Quote Originally Posted by Devil Doc View Post
<snip> if you were to give me a Dominican puro, Nic Puro, Honduran Puro (this one might be a problem) and a Cuban, I am reasonably certain I could identify which was which. But none of them would taste like essence of chocolate or sweet cocoa. They would taste like what they were, Dominican, Nicaraguan, Honduran, and Cuban tobacco. They are all quite distinctive to me. <snip>Doc.
Again, I'm not big on trying to match what I'm getting from someone else's flavor profile description, and some of the real oddball descriptors are ridiculous but what's wrong with going about distinguishing between tobacco origins making a mental attribute based on a flavor you recognize?

We are almost done with another Puro Pot Pass here, and this year there were a bunch of losers, including myself.

For me (and I know you're gonna love this!):
Nicaraguan: The level of pepper like spice sensation is what I recognize with these.
Honduran: More of a balance of sweet tobacco, and some bitter oil. Not as spicy.
Dominican: For me, the oil or bitterness defines these. Kind of the sensation the skin on a shelled walnut gives.
Cuban: The best way I can describe it is a saltwater taffy aftertaste. It's more a sensation. Not the candy, sugar like aspect, the saltwater part.

I don't sweat it if I don't taste hints of caramel and toffee with a touch of orange peel in a Padron '26. I can see your angle too that over time, you should be able to light one up, sit back and say, "that tastes like it has a lot of Nicaraguan tobacco in it...and based on the smoothness and complexity, they used some very choice aged tobacco in it"...or maybe just "mmmm, that tastes goddamn good"

Will