Oliva is a quality company. Some good stuff, especially the V...and especially the Melanio. Good choice!
What Cigar Are You Smoking? 2025
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Oliva is a quality company. Some good stuff, especially the V...and especially the Melanio. Good choice!
Having a box pressed Famous Smoke Shop Nicaraguan Selection 3000 Grande Robusto, 6.0" x 60 (made by Oliva) on the porch.
This is I think Oliva’s budget offering. I quite like it for what it is : A basic maduro cigar that satisfies. Sweet with Maduro ripeness.
We just finished having bagels and lox and are following up with an appropriate cigar. John picked up these cigars from Cigars International on Saturday before UFC. Having a Varina Farms Breakfast Blend Toro, 6.0" x 52 on the porch. It’s 80⁰ out, but comfortable.
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AB Tempus Maduro for lunch. These aren’t bad but I probably won’t get them again. 
Having a 2006 Torano Noventa Santiago Robusto 5.0" x 49. It’s 81⁰ and I’m off duty now.
Gonna give this Foundation Charter Oak Pasquale a go while doing chores this evening. 
Since I ended up sitting around with the Pasquale, I’m ending chores with a RP Dark Dominion. 
Oliva Serie O Robusto
The last of a fiver I bought while on vacation back in May.
Nice
The last of a fiver I bought while on vacation back in May.
Nice
Nice to see the Blue dog. How's she doing?
She good! She like to follow me around whenever I’ve got a water hose in my hands. She’s a water dog.
Time for another HC Maduro. These were pretty good and I can’t complain much at $3 each, but they’re not as good as the Drew Estate Factory Smokes, which cost less, so once these are gone I probably won’t get them again.
Time to get into a box of La Madrina that I bought back in March
Corona Gorda
Pretty good,
Davidoff-level burn.
Will probably wait a month before lighting another
Corona Gorda
Pretty good,
Davidoff-level burn.
Will probably wait a month before lighting another
One of these early morning, fine smoke.
Graycliff G2 Maduro PGX Toro for a midday smoke. Rain is gone and the heat and humidity is in full swing 
Cheap Date
After a long day of attempted beating back the honey do list, and a wonderful meal of charcoal grilled local farm fresh veges and filet mignon from the Discount Grocer, paired with a 2016 Castellani Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (that set me back all of $11), I retire to the observation deck to enjoy a really cheap and decious cigar!
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Mike Dedo turned me on to these. They are as flavorful and enjoyable as any rolled up pile of fermented leaves out there. I’ve paid as little as a buck a piece for them. Not a “pretty good for a cheap cigar”, these are great. Taste like there’s Oriental leaf in them.
After a long day of attempted beating back the honey do list, and a wonderful meal of charcoal grilled local farm fresh veges and filet mignon from the Discount Grocer, paired with a 2016 Castellani Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (that set me back all of $11), I retire to the observation deck to enjoy a really cheap and decious cigar!
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Mike Dedo turned me on to these. They are as flavorful and enjoyable as any rolled up pile of fermented leaves out there. I’ve paid as little as a buck a piece for them. Not a “pretty good for a cheap cigar”, these are great. Taste like there’s Oriental leaf in them.
Quesada Oktoberfest after dinner this evening. Decent but not very exciting or complex.
