I am celebrating a long weekend and perpetual winter this morning with a LA Mission De L'Atelier 1959.
What Cigar are You Smoking? - 2022
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I've always liked Opus X. They are very "old world," however in that they have a tighter draw like most Cuban cigars do, and they require appreciable aging (5+ years) before they lose their overtly earthy nature and the true profile begins to open up. Shame they jacked the prices yet again - they were already at about my maximum price, so I guess after I get through this box and handful of singles I have, it's back to the Añejo. I like the Dominican wrapper better on the Opus, but the binder and filler are the same/incredibly similar.
Arturo Fuente Short Story, one of my favorite lunch sticks.
I smoked that hand rolled Maduro in my photo today and it knocked me out. I never smoked anything so potent. No pipe so far, his other two were mild in comparison. But the end I was toasted.
He warned me. As soon as I felt a little nauseas the vivid recap of him taking that dark Maduro and telling me about it replayed in my head... By then it was too late. Ah well, one hour of nausea and some sugar later and I'm good to go. Far better than what happens when you get toasted by alcohol.
He warned me. As soon as I felt a little nauseas the vivid recap of him taking that dark Maduro and telling me about it replayed in my head... By then it was too late. Ah well, one hour of nausea and some sugar later and I'm good to go. Far better than what happens when you get toasted by alcohol.
My local B&M had a surprisingly excellent selection today. Just another example of misguided thinking. There was a period of time when the inventory was just damned sad and I hadn't been back. New ownership has turned it around, the walk-in was loaded and there were several sticks I've been wanting to try. This Warped El Oso Mama being one of them, they haven't been available for something like 4 years as I recall.
Stolen Throne, Three Kings with Costa Rican coffee
You made me envious today lol
How so?
Ha! It is usually your posts making me envious. After all, you appear to have unfettered access to the Italian RE, which tend to be some of the best.
I got the Opus X Destino Al Siglo in a Maduro wrapper.
Currently smoking a Padron 1926 Serie Natural. Since I buy these regularly, I have been putting a mark on the wrapper to have some idea when I purchased it. This one is not marked and is from an older purchase 1+ years in my humidor
Yellow band around the foot? If so, those used to be extremely rare - I believe the wrapper is Dominican-grown Maduro wrapper, which is a very difficult leaf to produce. The DR does not grow good wrapper leaf, generally.
Yes. That’s the one.
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