Depends on the cure, strain, grow method, nutes.. imo. Years back, i was buying nothing but great bud. I could notice a slight difference in tastes but every batch seemed almost the same to me. But i doubt that it was, I was just untrained to look for the tastes.... I've noticed since growing that i've looked for tastes in different strains i come across .. and while alot have the same herbal smell and dense indica structure ... the tastes vary quite a bit. You just have to look for it. Being a tobacco smoker, i don't know if i've fcked up my tastebuds.. but then again, I feel like i can taste the difference in smoke due to the fact.