Something Unique About Cigars

[NomadOrb]

The taste of the wrapper. I've been ignoring my cigars for a while now, and I noticed how much flavor I got from the wrapper when I smoked one yesterday.

That's why I love both cigars and pipes, and I don't think I could ever truly give one up willingly. The experiences are both too unique to compare them.

 

[onestrangeone]

Agreed! There’s a time, place and occasion for each.
for me I prefer a pipe while I’m driving, or working, when I have a cigar I want to be able to sit down and relax.

 

[pantsBoots]

Been a cigar smoker for over 15 years and been a pipe smoker for 3 years this spring. Definitely a time and place for both. Cigars are great when I want to light up and smoke away without a second thought, especially when company is over. Pipes I'm always having to fiddle with and I still haven't found a pipe blend that could match the flavors of a Por Larrañaga or Arturo Fuente.

 

[NomadOrb]

I should clarify the taste of the wrapper I'm talking about is on the lips.

@onestrangeone I'm with you, pipes while driving, cigars when I have the time to appreciate them.

 

[fMf Piper]

That's why I love both cigars and pipes, and I don't think I could ever truly give one up willingly. The experiences are both too unique to compare them.

I agree completely!

 

[anotherbob]

I should clarify the taste of the wrapper I'm talking about is on the lips.

@onestrangeone I'm with you, pipes while driving, cigars when I have the time to appreciate them.

use cigar leaf instead of those rubber bit things.

 

[Davy]

I love both.
I find a good cigar is very soothing and really relaxes me. It's all that good Lady N at work, I suppose.
I started getting more into cigars back in 2014 and have smoked them regularly since. Not so much over the winter but, during the rest of the year, I will enjoy a couple of cigars every week, when I really have time to sit down and enjoy all of it.

 

[kcghost]

The wrapper is the very first thing you taste!!

 

[didimauw]

I should clarify the taste of the wrapper I'm talking about is on the lips.

@onestrangeone I'm with you, pipes while driving, cigars when I have the time to appreciate them.

That's the only reason I like Swisher sweets and Acid cigars.

 

[NomadOrb]

use cigar leaf instead of those rubber bit things.

You may be on to something there...

That's the only reason I like Swisher sweets and Acid cigars.

That nice natural sweetened tip taste, huh?

 

[Zamora]

I'm with you on that. Pipes and cigars each offer something different, the two just aren't interchangeable.

 

[JOHN72]

In my short way with pipe tobacco, a few years, but several decades smoking cigars, to this day, I could not choose between one and the other. I love both. It would be like choosing between wine, whiskey or brandy. As they say here, everyone has their own right time.

 

[Zamora]

One difference I find really interesting is with pipe tobacco there doesn't seem to be much emphasis on where the tobacco is grown unless it's a special regional one like Perique or Latakia. With cigars what place they're grown is everything, as is where the seeds originate. Tasting notes are far more straight forward with pipe tobacco as well, it's simple stuff like "Virginias are grassy" and "Burleys are nutty". Cigars are marketed with having countless extremely specific tasting notes I'm honestly skeptical of. For example I can taste spice in a Nicaraguan cigar, but some guys will say one tastes like black pepper while another tastes like white pepper.