Hello from West TX!
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Welcome! I get to travel out to your neck of the desert relatively often, going between Ft Stockton, Pecos, and up to Carlsbad NM. Glad you’re here!
Regarding tobacco choices, good advice so far - order a few 1 oz samples online. For that full bodied flavor experience coming from maduro cigars, I would recommend:
- C&D Bayou Morning (a Perique heavy blend that has a bit of punch to it)
- C&D Haunted Bookshop (a “classic” burley based recommendation, full flavor. Not everyone’s cup of tea, but try it fresh and again after a few weeks/months sitting in a jar)
- MacBaren HH Old Dark Fired (intro to dark fired leaf in a punchy but smooth blend)
- Low Country Virginia & Oriental (not as full bodied, but a good way to find out whether oriental flavors could be your thing)
- C&D Habana Daydream (a good crossover from cigar into Latakia, this blend has cigar leaf)
- Sutliff Match Sunrise (a good mild English, bulk “match” to Early Morning Pipe)
Take your time and enjoy the experimentation! Don’t worry about not liking someone else’s recommendations, but even if you don’t like something straight away, stick it in a jar and come back in the future, your tastes for the different leaf varietals will evolve as you experiment and transition from the cigar experience.
Regarding tobacco choices, good advice so far - order a few 1 oz samples online. For that full bodied flavor experience coming from maduro cigars, I would recommend:
- C&D Bayou Morning (a Perique heavy blend that has a bit of punch to it)
- C&D Haunted Bookshop (a “classic” burley based recommendation, full flavor. Not everyone’s cup of tea, but try it fresh and again after a few weeks/months sitting in a jar)
- MacBaren HH Old Dark Fired (intro to dark fired leaf in a punchy but smooth blend)
- Low Country Virginia & Oriental (not as full bodied, but a good way to find out whether oriental flavors could be your thing)
- C&D Habana Daydream (a good crossover from cigar into Latakia, this blend has cigar leaf)
- Sutliff Match Sunrise (a good mild English, bulk “match” to Early Morning Pipe)
Take your time and enjoy the experimentation! Don’t worry about not liking someone else’s recommendations, but even if you don’t like something straight away, stick it in a jar and come back in the future, your tastes for the different leaf varietals will evolve as you experiment and transition from the cigar experience.
Just to add...
There it's a company called Warped that is probably best known for their cigars, but now make several pipe tobaccos, many of which contain cigar leaf. Their blends are manufactured by Cornell & Diehl, and can be found at SmokingPipes
www.smokingpipes.com
There it's a company called Warped that is probably best known for their cigars, but now make several pipe tobaccos, many of which contain cigar leaf. Their blends are manufactured by Cornell & Diehl, and can be found at SmokingPipes
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Welcome from Austin. I lived in El Paso for a few years. Any good tobacconists left there? I moved to Austin from El Paso in ‘96.
I would highly recommend GH&Co Dark Flake Unscented and their brown ropes to start with. I personally love both the scented and unscented version of DF but I get much more of a cigar vibe from the unscented version. Really great full bodied, old world smoke.
I would highly recommend GH&Co Dark Flake Unscented and their brown ropes to start with. I personally love both the scented and unscented version of DF but I get much more of a cigar vibe from the unscented version. Really great full bodied, old world smoke.
Excellent reply, Thanks for taking the time. Def. going to check out those recommendations. I hear a lot about that haunted bookshop from C&D, although some have mentioned some burley blends taste like a cigarette? I do love the idea of revisiting certain blends after some time as your palate develops. Thanks again!
As far as good tobacconists, none that I'm aware of. A few small shops mostly selling cigars. Visited Austin and had a great time. Some incredible BBQ spots there, Micklethwait's and Leroy and Lewis were pretty memorable. Thank you for the reccs.!
