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63rdOVI

63rdOVI

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Last night was the first time that I've experienced tobacco overload, because no matter what I was smoking last night, it was all rather tasteless, even MacBaren Plumcake. Food was the same, but perhaps I've been smoking a little too much lately. Has this happened to anybody else here? I've even been slowing down on my puffing and trying to smoke a cool rather than warm pipe, and I've enjoyed the difference in taste. But last night was just...blaaaah. Suggestions?
 
Every now and then I think I get tongue fatigue or something. Are you rotating pipes and giving them a rest? You say food was the same, so it is probably not a head cold w/ congestion messing everything up.
 
Yes, I'm rotating pipes and even tobacco. No cold, either, so I'm thinking it just might have to do with an "overload" of smoking; I've been puffing a little more than usual lately.
 
Happens to me off and on. Sometimes I think it's how I've packed the pipe because the next day it's back to normal. And sometimes I taste too much as in harsh. I haven't a good explanation for it but, food flavor has never changed even with a cold that I can recall.
If your on any meds or had a shot lately maybe that has something to do with it.
 
Nothing besides my normal meds, so maybe I just need to refrain from smoking so much during the day and give myself a bit of a break.
 
i find that when i am plagued with the dreaded "no taste" its time for me to find a nice new tobacco.
right now hal'o the wynd is completely tasteless but old dark fired is full of flavor. i suggest trying something totally different then what your use too
 
I am finishing a bowl of Plumcake in my Peterson Kinsale calabash and it is tasting very nice right now. Maybe my body was just telling me that I'd had enough last night!
 
I do indeed have a nice selection of untried tins so I will give that a try as you suggest, smg913; thanks!
 
Have gone through several "funks" where nothing seems to taste of anything.

On the advice of some here I tried Biotene mouthwash, and found it made a difference. I always have some on hand, and use it daily no matter what I'm tasting.

And of course, too many bowls/day can dull one's taste receptors. This varies with the individual for sure.

Not all of us can be Jimlnks!


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Cheers,

RR
 
63rdOVI":584rmhrw said:
I am finishing a bowl of Plumcake in my Peterson Kinsale calabash and it is tasting very nice right now. Maybe my body was just telling me that I'd had enough last night!
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It is good to hear your taste buds have recovered. The Kinsale is a fine pipe. I have two of them, and they are really excellent smokers.
 
Brewdude and Fr Tom, thanks for your comments. I do indeed have some Biotene and will try that, although I think that I will also cut back on my daily bowl limit, too. And yes, I am enjoying the Kinsale Calabash very much; it's a really nice design.
 
Fr_Tom":6oeb15a1 said:
I have the xl22 and xl14 Kinsales and am very glad I got them. Reading this post inspired to fire up a bowl of Three Friars in the xl22.
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Very nice! I've got the XL11, XL17, and XL25, and I really like them.
 
It's par for the course. There are no sublime smokes unless there are a few so-so ones to balance it out. I just don't worry about it and either smoke through it, or simply not smoke for a while. It always comes around again.
 
63rdOVI":bdyedzt5 said:
Last night was the first time that I've experienced tobacco overload...
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Have experienced this myself. I always suspected it was the mood I was in, though this wouldn't constitute a satisfactory explanation for the scientific types... or perhaps anyone else, either.
 
this happened to me right after halloween, no tobacco or food tasted right about 3 days later major head cold... hope thats not where your headed, take some vitamin c
 
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