I still do that in terms of using one leaf for binder and wrapper. I just want to point out that it can be helpful to go through your purchased leaf for separation prior to use. I pull out some nice wrapper leaf from the filler and binder packages. Sometimes one binder leaf can have holes in one half the leaf, while the other half is perfect for wrapper with no holes. Wrapper being the most costly of the three, you can stretch that tobacco dollar a little further and end up with some nice binder or wrapper leaf for the price of filler or binder.