I have to be honest - the first time I tried it, I got the same thing. We almost scrapped CLS entirely because we couldn't taste much of anything. CLS was slated to be one of our initial offerings, but if you look back into our history, we were actually open over a month before we released it. What happened during that month? Magic. I'm not the slightest bit disturbed or surprised, for some people it just takes time. For me, it was about 3-4 weeks and, for whatever reason, that bottle turned up, I put it in the dripper, and BOOM... never had that problem since. It's almost like your senses need to get a "lock" on it. Once you get it, it's unshakable.