Anyone else cannabis taste blind?

Scottish whiskey sounds to scotsman like french champagne to a frenchman - both are kinda copyrighted, at least here in europe there is Whiskey (can only be from Scotland) and Irish whiskey; close enough but still needs a prefix. Same thing with Champagne; its sparkling wine from the region of Champagne. If it was from anywhere else it would just be a sparkling wine.
 
Billy the Mountain said:
Your scotch comment reminds me of wine aficionados.
It's not hyperbole to call it "junk science".
There's been many double-blind experiments where "experts" where no better than chance.
Interestingly, a wine's label was more correlated with it's score than it's contents.
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Ha ha yeah sometimes that's true too. The other day I brought a bottle of Ardbeg Spectacular($130-$150) over to a friend's house, or I thought I did, I accidentally put a bottle of Wee Beastie($45-$60) into the box that the Spectacular came in. We sat there reading the box comparing tasting notes. The descriptions don't always match my impressions but I felt like I could taste some of the things mentioned, the description didn't set any alarm bells off in my head that what I was drinking wasn't what they were describing. When I got home I realized what had happened, laughed, and felt like a complete moron for being able to trick myself so easily.
I brought both bottles back over to my friend's house we laughed about it and did some blind taste tests, the Spectacular was way more complex, and it wasn't too difficult to pick one out from the other in a blind test.

I'm not saying that I think that Spectacular tastes like Wee Beastie, it doesn't, but when I read the description of one while drinking the other I felt that some of the descriptions matched. I was able to trick myself and that was pretty enlightening.
 
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Funkentelechy said:
Ha ha yeah sometimes that's true too. The other day I brought a bottle of Ardbeg Spectacular($130-$150) over to a friend's house, or I thought I did, I accidentally put a bottle of Wee Beastie($45-$60) into the box that the Spectacular came in. We sat there reading the box comparing tasting notes. The descriptions don't always match my impressions but I felt like I could taste some of the things mentioned, the description didn't set any alarm bells off in my head that what I was drinking wasn't what they were describing. When I got home I realized what had happened, laughed, and felt like a complete moron for being able to trick myself so easily.
I brought both bottles back over to my friend's house we laughed about it and did some blind taste tests, the Spectacular was way more complex, and it wasn't too difficult to pick one out from the other in a blind test.

I'm not saying that I think that Spectacular tastes like Wee Beastie, it doesn't, but when I read the description of one while drinking the other I felt that some of the descriptions matched. I was able to trick myself and that was pretty enlightening.
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I first learned about the wine-tasting mess in a psych class years ago ; it was the de facto topic for demonstrating expectation bias and there's a good number of studies on the topic.

A few of the more surprising results I remember:

* Professional French judges ranked California wine over French wine when blind-tested although the opposite result occurred in non-blind tests.
* Same judges rating the same wine multiple times got hugely varying results.
* Average folks couldn't distinguish red from white wine (the white was dyed red).
* There's little correlation between price and rating when labels are removed.
 
Rocket Soul said:
Thats interesting. Where do you have that idea from? And is there a way to test it?

Ive seen people saying putdoor insects does things to the weed. Tbh every single grower online seems to have some idea, clever or hairbrained, about this, its hard to separate the real deal from the bogus.

If you already have cmh why not mix in some led with that? Mixed grows are some of the coolest i see around online. But mixing generally means diy led which is a really deep rabbit hole that i still havent found the bottom of, lol
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Well my brother and I had the exact same set up and same strains yet most of his produced this grapefruit like tone. Mine produced more cake like aromas. I’m aware of pheno variation but this wasn’t it. Even now he often gets grapefruit tones.

Led me to think that the natural yeast present in the air reacts with the bud in some manner. Especially since we almost ‘ferment’ them while curing in a certain moisture window. Just all theories atm xD

Yea was thinking of adding a white LED trip on either side but I’m already very happy with the yields I’m pulling off the CMH and since it’s mostly personal use a couple of lbs out of a 4x4 is plenty

Regarding insects doing damage the only experience I have is off a seedling. I gave it a little rub and usually u can smell some terps around day 7-10. Next day it had been attacked by a slug. Gave it a rub and was way more pungent!

I guess the oils are its natural defence and when it’s under attack is releases more. I know certain trees do this with deer, make their leaves more bitter
 
Billy the Mountain said:
Wow, I did not know that, learn something new every day. If you call it Scottish Whisky in the States people would "correct" you, but who would know better right? Thanks for that info!
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Yeah it's just not how we say it bud obviously they use it to sell it to denote origin but you say it here people would laugh at you for the most part especially if your Scottish and saying it
 
Rocket Soul said:
Scottish whiskey sounds to scotsman like french champagne to a frenchman - both are kinda copyrighted, at least here in europe there is Whiskey (can only be from Scotland) and Irish whiskey; close enough but still needs a prefix. Same thing with Champagne; its sparkling wine from the region of Champagne. If it was from anywhere else it would just be a sparkling wine.
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Bang on bud exactly
 
conor c said:
Yeah it's just not how we say it bud obviously they use it to sell it to denote origin but you say it here people would laugh at you for the most part especially if your Scottish and saying it
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Billy the Mountain said:

Wow, I did not know that, learn something new every day. If you call it Scottish Whisky in the States people would "correct" you, but who would know better right? Thanks for that info!

Those aren't my words, you replied to me quoting another post.
 
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Most cultivars don't, but there are buds out there that have a very distinctive taste if grown and dried correctly. Og kush, zkittlez, purple urkle, for instance have very recognizable tastes that you would be able to taste with your eyes closed.
Now if you harvest these too early, over dry, or especially if you put them into a container wet, you're gonna get more a more nondescript experience. Certain weeds, usually the "elites", have flavors you'd recognize if someone passed you a joint
 
It might not be as simple as being taste blind either, I feel like everyone experiences flavors differently. Take cilantro for example, about 50% of people(or more) can't stand it and claim it tastes like soap, I freekin' love it. My wife says that watermelon tastes bitter to her, she hates it and says it tastes like poison which is hard for me to wrap my head around, to me it's nothing but sweet.
I think it's possible that no two people ever perceive the same thing in the same way. There might not be a correct or incorrect conclusion regarding what something tastes like.
 
Im in the middle of smelling my new strain Im sorting out. Lemon (og kush) orange with funk banana sweet like a parfait. Yumm. I cant wait to see what it turns into and how itll taste in dabs. Banana Candy Krush! Im showin the world what shes got!
 
Rocket Soul said:
Are you from Scotland? I love that place despite the weather. The only other place i find as funny, both in life and people, is Spain, its the two least pretentious places ive ever lived and brimfull of good people who know how to extract funlife out of nothing but air.
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Yeah man I'm from there
 
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