Newb Requesting Help Defining Tobacco Taste Profiles

Use the search forum in the upper right of the forums page. You'll find more information than you can digest in a week.

Also ... read all the pages at Pipedia:
http://pipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_Tobaccos

Greg Pease's article, Don't Think Of A Purple Giraffe, may be of some help to you.

Welcome Thaw. First, learn to enjoy the journey. You already have learned that one VaPer isn't like all the other VaPers. Similar but all different. You may have noticed that the same VaPer smoked in a large stack is a completely different animal than when smoked in a small pot. It takes time and experience to appreciate the world of tobacco.
But I understand your interest in developing your palate and approaching this hobby in an organized fashion can help. If you smoke blends helter-skelter with no plan, you can go years and never really understand anythbing except which blends you like and which ones you don't. Which might be fine for some.
Russ Oullette will be guiding us on a Tobacco Crawl in April. During a crawl, the participants smoke four different blends in a month, one each week. We compare notes and impressions. It is a good way to get to know tobacco and blends in depth as well as a way to get to know some of your fellow pipers here at PipesMagazine.
I learned more about pipe and tobaccos in the six or so crawls I participated in last year, than in the six years prior. And I got to know some great guys while I was at it.
Pax

A number of years ago I found a small paperback "All About Tobacco" by Milton M Sherman. I found it a very helpful guide for the initial introduction to Tobacco types and blends. I suspect it is long out of print but you might be able to find a old copy on Amazon.