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BenMN

Lifer
Jun 21, 2023
2,621
44,852
St. Paul, MN
Le Careme LE by the pit because I can't pass up a chance for a outside, mid- January smoke and I'm too lazy to take the boxes to recycling

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How was it?

I've smoked a few Pastelitos, the '23 LE, and really didn't care for them much. At the same time, I thought I should like these (based on component parts) and have wondered if they just need more time...

I notice you have the '22 LE there...

3 unloved boxes of '23 tempt me from the walk-in every time I go to pipe club
 

Rockyrepose

Lifer
Oct 16, 2019
1,412
14,165
Wyoming USA
How was it?

I've smoked a few Pastelitos, the '23 LE, and really didn't care for them much. At the same time, I thought I should like these (based on component parts) and have wondered if they just need more time...

I notice you have the '22 LE there...

3 unloved boxes of '23 tempt me from the walk-in every time I go to pipe club
I have a few of 2019 left and I enjoyed them, they do have a creme to them. Pretty smooth. I don't think you need to spring for a LE version frankly. It's not a complex smoke but it's pleasant at least to my palate.
 

danimalia

Lifer
Sep 2, 2015
4,490
27,276
42
San Francisco Bay Area, USA
How was it?

I've smoked a few Pastelitos, the '23 LE, and really didn't care for them much. At the same time, I thought I should like these (based on component parts) and have wondered if they just need more time...

I notice you have the '22 LE there...

3 unloved boxes of '23 tempt me from the walk-in every time I go to pipe club
It's been a few years since I had one, but I used to get the standard release Cosacos fairly regularly because they were a perfect second cigar/desert cigar. You hear cigars referred to as chocolate bombs, but in my experience, that usually comes across more like unsweetened cocoa. But those Cosacos tasted like a Molten Lava cake. Maybe the thinner RG was a factor, but an honest to good brownie of a cigar. And a fairly significant nicotine kick that always snuck up on me because the flavor profile suggested something more medium
 

danimalia

Lifer
Sep 2, 2015
4,490
27,276
42
San Francisco Bay Area, USA
Crux Epicure. I never would have guessed this was a CT seed wrapper because of the initial blast of pepper. It seems down into something more mediumish... Very creamy, some baking spices, brioche, perfect construction. I had the Serie du Connoisseur No. 1 the other day, and liked that quite a bit too. Pretty obvious Crux is going for a vintage Cuban vibe, and while neither had much Cubanesque in the flavor profile, they're very good Nicaraguans

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BronzeAgePiper

Starting to Get Obsessed
Sep 28, 2023
170
1,426
Boone>Wilmington
Plasencia Reserva Original

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Whew, not my cup of tea. Or I should say, not my cup of filler, because that’s all I could taste. It’s been a while since I’ve had a regrettable cigar, but this one was a disappointment. But enough about that.

In my experience, PerfecRepair is all it’s cracked up to be. Great stuff: I’ve used it for minor splits up to salvaging a Padron 1964 with a major tear. It’s a little pricey but very effective.
These sadly go nowhere for me either outside of the tiny baby nestico vitola which I adore.