This is my experience with a nagging bitter taste in my cigar that I was living with for some time now.
Doing some research revealed a possible cause of the problem. It was easy and inexpensive to correct and the difference, for me, made an enormous improvement.
Most toothpastes contain sodium laureth sulfate (and its counterparts, sodium lauryl ether sulfate and sodium lauryl sulfate), which is responsible for making the toothpaste foam up in your mouth. (go look at the ingredients on the label) It's also responsible for everything tasting bad afterward.
"While surfactants make brushing our teeth a lot easier, they do more than make foam. Both SLES and SLS mess with our taste buds in two ways. One, they suppress the receptors on our taste buds that perceive sweetness, inhibiting our ability to pick up the sweet notes of food and drink. And, as if that wasn't enough, they break up the phospholipids on our tongue. These fatty molecules inhibit our receptors for bitterness and keep bitter tastes from overwhelming us, but when they're broken down by the surfactants in toothpaste, bitter tastes get enhanced."
Having read this I went out and bought some toothpaste without SLS in it. There's not a lot to choose from and ended up using a brand called 'Biotene'. Within days a change began to happen and improvements were very noticeable within a week.
Taste is subjective and I'm sure your mileage may vary. However, why would anyone want to use a product that would suppress sweetness and enhance bitterness? In my case it made an enormous difference in the taste of my cigar. The bitterness is gone and sweetness has returned. Well worth the little effort it took to change. HIGHLY recommended.
FYI ... they use this shit in all types of hand soap and shampoo. It helps sell the product because people like foamy soap. The SLS in shampoo will dry out your hair and scalp. It cuts out all the natural oils and leaves skin dry and flaky.
Doing some research revealed a possible cause of the problem. It was easy and inexpensive to correct and the difference, for me, made an enormous improvement.
Most toothpastes contain sodium laureth sulfate (and its counterparts, sodium lauryl ether sulfate and sodium lauryl sulfate), which is responsible for making the toothpaste foam up in your mouth. (go look at the ingredients on the label) It's also responsible for everything tasting bad afterward.
"While surfactants make brushing our teeth a lot easier, they do more than make foam. Both SLES and SLS mess with our taste buds in two ways. One, they suppress the receptors on our taste buds that perceive sweetness, inhibiting our ability to pick up the sweet notes of food and drink. And, as if that wasn't enough, they break up the phospholipids on our tongue. These fatty molecules inhibit our receptors for bitterness and keep bitter tastes from overwhelming us, but when they're broken down by the surfactants in toothpaste, bitter tastes get enhanced."
Having read this I went out and bought some toothpaste without SLS in it. There's not a lot to choose from and ended up using a brand called 'Biotene'. Within days a change began to happen and improvements were very noticeable within a week.
Taste is subjective and I'm sure your mileage may vary. However, why would anyone want to use a product that would suppress sweetness and enhance bitterness? In my case it made an enormous difference in the taste of my cigar. The bitterness is gone and sweetness has returned. Well worth the little effort it took to change. HIGHLY recommended.
FYI ... they use this shit in all types of hand soap and shampoo. It helps sell the product because people like foamy soap. The SLS in shampoo will dry out your hair and scalp. It cuts out all the natural oils and leaves skin dry and flaky.
these were 12/2018 and up
