Some of you may already know that my tastes in tobaccos somewhat change with the seasons. With this I mean that I enjoy aromatics much more in the fall and winter than I do in the spring and summer. I don't smoke aro's a lot in the spring and summer months.
I do enjoy Latakia blends all year, but my Latakia consumption increases with the colder months.
Up until now I have loved VA/Per blends, and I do mean loved them. VA/Per's were my number 1 blend genre and I would smoke them all year round, and smoke them a lot.
That was up until about a month ago. Now for some reason I can not stand the flavor of most VA/Per blends. I don't know how to explain it. The Perique just makes me want to stop smoking the bowl, and actually I have done just that. I end up putting the pipe down after about 1/4 of the bowl and not finishing it.
It is really strange because I still taste all of the flavors of the Perique, but it just doesn't interest me anymore. I do seem to get a lot of the pepper/spice from it and it just makes me say yuck. I seem to be smoking a lot more Latakia and light aromatic blends now.
I guess it is time to move most of my VA/Per's to the back of the cellar until they come calling back to me again.
Has anyone else had a major change in their tastes like this before?
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