I've been reading some reviews on tobaccoreviews.com and don't understand the difference between flavoring and taste. Can someone explain the difference of these two criteria?
What's the Difference Between Flavoring and Taste?
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Flavorings very often blend with the constituent tobacco flavors to form a different base flavor. That's why blenders guard their recipes, specifically the percentages of flavors and leafs.
Flavoring is the stuff the blender add to give flavor to the blend. Taste is what you get from smoking it. Everyone's palate is little different, so what you taste might not match the next guy.
I think I understand. Thanks for the explanation! TR should have these explanations on their site.
That'd be helpful!
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Please put your location in your Profile, as people are forgetful.
Why:
That will save questions in the future as to where you live when you later mention local stores, weather, tobacco prices, availability, regulations, location of photos, wildfires, air quality, etc. In many instances that saves time for those who read your posts.
How:
Under your avatar, (top right, left most of three symbols) you choose "Account Details", which brings up "My Account". "My Location" is halfway down. Whatever you're comfortable with- town, city, county, state. Just country if you must.
Yep, flavorings are add to the tobacco to yield a particular flavor. Virtually all tobaccos have some of this added to them.
When I was fresh out of training and on my first assignment as a ships cook, I asked that very same question of the old Master Chief in charge of the galley. He told me, and I quote... "You can flavor with piss and still taste lemonade." ?
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I bought a rum-flavoured/topped blend (I LOVE rum) but it tasted so bad I've never been tempted to try another. ?
Flavoring is what you Taste when you eat commercial bacon. Believe me. There are no maple flavored pig bellies.
What about farmah Robertson in deep New Hampsha who feeds his little piggies maple sap with bits of maple candy mixed in? Casing or topping?? 
You were probably on tobaccoreviews.com and wondering about the 2 options.
Flavoring is generally for aromatics (ie. cherry) as to how much you notice cherry in the smoking on TOP of the tobacco taste. A non-aromatic or British tobacco should have zero flavoring generally as they are unflavored and you usually just taste the tobacco leaf subtleties.
Taste is generally how much tobacco taste there is, or how much you notice the tobacco type OVER the flavoring (if any flavoring is added). A non-aromatic should excel in taste (hopefully) of latakia, virginia burl, etc. Each actual tobacco has its own taste and this is where you could distinguish that in this category. If it's a high quality tobacco cultivation, you'll notice a better taste, similar to a cigar. A cherry tobacco can have both flavoring and taste so it'd be cherry pie but also tobacco leaf at the same time, so both cherry flavoring and tobacco taste.
Another option on that website is "Strength" or how much Nicotine hit you get during the smoke (buzz).
Example: Captain Black Cherry Flavoring is "Overwhelming" (and synthetic) but its tobacco Taste is "None Detected". Strength would be "Mild"
Flavoring is generally for aromatics (ie. cherry) as to how much you notice cherry in the smoking on TOP of the tobacco taste. A non-aromatic or British tobacco should have zero flavoring generally as they are unflavored and you usually just taste the tobacco leaf subtleties.
Taste is generally how much tobacco taste there is, or how much you notice the tobacco type OVER the flavoring (if any flavoring is added). A non-aromatic should excel in taste (hopefully) of latakia, virginia burl, etc. Each actual tobacco has its own taste and this is where you could distinguish that in this category. If it's a high quality tobacco cultivation, you'll notice a better taste, similar to a cigar. A cherry tobacco can have both flavoring and taste so it'd be cherry pie but also tobacco leaf at the same time, so both cherry flavoring and tobacco taste.
Another option on that website is "Strength" or how much Nicotine hit you get during the smoke (buzz).
Example: Captain Black Cherry Flavoring is "Overwhelming" (and synthetic) but its tobacco Taste is "None Detected". Strength would be "Mild"