Tobacco tasting salty

disinformatique · Aug 29, 2015

Hey guys,
Since a few days the tobaccos in my rotation have started tasting salty. Have you ever encountered this weird phenomenon? One day they are sweet and everything is awesome; I am getting full flavors and then suddenly bam! The taste have changed from sweet profile to salty,metallic taste.
Tobacco in question - Christmas Cheer 2014, Rattrays Marlin Flake. The blend have their dedicated pipes so there's no cross contamination. One thing to note is that its rainy season and the pipes are on a pipe stand in my room.
Any thoughts and/or hypothesis?
Cheers,

Chris

thomnas · Aug 29, 2015

i've encountered that, but haven't smoked that specific tobacco. i've always contributed to mouth chemistry.

mortonbriar · Aug 29, 2015

I have never encountered it, but I see it popping up here a couple of times a year, so cant be that uncommon, usually the advice is to give the mouth/pipe a break for a week or so...
Isaac

cobguy · Aug 29, 2015

This happens when I've overdosed on smoking ... especially Latakia blends.
As suggested, just give the pipe a few days rest and it should help.

andrew · Aug 29, 2015

Most reports of salty taste is after smoking alot of latakia blends, have you been smoking alot of latakia lately?

disinformatique · Aug 29, 2015

@Andy @Cobguy I've been smoking GLP's Quiet Nights. Might as well stop smoking it for a week and see what happens.

cobguy · Aug 29, 2015

Yep ... during the box pass last year I overloaded and HH Latakia Flake tasted like brine. :P

shanelktown · Aug 29, 2015

Latakia overdose haha

shanelktown · Aug 29, 2015

Seriously though just take a couple days off from smoking the pipe.

disinformatique · Aug 30, 2015

This is the first time I've encountered, no more smoking for me for a week or two LOL.

shanelktown · Aug 30, 2015

It happens unfortunately. Ex specially if your in a mode of trying new blends and you just want to smoke as much stuff as possible on your day off.

frozenchurchwarden · Aug 30, 2015

Tastebud burnout.

I'm probably never goint to get anywhere near that point but I've seen half a dozen of these threads now. When everything tastes salty you need to take a break.

Chasing Embers · Aug 30, 2015

Only times that I have gotten the saltiness is when the pipe hasn't properly rested, or is in need of a thorough cleaning.

disinformatique · Aug 31, 2015

@Shane - I usually smoke 3-4 different blends in one rotation. I write about tobacco so I tend to smoke a little extra than usual. This is the first time I have had Latakia overload that my mouth chemistry has changed. Will keep it in mind from now on. The culprit in question - GLP Quiet Nights.
@chasingembers - I also thought that it was a pipe issue but I thoroughly clean my pipe after every smoke and always deep clean my pipes every 2 weeks. For example I have 3 different pipes for GLP Quiet Nights. 2 for Marlin Flake, 2 for Christmas Cheer, 2 for FMOTT so that they get proper rest before I smoke them again.
@frozen Yup, time for a break.
Cheers,

Chris

disinformatique · Sep 23, 2015

aaaaaand and it happened again, I laid off the pipe for 10 days, and got back to just one small bowl of latakia in 24 hours and now I am back to square zero. I think I am going to stop smoking Quiet Nights for a few months and take on lighter English blends. The thing is its so damn good that I specifically crave it.
Time to order some JackKnife and Triple Play I guess.
Chris

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