Palate Development 101

[Sir Lancerolot]

I agree and I do taste raisins in opus

Now if only I could taste Opus in raisins ...

[Herf N Turf]

Now if only I could taste Opus in raisins ...

That's just funny right there

[droy1958]

It was very helpful to me when I got more into CCs as well. There's a tangent there but I'll post it in the Habanos section so I don't clutter this up.

The other thing that I think is very helpful is to play with RH. As long as you give the cigars about a week per percent change to acclimate you might be shocked how different the same cigar smokes at 68,65 and 62%. When I started I dreaded my cigars getting below 65%, I thought it would all be dried up crap! I store everything at 62-63% now and I feel like I taste more, have fewer burn issues, fewer draw problems and never get a tarry stick. YMMV, don't take what someone tells you about temp and RH as gospel, everyone has different tastes, find what works for you.

THIS! It changed my cigar life getting the RH down to 62-63.....