What Cigar are You Smoking? - 2022

[Paul lec]

My favorite girl. La Aroma de Cuba Reserva. Watching soccer from the pool deck.

 

[instymp]

Partagas 1845, good.
Anyone ever notice that some of the sampler or special offers on certain cigars don't taste or burn as good as when you buy a box from your favorite cigar shop?
I got some La Glorias that were offered as a special & they didn't taste, smoke or burn like the ones I have been buying for 25+ years. Suckers wouldn't even stay lit well.

 

[onestrangeone]

Curivari with some Congo Kivu coffee

 

[Rockyrepose]

Uh, I'm gonna be here a while. Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust: Mi Querida Black SakaKhan.

 

[onestrangeone]

Diesel with some Papua New Guinea coffee

 

[onestrangeone]

Dissident, Soap Box with Congo Kivu coffee

 

[blackpowderpiper]

Partagas 1845, good.
Anyone ever notice that some of the sampler or special offers on certain cigars don't taste or burn as good as when you buy a box from your favorite cigar shop?
I got some La Glorias that were offered as a special & they didn't taste, smoke or burn like the ones I have been buying for 25+ years. Suckers wouldn't even stay lit well.

Yes!!

 

[That Guy]

absolutely delicious!

 

[NomadOrb]

AVO Syncro Ritmo

 

[onestrangeone]

MoW Virtue with some Papua New Guinea coffee

 

[cshubhra]

La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor

 

[pantsBoots]

Opened up a box of '16 Upmann Petit Coronas to see how they're doing.

 

[Coreios]

Villiger Cellular.

 

[onestrangeone]

Serie V with some Congo Kivu coffee

 

[danimalia]

Partagas 1845, good.
Anyone ever notice that some of the sampler or special offers on certain cigars don't taste or burn as good as when you buy a box from your favorite cigar shop?
I got some La Glorias that were offered as a special & they didn't taste, smoke or burn like the ones I have been buying for 25+ years. Suckers wouldn't even stay lit well.

The B&M shop owners get a boner whenever this happens, but for the rest of us, it is such a disappointment. It's happened enough times for me to where I got a little suspicious and conspiracy-minded, but it does not seem to be isolated to one specific retailer, or even the more budget minded retailers. At this point, I mostly chalk it up to luck off the draw, but oh man does it such to make a box investment or something and feel like you're not getting what you paid for!

Trinidad La Trova with Mexican coffee. Last of the box. A delicious cigar, but overpriced. Especially at the $100 they cost per stick at my local LCdH (granted, that includes the pretty hefty taxes in Mexico, but still).

 

[onestrangeone]

Last Call

 

[NomadOrb]

AVO Syncro Fogata toro gordo. I don't usually go for large ring guage cigars, but this one was gifted to me by my brother.

 

[Coreios]

I smoke cigars, but lately I'd take an $8 tin of Sutliff Molto Dolce or even a bag of Super Value Cherry over a Monticrisco Espada.

 

[onestrangeone]

Rojas, Carnitas with some Congo Kivu coffee

 

[onestrangeone]

I smoke cigars, but lately I'd take an $8 tin of Sutliff Molto Dolce or even a bag of Super Value Cherry over a Monticrisco Espada.

Better cigars will help with that!