On Oct 27, 4:17 pm, "Dominic T." > wrote:
> Alex wrote:
> > I might be wrong here, but I consider the cigarette ash taste a
> > negative. I've noticed it in cheaper Xiaguan tuos.Oh, I consider it negative too, but I just don't taste it even in a
> cheap Xiaguan tuo. I normally have a pretty accurate palate too so I'm
> not sure why I'm missing it but I don't ever get that note. She tends
> to detect it in many green puerhs, and she isn't a tea buff so I tend
> to believe her when she brings up tasting certain flavors or aromas.
> Her exact quote was it smells like a Dinobli cigar ash. (Dinobli's are
> strange little Italian Cigars my great-grandfater smoked)
>
> - Dominic
> Drinking: slumming it with a lipton teabag and white sugar.

Lucky for you that you can't taste it! It's pretty nasty.