Am I missing something............

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

I go to wine tastings at a local pub and the guy from the distributor that does the tasting cracks me up. He'll take a little wine, swish it around and swallow and talk about how he is picking up some of this and that and my favorite was when he said he was getting a hint of pear, no, bartlet pear !!! I laughed my ass off that he was picking up not just pear, but bartlet pear no less.

I am in the same boat though. I taste tabacco though I can discern some flavors like cedar and an earthy flavor and the spiciness is pretty easy to pick up. Other than that, not much else at this point.

[CgarDan]

Dickson, like many said, the main part is picking up the enjoyment you get from the smoke

Spice is very easy to distinguish. As for all those other things oh well what I have found so far only the better qality and pricy cigars have maybe 3-4 flavors that one can pick up. If you really want to try to pick up some flavors when you smoke I reccomend reading a review of the cigar first. A lot of online sites have reviews of what they sell and you see those tastes / flavors that the cigar has. Try to see if you follow the reviews and start with the easier things like coffee, spice, wood / cedar.

See what happens