Bitter tasting after English blend

[jason64]

I tried an English blend last night and since then I only get bitter/unpleasant taste with my aromatics. Has anyone experienced such a thing before?

 

[cigrmaster]

It sounds like you ghosted your pipe with the English blend which is screwing with the flavors of your aromatics. This is why many of us dedicate our pipes to either certain genres of tobacco or specific blends. I have my Va, Vaper and Vabur flake and plug pipes and I also have some aromatic pipes.

I don't smoke English blends anymore but if I did I would dedicate pipes to them. Try smoking your aromatics out of a different pipe to see if that is the issue.

 

[trouttimes]

Once you experienced good tabacco it's hard to enjoy bubblegum.

 

[bnichols23]

Watch it, trout. That's my line. -evyl grin-
Bill

 

[jason64]

I have separate pipes for english and aromatic, and I smoked different blends in different pipes since last night

 

[cigrmaster]

If is not a ghost issue then it could be a dirty pipe one. Do you clean your pipes after every smoke and what is your method?

 

[olkofri]

Which particular blends were they?

 

[jason64]

yes I clean my pipes after every smoke

 

[jason64]

The english was Northwoods (Boswell) and aromatics: No bite delite (boswell) and captain cool (McClelland)

 

[mso489]

I associate bad aftertaste with aromatics especially. When I went to mostly non-aromatics, aftertaste and bite were greatly reduced or eliminated, depending on the blend, and there have been few problems with English blends.

 

[jason64]

what are Va, Vaper and Vabur?

 

[cortezattic]

Virginia only; Virginia-Perique; and Virginia-Burley. Somewhere in the forums, Harris produced a list, which is a valuable compilation of blends to explore.

 

[olkofri]

I'd diffidently suggest not smoking different genres back to back. I'm highly theorising here, but I'm thinking whether the chemical remains of the English blended with the chemicals in the aro and yielded a bitter tasting compound.
I say 'diffidently' because I am a one bowl per day bloke. By next day any aftertaste is gone and haven't noticed any bitterness.
You might also try washing your mouth between changes of genre if you're decided to smoke a variety on the same day, or drink/eat something that will wash away the remnants of the previous smoke.

 

[jason64]

I think many aromatic blends are Virginia-Burley, aren't they? and you suggest not to use the same pipe with cavendish?

 

[jason64]

@Olkofri I smoke part of three different bowls each day, and constantly wash my mouth, brush etc. not sure what happened this time

 

[olkofri]

Aros appear to be a, er, well, blend of virginia, black cavendish (which is burley-based, except for MacBaren's 'modern cavendish' which is VA-based), and, yes, burley, plus casings and toppings. Some aros also have latakia.
There's also the chance that it might have been something else: something you ate, weather, what have you.
I'd switch to a different blend or blends, and chug on.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Frankly, basing much on a one-off experience is most likely an exercise in speculation.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Once you experienced good tabacco it's hard to enjoy bubblegum.

That's the first time I've heard an English tobacco called bubblegum.

 

[olkofri]

Once you experienced good tabacco it's hard to enjoy bubblegum.

That's the first time I've heard an English tobacco called bubblegum.

Touche! Bravo, Cap'n! :clap:

 

[Chasing Embers]

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