That Cuban "twang"

[Deano]

Moved all the Star Wars crap to: http://www.ukcigarforums.com/showthread.php?t=5822

[tupacboy]

hmm are you talking from experience... knowing how their twat tastes there? ;P

[cj121]

err... gotta get my mind out of the gutter... i read this as that cuban "twat"

Well, considering how humid it gets over in the motherland, perhaps twat and twang aren't worlds apart tupac?

[tupacboy]

err... gotta get my mind out of the gutter... i read this as that cuban "twat"

[cj121]

The twang thang reminded me of a thread about the indescribable 'thing' about Cubans.

[daverave999]

Very interesting idea! I understand it's the phenols in malt whiskies that gives them their smoke/peat flavour, so the idea of extra depth (twang, if you like) in actual smoke from phenols seems perfectly reasonable. I'll pop back in here later when I have more time!

[Pipe Dude]

I agree about the Nubs. They must be high in phenols too.

[tippexx]

[QUOTE=kingcohiba;89359]there is a twang....havent put my finger on what it is either.

I agree. And I love it in Cubans. But, had my first Nub last week and they have super-twang right from first puff!

[r0lan6]

That is interesting.

[kingcohiba]

there is a twang....havent put my finger on what it is either. but i dont think u should have brought this out......now ppl are going to be rubbing their nc's down with ambesol! hahaha interesting though...

[Pipe Dude]

Just read something interesting on another forum I frequent:

"While I was in my smoking-alot-of-cubans phase, I noticed a particular taste that stood out that I really enjoyed but I couldn't exactly place it. After several weeks it hit me. It reminded me of the oral-anesthetic Anbesol. I know this sounds crazy, but I looked into it and found that Anbesol is Phenol based and Phenols are found in Cigar Tobacco. It seems, to me at least, that some Cuban leaf has a higher proportion of Phenols than alot of non-cuban leaf. But there are non-Cubans that I've found that have that same phenol punch or twang that I think some people are referring to. I find Oliva cigars to be consistently similar in flavor to those twangy cubans(Bolivar/Partagas), particularly the V Series and Cains which are both Nicaraguan Puros.

......if you consider many of the blind ratings out there, you will see that a Nicaraguan Puro will often outshine a Cuban."


I'm not trying to denegrate Cubans in any way - I prefer them (generally).