Is perique sweet to anyone else?

Joined : 25 Oct 2008 Posts : 48

I've noticed a theme in testing (non aromatic) tobaccos. It seems the ones where I actually taste a sugary sweetness, on the tongue, (not necessarily a sweet smell) seem to all contain perique. Could perique be the cause?
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Subject: Re: Is perique sweet to anyone else? Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:49 am

taste being subjective, I find all the blends I smoke which have perique are all very sweet but more of a fruity sweetness. of course it would depend on the blend. in my view the more perique the better! I have never had too much perique. I once had a bowl of straight perique, almost got sick. it really takes some skill to blend in those subtle differences in a blend.

Subject: Re: Is perique sweet to anyone else? Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:42 am

Have you been smoking VaPers with a large portion of red VA's in them? It could just be the VA that's sweet - maybe try something with lots of reds and no perique and see if that's sweet.

I experience perique as a tickle on the back of my mouth, not as sweet.

Buddy

Subject: Re: Is perique sweet to anyone else? Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:49 pm

Joined : 25 Oct 2008 Posts : 48

I wonder.

So far FMOTB, Home from the hills, haddo's delight, and Plantation evening all have a sweet tangy taste, on the tongue, as if I was sipping an actual drink through the pipe. I love it, especially combined with oriental and latakia to darken the aroma. Haddo's was sickenly sweet to me and I couldn't finish a bowl, the one listed above that has no latakia (and some kind of rum casing)

Notably, plantation evening was sweet on my tongue, whereas yale mixture was not. Yale is similar but without the orientals and perique.
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-John Boynton Priestley

Joined : 28 Feb 2008 Posts : 184 Location : Wake Forest, NC

Funny... I find the fig-like smell of Perique to be very sweet and intoxicating, but the flavor is much darker.

-Andrew

Subject: Re: Is perique sweet to anyone else? Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:40 pm