Sounds good!
I'm settling down to finish off some work with an AVO Syncro Fogata. This will be a new one for me, but I love AVO cigars so I'm hoping for the best.
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I'm settling down to finish off some work with an AVO Syncro Fogata. This will be a new one for me, but I love AVO cigars so I'm hoping for the best.
I'm happy to update that this stick is extremely smooth with a creamy flavor.
Just smoked half a JFR Corojo 770, burns great, I love the long stick, but it doesn't taste like anything except "Cigar" which to this point I have zero positive associations with.
People are supposed to be able to acclimate to any flavor but it sure is taking a long time.
I've laced the next three sticks with Rum and Anise to hopefully mix in something worth tasting.
The upside is cigars still cause minimal throat irritation compared to pipe tobacco, it's a real love/hate relationship.
People are supposed to be able to acclimate to any flavor but it sure is taking a long time.
I've laced the next three sticks with Rum and Anise to hopefully mix in something worth tasting.
The upside is cigars still cause minimal throat irritation compared to pipe tobacco, it's a real love/hate relationship.
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For me (a noob), pipes caused nose irritation on retrohale, found out it was due to perique. Cigars occasionally give me that same bit of spicy irritation but I think it's due to heat for now, perhaps high nicotine of the maduros I enjoy... with a pipe I usually smoke filters.
So just as I do with perique, I will pull about half a puff, then pull the as much air as I can from the side of my mouth to dilute the smoke and swish it for a few seconds. When I retrohale this way the flavors are so much more apparent because its less irritating on my nose and a bit cooler.
From a video, and of course if you're in private and don't mind looking like a fool and slightly sensual with a stick in your mouth, you can close your eyes for a "taster" puff, it helps a little to focus in on the flavor.
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My nose is still sensitive enough that a retrohale would feel about the same as igniting a whiff of lighter fluid.
Given how infrequently I smoke (about once a week) that's probably never going to change.
Funnily anise is one of the last few flavors I have to acclimate myself to. I find it amazing in small doses, like anise extract in sweet potato pie, but in Thai cuisine for instance if they use tons of Thai basil with that anise flavor, I'm still having to work on it. I've also been a lifelong hater of dill pickles. But I make dill pickled fennel that is light years beyond it and I eat it raw from a bowl no problem. I like dill, I like cucumbers, but the combination has been troublesome. About to make some actually with home grown dill, for a Cuban sandwich.
100% of the food I eat now, which is pretty much any whole food I can get my hands on, I used to hate about 2 years ago. I have turned my diet from standard American prison food as I call it (meat and potatoes) to really appreciating food the world over, spices to me are still worth their weight in gold. It did not come easily though.
I am a Cajun/Southern/Caribbean and Asian food addict though. Don't cook many other styles myself, but I will eat anything.
I'm curious about this. I do enjoy Pedro Ximénez sherries, and I've enjoyed a number of whiskies aged in PX casks. I'll have to look for these.
I got a 15 pack from Cigarbid for $51. If my entire humidor was just these, I wouldn’t feel like I wanted for much.
Could you please post a demonstration photo? (asking for one of the moderators).
The variety of your coffee selections seems myriad. Do you have a coffee cellar?
I’ll smoke this today:
And does anyone have either general or specific advice to share regarding resting/aging cigars? Are there brands or tobacco types that you feel require age? Are there ones that you prefer not to age? I’m having trouble determining if aging should be important to me or too much bother.
I do my best to maintain anonymity. I don't understand though, the asking for one of the moderators bit?
Here are my recent roasts, going to try one today, all organic. This little Robot, if used correctly and perfectly, can produce espresso rivaling $5,000 machines.
I do think I will pair the shot with a Montecristo with Connecticut wrapper...
Just a joke (I don’t need any dreamy eyed pics of you, nor the mods.). It was a funny visual you conjured is all. Beautiful machine you have there BTW.
I figured
I just had to ask on the off chance someone actually felt like they needed a picture to understand it...I usually let cigars rest for a couple of weeks or a couple of months depending on where I bought it.
I've noticed aging helps some cigars lose that bitter taste.
I'm smoking an Undercrown Connecticut Shade.
Kind of, I currently have about 20 different coffees and added 6 more today, I like variety and trying different ones, I still kinda new to roasting my own and am exploring whats available
Oliva MB3 Churchill. For when you have some time to kill.
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