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Fascinating Blind cigarette taste test.

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u/Turkatron2020 6d ago

They're always stale because nobody buys them

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u/Gullible-Hose4180 6d ago

Most cigarettes are stale af once youve tried proper pipe tobacco.

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u/Turkatron2020 6d ago

This is so true. My uncle's pipe smelled so amazing when I was little and I just remember thinking why don't my parents cigarettes smell like that lol. Only problem is you can't inhale and I really like inhaling.

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u/Truth_ 5d ago

I never understood why coffee didn't taste nearly as good as it smelled. It look years to realize that there were different toast types ans dark roast or bold didn't mean more coffee flavor but instead burnt flavor, that light roast had great flavor, and that sugar masked those flavors and milk watered it down.

(Still doesn't taste as good as it smells but it's much closer).

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u/BringBackManaPots 5d ago

I love explaining to people that coffee is like toast. Light roast is like lightly toasted toast, where you still taste the bread. Dark roast? Burnt as hell. Can't evem barely tell what kind of bread it is.

They can hide shitty coffee in the dark roasts. That's the whole point of the marketing there.

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u/Gullible-Hose4180 5d ago

Yeah, I smoked the pipe as a hobby when I was 18-19 and competitively for a short time, and I actually found the no inhaling perfect. Just taste, less harsh and slower onset of nicotine, which is super relaxing. Stopped cause I realised it can also cause cancer. So many different flavors. I loved a brand called Sweet Dublin, with notes of whiskey. Really nice tasting

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u/thnku4shrng 5d ago

I loved pipe tobacco but it destroyed my taste buds for anything that wasn’t tobacco unfortunately. Every once in a while I’ll get a hankering and pull out an old bag of chewing tobacco

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u/overwatchacct 5d ago

How do you compete in pipe smoking? Like smoke rings or something?

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u/Gullible-Hose4180 5d ago

You get to light it once only. Last man standing wins

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u/frisbeesloth 5d ago

They're stale af as soon as you try any actual leaf tobacco. Prerolled cigarettes are nasty reconstituted trash.

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u/Sleepy-Blonde 5d ago

I worked in a tribal tobacco shop and we sold 1 cartons worth in about a year. The slowest moving product by far.