Quite a few folks enjoy a nice cordial with their smoky repast, and in that way, I am not so different.
Yet, my history with tobacco goes back a long way, from Swisher Sweets to Davidoff, and Backwoods pipe tobacco to Peterson's; much of it before the age of twenty-one. Back in these days, while puffing away on my favorite Davidoff no.2 at B&M, I began to lament my inability to imbibe the dulcet tones of a brandy with my fellow smokers and was instead forced to turn to the only option available in the member's fridge...a can of crisp, cool Diet Coke.
I looked at this much maligned can in my hand, wondering, what much else do young adult males despise more than a DIET soda. Still, I was left with little choice than to banish the growing lump of tobacco-laced spittle from my mouth in a garish display of flying sputum, or suffer the indignity of consuming a can that was, in my adolescent mind, typically the domain of dieting teenage girl. But, alas...I was in a fine establishment, and unless I want to quickly find myself hoisted to the street for deeming to sully the tobacco shop's floor with the flux of my rapidly filling mouth, it seemed Diet Coke was in the offing.
So, with disinclined hand, I reached for the can...
What I initially believed to be a boondoggle, quickly resolved itself into one of the true eureka moments of my life - the Diet Coke was....fantastic!
It turned out the Coke was the perfect palate cleanser for my taste buds. The crisp and clean carmel liquid washed away the sour tastes of tobacco on my tongue, leaving little in the way of a reminder in its wake. After each ministering mouthful, It gave me the chance to taste the brillant tobacco of my cigar as if I were taking its first puff time upon time again. During that smoke, I tasted the tobacco as I never had before. I...was...hooked.
Since that fateful day, I can often be found consuming my high-quality tobacco products with a Diet Coke. It seems to work as a palate cleanser in a fine multi-course dinner, wiping away the flavors of the last course so that the next may be enjoyed on its own merits - or in the case of tobacco, allowing one to enjoy the changing flavors and notes of the smoke as it matures, free of leavings from earlier stages.
So, how about you...ever think of a Coke with a smoke?
Yet, my history with tobacco goes back a long way, from Swisher Sweets to Davidoff, and Backwoods pipe tobacco to Peterson's; much of it before the age of twenty-one. Back in these days, while puffing away on my favorite Davidoff no.2 at B&M, I began to lament my inability to imbibe the dulcet tones of a brandy with my fellow smokers and was instead forced to turn to the only option available in the member's fridge...a can of crisp, cool Diet Coke.
I looked at this much maligned can in my hand, wondering, what much else do young adult males despise more than a DIET soda. Still, I was left with little choice than to banish the growing lump of tobacco-laced spittle from my mouth in a garish display of flying sputum, or suffer the indignity of consuming a can that was, in my adolescent mind, typically the domain of dieting teenage girl. But, alas...I was in a fine establishment, and unless I want to quickly find myself hoisted to the street for deeming to sully the tobacco shop's floor with the flux of my rapidly filling mouth, it seemed Diet Coke was in the offing.
So, with disinclined hand, I reached for the can...
What I initially believed to be a boondoggle, quickly resolved itself into one of the true eureka moments of my life - the Diet Coke was....fantastic!
It turned out the Coke was the perfect palate cleanser for my taste buds. The crisp and clean carmel liquid washed away the sour tastes of tobacco on my tongue, leaving little in the way of a reminder in its wake. After each ministering mouthful, It gave me the chance to taste the brillant tobacco of my cigar as if I were taking its first puff time upon time again. During that smoke, I tasted the tobacco as I never had before. I...was...hooked.
Since that fateful day, I can often be found consuming my high-quality tobacco products with a Diet Coke. It seems to work as a palate cleanser in a fine multi-course dinner, wiping away the flavors of the last course so that the next may be enjoyed on its own merits - or in the case of tobacco, allowing one to enjoy the changing flavors and notes of the smoke as it matures, free of leavings from earlier stages.
So, how about you...ever think of a Coke with a smoke?
