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Exhaling through the nose

I've tried this several times, and it seems that it always leaves the same taste/smell for me. It's 50/50 if it's going to make my eyes water or not. Hell, the last time I tried it I thought I was going to total my truck!
 
Okay....I tried a French Inhale at lunch time. The chit still tastes the sang man!!!!! :laugh:
 
I sometimes do the French inhale. I find I get a better grasp of what's in the cigar's aroma by doing that then simply smelling the burning end of the cigar.
 
I always exhale through my nose, I smoke pretty slow so it is not very hot. I usually exhale about 70% through my mouth then finish off with the rest through my nose, this is the only way for me to tell if it is a good smoke or not. YRMV...
 
moki said:
Black Plague said:
I've heard it before and was reminded today while perusing moki's website. He had a little page on there about cigar tasting, where he and Wilkey opined that exhaling through the nose can reveal hidden flavors in cigars.

My question is...how the heck do I do it (without inhaling into my lungs)?
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Like this
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This guys secret is pinching his nipple while inhaling...

:D
 
Ginseng said:
BP,

My advice is to ask someone who knows how to do it the next time you herf. This is one of those things that is simple in execution but a written description makes it seem totally counterintuitive and complicated.

One way to achieve this is to make one simple change to your exhaling/expelling technique. Two steps.

1. When you go to release the mouthful of smoke you're holding, be conscious of using some air from your lungs to assist blowing it out of your oral cavity. this gets you to focus on using some lung air to push out smoke

2. Try this again but as you start blowing out, close your mouth and continue blowing by contracting your mouth and exhaling out gently with your lungs. this is the simple change that reroutes the smoke from your mouth to your nasal cavity

When expelling nasally, sometimes you'll want to do it with just mouth pressure. If the cigar is mild or smoke volume is small, then this maximizes the concentration and exposure in your nose. Sometimes you'll want to mix in or "carbuerate" the mouth smoke with lung smoked. This dilutes and extends the smoke and allows you to handle stronger or younger cigars.

Dave has a good point about inhaling slightly through the nose as you draw in the mouth. This exposes you to trailing smoke, or smoke directly from the smoldering foot. This smoke is often very different from drawn smoke and reveals yet another side of the cigar.

Wilkey
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That's how I do it...glad to know I'm doing it right...I still consider myself a newb. On a side note, does anyone else REALLY enjoy smelling their hands/fingers for the hour or two after you have a cigar or am I just weird?
 
Mr Peat said:
Pretty simple. Puff on a cigar and close mouth. Then exhale out your nose but it may burn just a tad if you have to much smoke so I recommend doing this with as little smoke as possible.
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It doesn't get any simpler than this. :thumbs:
 
rectifythis said:
That's how I do it...glad to know I'm doing it right...I still consider myself a newb. On a side note, does anyone else REALLY enjoy smelling their hands/fingers for the hour or two after you have a cigar or am I just weird?
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It depends on the cigar. Some make my fingers reek and others, I can't stop sniffing.

Wilkey
 
Ginseng said:
rectifythis said:
That's how I do it...glad to know I'm doing it right...I still consider myself a newb. On a side note, does anyone else REALLY enjoy smelling their hands/fingers for the hour or two after you have a cigar or am I just weird?
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It depends on the cigar. Some make my fingers reek and others, I can't stop sniffing.

Wilkey
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Kinda like women. :laugh:

Doc.
 
Dave has a good point about inhaling slightly through the nose as you draw in the mouth. This exposes you to trailing smoke, or smoke directly from the smoldering foot. This smoke is often very different from drawn smoke and reveals yet another side of the cigar.
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Just got to be careful when you do this, smoke can go into the lungs.

I'm amazed that so many of you don't exhale through your nose. I exhale almost every draw. The nose, as pointed out, invites another taste dimension.

Brian
 
Man Law

Trying to force cigar smoke to come out your nose leads to looking like an ass and coughing like you have the bird flu. Plus I think I spit something across the livingroom that I now need to find before the wife does.


Fish
 
Devil Doc said:
Ginseng said:
rectifythis said:
That's how I do it...glad to know I'm doing it right...I still consider myself a newb. On a side note, does anyone else REALLY enjoy smelling their hands/fingers for the hour or two after you have a cigar or am I just weird?
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It depends on the cigar. Some make my fingers reek and others, I can't stop sniffing.

Wilkey
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Kinda like women. :laugh:

Doc.
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Doc,
You are a genuine pleasure! Some are salty and some are sweet. But honey and heather can't be beat. :laugh: ???
Wilkey


Infinity said:
Dave has a good point about inhaling slightly through the nose as you draw in the mouth. This exposes you to trailing smoke, or smoke directly from the smoldering foot. This smoke is often very different from drawn smoke and reveals yet another side of the cigar.
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Just got to be careful when you do this, smoke can go into the lungs.

I'm amazed that so many of you don't exhale through your nose. I exhale almost every draw. The nose, as pointed out, invites another taste dimension.

Brian
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Brian,
Inevitably, smoke will get into the lungs. I think it's a relatively modest exposure though as compared to say, a herf at the Howard House back tables. The low ceiling and lack of ventilation insures that second hand smoke is as thick as Breton fog.

Wilkey
 
Infinity said:
I exhale almost every draw.
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I'm just the opposite. I try to exhale as little as possible. In fact, I think I've still got some smoke kicking around my sinuses from the Opus I smoked on xmas...

Sorry... I couldn't resist. It is friday and I'm feeling wacky.

With stronger smokes, I'll often "carb" (to steal a term from Wilkey) w/ outside air (as opposed to lung-air.) After rolling the draw smoke around in my mouth I'll orally expel around half, then suck in some "fresh" air, incorporate that into the smoky, then do the "tongue piston" trick to nasally expel.
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Wilkey stated that the small volume of smoke maximizes concentration. So with that, try to draw in more air than smoke, then exhale the mixture (air from the lungs, smoke from the mouth) together, gently, and your nasal passages will find it more pleasing.
 
hmm..
I read from somewhere, when you blow the smoke out leave about 10-20% of the smoke in your mouth and just swallow it. Then blow it out through the nose..

I've tried this and seemed to work but is this recommended? Anybody else tried this method?
 
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