DBall smoking blind NCs...

[wayner123]

Originally Posted by akumushi

Here's another really interesting article on the ability to taste bitterness.

"PTC tasters may be more sensitive than non-tasters to compounds in tobacco and vegetables in the cabbage family."

Thank you for that article. It claims that 75% of people CAN taste PTC, while 25% cannot on average. So to me that would mean the majority of people are tasters(?) That doesn't make sense nor does it go in line with all of the other peer reviewed information on tasting.

[Doctorossi]

Interesting info, Clayton- thanks. The NC brands you mention are ones that don't really get much mouth time from me.

[akumushi]

I think that the two categories are similar but not completely related, the PTC taster/non-taster test is used to find out whether or not you have the particular genes that allow you to taste that chemical and other closely related ones, whereas if I understand it right, the non-taster, taster and supertaster categories of the other article refer to the concentration of tastebuds you have on your tongue and therefore how sensitive your sense of taste is to all flavors. That article breaks breaks the distribution down as 25% non-tasters, 50% tasters and 25% supertasters, so that trend basically just follows the bell curve.

[HK3-]

Looking forward to watching this thread. Thanks for taking one for the team Dan.

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by HK3-

Thanks for taking one for the team Dan.

Well, I don't expect Dom sent crap.

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by Doctorossi

Well, I don't expect Dom sent crap.

Perhaps I spoke too soon.

[DBall]

Originally Posted by Doctorossi

Perhaps I spoke too soon.

I don't think he sent 'crap', I just think everyone's tastes are different. Mine, clearly, are not in line with people who enjoy that last cigar...

[wayner123]

Originally Posted by akumushi

I think that the two categories are similar but not completely related, the PTC taster/non-taster test is used to find out whether or not you have the particular genes that allow you to taste that chemical and other closely related ones, whereas if I understand it right, the non-taster, taster and supertaster categories of the other article refer to the concentration of tastebuds you have on your tongue and therefore how sensitive your sense of taste is to all flavors. That article breaks breaks the distribution down as 25% non-tasters, 50% tasters and 25% supertasters, so that trend basically just follows the bell curve.

According to the first article:

Supertasters have a gene that allows them to taste the bitterness of a chemical called PROP (propylthiouracil). If you place the PTC paper on your tongue and you taste bitterness, you know you are a supertaster.

It is only those who "have a much denser distribution of taste buds than medium and nontasters." And that amount is 25% which falls in line with all of the research and articles I have found. If you question which one you are personally, do either of the two tests that the first article recommends.


I don't want to continue to thread jack Dball's thread. If you want to discuss it more, let's start a new thread or PM. I am fascinated by the sense of taste. And to add to it, some will tell you that no matter how many tastebuds you have, if your sinuses are messed up, you won't "taste" anything.

[akumushi]

Originally Posted by wayner123

According to the first article:



It is only those who "have a much denser distribution of taste buds than medium and nontasters." And that amount is 25% which falls in line with all of the research and articles I have found. If you question which one you are personally, do either of the two tests that the first article recommends.


I don't want to continue to thread jack Dball's thread. If you want to discuss it more, let's start a new thread or PM. I am fascinated by the sense of taste. And to add to it, some will tell you that no matter how many tastebuds you have, if your sinuses are messed up, you won't "taste" anything.

Haha, I think we're both right, but that means that one of the articles has some inaccuracies. One states that 25% of people are supertasters and that a positive on the PTC test means that you are a supertaster, whereas the other states that 75% test positive for PTC, so either more people are supertasters than the first claims, or the PTC test is either unrelated, or only differentiates between non-tasters and "oher" tasters, lumping tasters and supertasters together.
I think I've muddled up your thread enough for now Dan, you had better hurry up and smoke another NC

[jonumberone]

Dan you smoked a Los Blancos Nine Toro

[Doctorossi]

Dan, your rating # on #2 took me by surprise. Based on the text of your review, I was expecting smaller digits.

[jonumberone]

Originally Posted by Doctorossi

Dan, your rating # on #2 took me by surprise. Based on the text of your review, I was expecting smaller digits.

I felt the same way.
Maybe he didn't want to come out and say I smoke dog rockets

[DBall]

Originally Posted by Doctorossi

Dan, your rating # on #2 took me by surprise. Based on the text of your review, I was expecting smaller digits.

Originally Posted by jonumberone

I felt the same way.
Maybe he didn't want to come out and say I smoke dog rockets

I thought I gave it a pretty positive review... I mentioned about 5 times how much I was enjoying it.

[Starscream]

I'll have to try one of these sticks. If it's an NC and Dan likes it, it must be pretty good.

[DBall]

Cigar #3



This cigar is a f***ing beast. 52 RG, over 6” long. The people I meet with weekly would get a huge kick out of me smoking something so uncharacteristically large…

1st/3rd:

Pre light draw is pretty much too easy… this thing is like a straw. A really, really fat straw. Lighting it and starting out, I’m really not getting anything from this flavor-wise at the very beginning. Just smoke. Blech… at this point I wonder if I’ll even be able to finish this thing. It’s the flavor of burning leaves being sucked through a big, fat straw.

Oh god… this is bad. I swear I just got chlorine, like I accidently got water in my mouth at a YMCA pool.

If it weren’t for the awful flavors that occasionally appear, there would be none.

2nd/3rd:



I figure this can’t get much worse, so I decided to pair it with a nice tall cup of bleach. The burning in my gullet and the feeling of corroding esophageal lining and stomach tissue offsets the pungent, acrid smoke this atrocity spews forth.

I am wondering if the Mr. Yuk sticker is on the box this came from. Smoking this makes me feel like Kermit in the “Sad Kermit – Hurt” video (look that up on youtube at your own risk… if you have a truly demented sense of humor, you may laugh quite a bit. I’d almost call it NSFW, but it is a muppet, after all…).

My throat feels like I swallowed a pitchfork. I don’t hate myself enough to finish this.




Score: -5,452,805,013 out of 10. This should be used as a method of torture… it tastes like unbridled sorrow.

[rizzle]

Originally Posted by DBall

… it tastes like unbridled sorrow.

Dan, is this line trademarked or can I use it on occasion? That's some beautificous prose, bro.

[Tikihut27]

Yes, I think "unbridled sorrow" may be replacing "agitated geraniums" as the taste phrase of choice around the Rochester area...

[E.J.]

I could not stop laughing.....but the end picture finished it off perfectly....

Thanks Dan...

[MiamiE]

Great thread DBall! I will be following it closely.

[357]

I could not stop laughing. I'm sorry your misery brings me such joy. Keep the blind reviews coming.