Palette cleansing

[bander68]

I've been cig-free long enough. My sense of taste is back. But for the last couple of days, I've had trouble tasting my favorite vapes. I brushed my teeth a bunch of times, I've eaten a normal variety of foods, and nothing seems to help. I've read other threads where people talk about losing their taste senses for a few days, then it comes back.

My question is: have any of you found a sure-fire method for cleaning your palette so you taste your vapes again?

 

[WomanOfHeart]

If you're vaping the same flavor all the time, then try switch to something else for a little bit. You can try eating a small piece of crusty bread, too.

If you have a stuffy/runny nose you probably won't be able to taste anything, and sometimes you just go through "flavor cycling" where you can't taste anything from your juice.

Try exhaling through your nose. Taste is as much about how something smells.

 

[player30]

About once a month, I get no satisfaction from the taste of my everyday juice. On those days, I resort to Peach. So my best suggestion would be to just change your juice for a day or two. And it is happening less and less.

 

[juicejunky]

Taste buds replace themselves every few weeks. There really isn't much you can do when you go through a dead spell except keep your mouth clean and maybe gargle salt water to promote healing.

When it happens to me I pull out juices I'm not crazy about (to use them up) and/or mint flavors (to get some sensation). It will pass. The longest I've gone with little or no flavor is two days, but the good news is I wake up and flavors are better than ever.

Hang in there.

 

[RIMP]

I always have a menthol I vape all day and a coffee that I vape along with it, this helps
RIMP

 

[bander68]

Yeah, i've been flavor switching too. Flavors that are VERY different. But the palette still can't taste them. I'm looking for something that's not a vape. Foods, drinks, something different.

 

[fray]

+1 for peach. Raspberry is good too. Very strong distinct flavors.

 

[bander68]

no go on salty water. That made it worse. My wife said that food tasters use sorbet, but we don't have any so I tried an ice pop. Better than the salty water, but still not good. I'm on a quest now!

 

[theoneuafter]

+2 on the Peach, It seems to clear up my taste enough to taste a different flavor I'd rather vape. I find it hard to go from things like German Choc Cake to somthing like a maple tobacco from BWB. As stated the flavors for me, have to be COMPLETLEY different to taste ones i switch to. I also sometime get some sort of "film" feeling in my mouth after I vape all day. I am a chain vaper too lol I'm sure that's got somthing to do with it!

 

[Mudder]

When you brush your teeth, do you brush the roof of your mouth and tongue too? I find it helps a lot to get rid of that cotton mouth feeling, and it wakes up the taste buds.

 

[hairball]

Drink tons of water and eat some saltine crackers.

 

[bander68]

I'll try saltines if this continues tomorrow, but the salty water failure doesn't give me a lot of hope. I'll have to check my Armageddon stash, but I doubt I have any peach.
As for brushing, I brush everything, including roof of mouth. I even tried mouthwash, which I hate. That just made everything taste like a really bad menthol, lol.

 

[MagnusEunson]

My mom used to make us have a chilled wedge of citrus and a sprig of mint between taste testing sessions for her restaurant cooking experiments. Then a bit of water. I've heard the same about sorbet, just let it melt on your tongue. In both cases I was told to breath through your nose deeply at the same time. Good luck, -Magnus

 

[bander68]

Bingo! I found the solution!
Rye bread. Had a nice ham& swiss on rye for lunch today, then grabbed my pv and BAM! Full flavor back. Ahhhhhh..........

 

[justwaaaa]

What is wrong with me? If I exhale through my nose I don't taste a thing!

If you're vaping the same flavor all the time, then try switch to something else for a little bit. You can try eating a small piece of crusty bread, too.

If you have a stuffy/runny nose you probably won't be able to taste anything, and sometimes you just go through "flavor cycling" where you can't taste anything from your juice.

Try exhaling through your nose. Taste is as much about how something smells.

 

[Silversmyth]

Bingo! I found the solution!
Rye bread. Had a nice ham& swiss on rye for lunch today, then grabbed my pv and BAM! Full flavor back. Ahhhhhh..........

Maybe it was the Ham OR Swiss??? lol

 

[bander68]

Maybe it was the Ham OR Swiss??? lol

Haha, yeah or it could be the combo of all 3? I just figured it was the rye because others suggested eating bread. That, and the rye was the strongest flavor in the sandwich.

 

[Stevew443]

One of the best juices I have found for cleansing the palatte is Lemon Ice from FreedomsmokesUSA. I will either use that or sometimes just vape unflavored pg/vg for a bit. Sometimes the tongue does get over worked.

 

[TomCatt]

Bander, I've been going through this for the past week and actually today started to get an occasional taste from my vape. Hmmm...what kind of ham?....cheese...will have to get this exact

 

[quittin4mykids]

I have went weeks without tasting anything- drives me NUTS- OR I can taste first thing in the morning and no more the rest of the day

I have starting doing a cinnibomb or simmular to help- I thought maybe it was my Dr Pepper doing it- So I have been just drinking water- NOT good- the headaches are KILLING me- funny, I taste all morning with the coffee- ??

I hope it wasnt the rye- cause I HATE rye- LOL Mrs Bairds white bread is ALL I will eat! LOL