Please forgive the truly newbie question, but...

What is most commonly done about the dark-foul-sour after-taste that usually follows a cigar?

I have tried different beverages (libations!) with them, and that seems to REDUCE, but not ELIMINATE such after-taste.

I have also tried not consuming the entire cigar; letting it dwindle somewhere beyond the half-way point so as not to go done to the literally "bitter end."

All to no avail. Suggestions?

Smoke better cigars!

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Originally posted by Fat Weed Esq:
Smoke better cigars!

well put, there isnt a much better way to avoid the bad after taste than to smoke good cigars

Other (hopefully more helpful) suggestions:

Drink water heavy with lime as you smoke. Does a surprisingly good job of cleansing your pallet.

Eat while you smoke

Brush/Floss your teeth afterwards

Gargle with mouthwash

FYI, the more you smoke, the less noticable (to you, at least) the after-taste will become.

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FYI, the more you smoke, the less noticable (to you, at least) the after-taste will become.

I thought that was the result of smoking better cigars!

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Originally posted by newbie2007:
Please forgive the truly newbie question, but...

What is most commonly done about the dark-foul-sour after-taste that usually follows a cigar?

Switch to CCs.

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Switch to CCs. Wink

I thought that was a given

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Originally posted by Fat Weed Esq:

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Switch to CCs. Wink

I thought that was a given

Not according to the "NCs are just as good!" crowd...

Stop smoking cigars and take-up yoga or pottery making.

Sorry, but the aftertaste of a good cigar is one of my favorite parts of smoking.. I love it when I have had a really good one, and 3 hours later can still taste it.

So I've got to go with the other guys - Smoke better cigars!

It's what you call a LONG FINISH.

I have never noticed an aftertaste after I put the cigar down for the last time and I have been smoking for almost 50-years.

Schweppe's Bitter Lemon is a great palete cleanser, if you can find it.

If you smoke a good cigar, the last third of the cigar will taste "clean". If aftertaste still bothers you, there are cigar mints you can get at your local B&M.

Are your cigars being stored properly.I find wet cigars leave a sour after taste.Also cigars stored to tightly that do not get any air.Ammonia has a tendency to make a cigar taste sour as well.