Ask TTI: What makes a great tobacco flavorist?

摘要

My definition of a great tobacco flavorist would be a person who has a very strong understanding of all aroma chemicals, botanical extracts, essential oils, and other essential flavoring materials that are suited for use in tobacco products, as well as food products. More importantly, they must understand the processing of the tobacco with those products throughout the flavoring process. Finally, they must understand the effect these added flavors have on a tobacco product that is going to be pyrolyzed, along with the pyrolysis process and smoking dynamics that surround the total smoking experience. This brings you to the next level of understanding: that we're not selling a flavor - ultimately, we're selling smoke. All of these factors and more will effect the taste of the smoke and ultimately that is what a tobacco flavorist is designing - the taste of a smoke, not something in a bottle to drink or smell. At TTI, we focus exclusively on tobacco flavoring.