What Cigar are You Smoking? 2023

[onestrangeone]

Nicaraguan overrun with some Sumatra coffee

 

[alwayslit]

 

[AJL67]

90s SLR PC waiting for project meeting to start.

 

[ukbob]

Rocky Patel Vintage Connecticut, should be the last one of the day.

 

[Pooh-Bah]

Antietam, from the Castro Brothers. Nicaraguan.

 

[onestrangeone]

Mil Dias with a cup of Ethiopian coffee

 

[woodsroad]

I always thought two tone cigars are gimmicky- they are designed for the looks and not the taste.

I bought 10 of the following - Penn Standard LE Stars ️ and stripes.

Smoking one in it’s sick period - Not good as expected but not so bad that I can’t finish the ones I have bought.

Or maybe they would improve

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“Sick period”?

 

[woodsroad]

 

[Rockyrepose]

RoMa Craft Neanderthal

 

[cshubhra]

“Sick period”?

Cigars bought from online discount vendors taste “off” for the first two weeks. I think (as many others) the reason may be due to the fact that they store and ship at a much higher humidity (75%+) to avoid it getting spoiled during shipping. They typically need about 2 weeks to stabilize to the humidity that is set in the humidor.

 

[onestrangeone]

Nub Habano with some Sumatra coffee

 

[alwayslit]

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Having a Cigars International Original Cubans Belicoso, 6.0" x 54 on the porch.

 

[cshubhra]

H. Upmann The Banker

 

[onestrangeone]

Cabaiguan with a cup of Ethiopian coffee

 

[onestrangeone]

Serie G with some Sumatra coffee

 

[alwayslit]

Power Ranger, need a little pick me up this morning.

 

[lelik]

Arturo Fuente Don Carlos No. 3

 

[cshubhra]

Monte Christo (#2 - Non Cuban Altadis made)

I find this looks and tastes exactly like the Cuban one which I smoked last month.

To verify I will do a side by side test later

Edit : As this is developing its Connecticut Shade wrapper is increasing the sweetness of the smoke and the taste is diverging from its Cuban brother. Still quite similar

 

[andysc83]