They all display various hues of murky brown with odd smelling aromas, some taste like wood, some taste like the smell of musk (really), and some taste a little bit dirty but not in a terrible way.

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The wood gives the tips a toasty taste and the ribs a caramel flavor.

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Strong vanilla taste on the tip and sides of the tongue, wood smoke flavors in the center of the mouth.

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The furnishings, though, looked much the same the modern taste of twenty years ago, boxy and stuffed, bare wood and monochrome wool, coffee tables of thick glass on cruciform legs of stainless steel, all mixed with Orientals and family antiques.

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