People swoon over the look and elegance of cigars but they really don’t know how one cigar can be different from the rest. When it comes to taste, cigars can be really a mystery from outside. That’s the topic many cigar experts often discuss in a get-together. While many want to learn what makes a cigar taste great, they also don’t want to compromise on quality and effect.
Talking about the taste, a good brand cigar requires that the person smoking it sit in a comfortable position from start to end and enjoy it with complete awareness. Many cigar enthusiasts advocate this because they have learned it by experience. And for them, there’s more than placing the cigar in the mouth and inhaling the smoke. A good sweet taste comes when the person is using all of his or her senses while smoking, which means using sight, touch, taste, smell and hearing. Yes, the hearing part plays a role as well; for example, the cigar when rolled between the fingers will let you know if it contains moisture on the wrapper.
Sweet tasting cigars can be identified by sight and touch as well. When you’re opening the cigar from its box for the first time, observe how it’s made. The wrapper is very essential in making or breaking the cigar and plays an important part in the taste because it depicts the overall personality and quality of the cigar. A nice silky oil wrapper is an indication of careful processing. A wrapper without blemishes shows that the leaf was grown in an optimal environment. If there are no cracks or ripples, it means the cigar wasn’t exposed to over-humidification and excessive dryness. Sweet tasting cigars are the byproducts of cigars being subjected to perfect cycles of expansion and contraction. If there’s internal damage, it can produce uneven smoke and a bitter taste.
The flavoring process is responsible for the sweet taste of the cigar as well. The new and improved techniques employed by known brands are exceptional. Most use CAO flavors or Gurkha Grand Reserve procedures to apply taste rather than soaking or spraying the ingredients with flavors. These processes impart a subtle sweetness all over the cigar. The flavor is got as the cigar is burning without overpowering in any way. In essence, the herbs and oils used infuse unique sweet tastes into the tobacco overtime without compromising the quality of the cigar.