Help remove this cigar aftertaste

[SoonerMatt]

So last night was a damn good time. I went out with a few friends to Hans Bier Haus (great tap selection for a patio!) to watch the Texas-LSU game and found out one of our friends recently got engaged. Scotch and cigars seemed most appropriate, so we decide to have a little celebration at Downing Street. Suffice it to say it was very fun and we will probably be doing this again before summer is over - if you're in Houston you should definitely check out both places.

Theeeeeeen this morning rolls around. My head had that slight post-drink (and maybe post-smoke?) buzz, which was easily interrupted by this god awful taste I have in my mouth. I brushed like a madman last night and tried masking it with coffee, chocolate, and brushing again this morning, but that cigar aftertaste is still cutting through full force.

So do any of you have any tips to get rid of this?

[OptimusPrime]

Eat. Whenever I go out and chain smoke Marlboro Menthols, I get this awful taste in my mouth the next morning. Drink something acidic and eat something. It goes right away.

[SnoMan]

Bourbun. That'll do the trick.

[Pilgrim]

It's not a bug, it's a feature. The day after consumption, pipes and cigars leave your mouth tasting like the Russian army walked through it barefoot. It's nature's way of telling you not do do that anymore.

Personally, I have nothing against an occasional good cigar, I just know what's coming the next day.

Enjoy it and remember the message.

[SoonerMatt]

Russians?





Seriously, though, Prime's food suggestion did the trick. Well, that and listerine.

[Pilgrim]

Russians with big muffs, although decorum forbids discussion of that particular personal aspect.

Yeah, good ol' Listerine will pretty much burn anything out of your mouth.

[Chriss62]

but then you're left with a mouth that tastes like Listerene. I don't care what flavor, all mouthwash is gross.

[Bob Lee (QSC)]

I tried a cigar once with some friends, and for days the taste stayed in my mouth. Even my farts smelled like cigar. I don't need that.

[TheDarkReaver]

Smoke more

But yes, eating and drinking generally helps.

[Kipaste]

Take a bite of habanero and you'll forget you ever smoked anything.

Wish I had that problem. Years of paying myself sick to slowly kill myself have pretty much destroyed my taste..

[rr5025]

I usually throw back about a Liter of water (kills hangover and some of the taste), then brush my teeth, gargle with Listerine and maybe another glass or so of water. That doesn't work? Try some weed and hooker spit, then chase with Sam Adams.

[Pilgrim]

What's Sam's phone number?

[smperry]

A warm saltwater gargle (water as hot as comfortable to you and plenty of salt) should do the trick.

[newbold]

Smoke smaller cigars, bro.