So, I have been thinking about how certain questions come up, time and again. One main question is where can i find a good X flavored liquid. After some thought, i have decided to investigate the idea of performing a sort of wine tasting for e-cigs.
This tasting will be at your leasure, and much like a wine tasting there will be a personal score card. That score card would be PM'ed to me and i will begin to talley the individuals scores of certain flavors from various suppliers. Again, just like a wine tasting.
"As part of the tasting process, and as a way of comparing the merits of the various wines, wines are given scores according to a relatively set system. This may be either by explicitly weighting different aspects, or by global judgment (although the same aspects would be considered). These aspects are 1) the appearance of the wine, 2) the nose or smell, 3) the palate or taste, and 4) overall[15]. Different systems weight these differently (e.g., appearance 15%, nose 35%, palate 50%). Typically, no modern wine would score less than half on any scale (which would effectively indicate an obvious fault). It is more common for wines to be scored out of 20 (including half marks) in Europe and parts of Australasia, and out of 100 in the US. However, different critics tend to have their own preferred system, and some gradings are also given out of 5 (again with half marks).["(Wine Scores)
Please read this part completely before commenting:
This end goal will be to provide, old timers, and newcomers alike, with some sort of a preview of the flavor profile they can expect. Whether a Robert Parker style of point card or a 1-5 score will be used is still under debate in my mind. Personally, i prefer the Robert Parker style of point card as it would not provide the reader with an exact score. After all, we dont want to see any supplier losing buisness due to being 1-2 points out of 50 lower than the next guy. In more detail from the site i referenced ealier:
Score Explanation
96-100 An extraordinary wine of profound and complex character displaying all the attributes expected of a classic wine of its variety. I think wines of this caliber are worth a special effort to find, purchase and consume.
90-95 An outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character. I consider these terrific wines.
80-89 A barely above average to very good wine displaying various degrees of finesse and flavor, as well as character with no noticeable flaws. 70-79 An average wine with little distinction except that it is soundly made. In short a straightforward, innocuous wine.
60-69 A below average wine containing noticeable deficiencies, such as excessive acidity and/or tannin, an absence of flavor, or possibly dirty aromas or flavors.
50-59 A wine I deem unacceptable.
But, the displayed ranking will be the mean average of the score cards submitted for that particular quality on that product, for that supplier. This is done with the expectation that, much like the wonderful world of wine, certain suppliers will excel in one area, but be satisfactory in another, or perhaps even lacking in yet another.
The list above will b emodified so that a particular flavor will not recieve just one single score. It will recieve multiple scores based on its aromatic components and flavor profile.
The goal here is not to shun any particular supplier for making a not so hot banana flavor. It is mearly a method of providing the reader with an idea of what they can expect before making thier purchase. It will also provide suppliers with a resource to see what qualities the costomer is looking for while developing/refining their signature style.
So, each product score card will have certain information, and a set format, used to describe the aromatic components of the fluid you are using.
Please let me know what you think of the idea. Would you honestly use this as a resource? Would you be willing to fillout a score card and send it to me? This is the sort of thing that I, honestly, enjoy doing. But, dont get me wrong, if you do not believe you would use it as a resourse or participate in the gathering of information on the topic at hand... I wont bother as it is a lot of effort on my part.
This tasting will be at your leasure, and much like a wine tasting there will be a personal score card. That score card would be PM'ed to me and i will begin to talley the individuals scores of certain flavors from various suppliers. Again, just like a wine tasting.
"As part of the tasting process, and as a way of comparing the merits of the various wines, wines are given scores according to a relatively set system. This may be either by explicitly weighting different aspects, or by global judgment (although the same aspects would be considered). These aspects are 1) the appearance of the wine, 2) the nose or smell, 3) the palate or taste, and 4) overall[15]. Different systems weight these differently (e.g., appearance 15%, nose 35%, palate 50%). Typically, no modern wine would score less than half on any scale (which would effectively indicate an obvious fault). It is more common for wines to be scored out of 20 (including half marks) in Europe and parts of Australasia, and out of 100 in the US. However, different critics tend to have their own preferred system, and some gradings are also given out of 5 (again with half marks).["(Wine Scores)
Please read this part completely before commenting:
This end goal will be to provide, old timers, and newcomers alike, with some sort of a preview of the flavor profile they can expect. Whether a Robert Parker style of point card or a 1-5 score will be used is still under debate in my mind. Personally, i prefer the Robert Parker style of point card as it would not provide the reader with an exact score. After all, we dont want to see any supplier losing buisness due to being 1-2 points out of 50 lower than the next guy. In more detail from the site i referenced ealier:
Score Explanation
96-100 An extraordinary wine of profound and complex character displaying all the attributes expected of a classic wine of its variety. I think wines of this caliber are worth a special effort to find, purchase and consume.
90-95 An outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character. I consider these terrific wines.
80-89 A barely above average to very good wine displaying various degrees of finesse and flavor, as well as character with no noticeable flaws. 70-79 An average wine with little distinction except that it is soundly made. In short a straightforward, innocuous wine.
60-69 A below average wine containing noticeable deficiencies, such as excessive acidity and/or tannin, an absence of flavor, or possibly dirty aromas or flavors.
50-59 A wine I deem unacceptable.
But, the displayed ranking will be the mean average of the score cards submitted for that particular quality on that product, for that supplier. This is done with the expectation that, much like the wonderful world of wine, certain suppliers will excel in one area, but be satisfactory in another, or perhaps even lacking in yet another.
The list above will b emodified so that a particular flavor will not recieve just one single score. It will recieve multiple scores based on its aromatic components and flavor profile.
The goal here is not to shun any particular supplier for making a not so hot banana flavor. It is mearly a method of providing the reader with an idea of what they can expect before making thier purchase. It will also provide suppliers with a resource to see what qualities the costomer is looking for while developing/refining their signature style.
So, each product score card will have certain information, and a set format, used to describe the aromatic components of the fluid you are using.
Please let me know what you think of the idea. Would you honestly use this as a resource? Would you be willing to fillout a score card and send it to me? This is the sort of thing that I, honestly, enjoy doing. But, dont get me wrong, if you do not believe you would use it as a resourse or participate in the gathering of information on the topic at hand... I wont bother as it is a lot of effort on my part.
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