Rocky Patel Grand Reserve, a lovely cigar to end a lovely day.
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Dominican tobacco is second only to Cuban, based on depth of flavor and character, IMHO.
La Flor Dominicana Cameroon Cabinet no 3 (formerly the 2000 Series no 3). Supposedly the daily smoke of Litto Gomez, the founder of LFD. Excellent and punchy smoke if you like oaky, Dominican tobacco.
In honor of "No Tobacco Day", I am having a CAO Flathead Steel Horse.
Enjoying Memorial Day poolside. Thank you to all who sacrificed, served, or are serving. Fuente 858 Sun Grown 
AJ Fernandez New World with a cup of Bustelo’s Cuban style coffee K-Cup.
Another Oliva robusto. I kind of botched the light on this one, but they’re usually pretty good about evening out.
Atta boy, @cshubhra ! How is Peri Peri Chicken? They just owned a joint called Port of Peri Peri in my city but haven't tried it yet. I had never heard of it, but halal places and chicken places should both do well with how many Muslims live here. Of course, just about every culture loves chicken! Lord knows I love a good yardbird!Memorial Day Barbecue ? done. Since I cannot clench for a long time, no pipes smoked during the barbecue. We had New York Strip Steak ?, Spicy ? Cheeseburger ?, peri peri chicken ? breast, pink lemonade and iced tea️. While I normally don’t View attachment 82475drink ? second time a week, today I made an exception by adding a generous helping of Old Monk Rum ? to my iced tea. Now relaxing with a My Father 1922 Le Bijou
Enjoying a Tatuaje Black Label BC Petit Corona with a cafecito.
Peri peri chicken is a dish made popular by Nando's - It is chicken marinated in Peri peri sauce and then grilled. There is a Nando's restaurant in DC, and it was quite good.
My version also tasted quite good. ?
This boutique brand only lasted a year. Sotolongo Cigars. Produced in 2014, the Hechicera is fantastic, it's a head scratcher why it did not survive. I've smoked through a few 10 count boxes and this is my last.
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Trinidad Reyes from 2017. Last one from the box
Camacho Corojo Gigante
Currently smoking this stick....and I'm getting my butt kicked. Getting some good cigar flavor but the first inch was damn peppery!
Currently smoking this stick....and I'm getting my butt kicked. Getting some good cigar flavor but the first inch was damn peppery!
Partagas Lusitania. Again from 2017, and this is my second to last of this box. I've now gone through two 10 count boxes, and both went through a brief "sick" period upon arrival, but after 120 days or so in the humidor, both boxes have been stellar! Highly recommended to those who have the patience to give them a few months rest, but don't necessarily want to wait years to age them. Though they're excellent at 4 years and have legs for more..
Le Bijou is one of my favs. It's also the strongest in the My Father lineup.
I bought a box of 10 in 2010 and smoked a few and gave a few more to my older brother, who didn't deserve them. Over the year I smoked a few more but by about 2010 the wrappers were splitting, so I acted quickly and gave the final two away to my old tobacconist.
In these smokes I was never wowed by some superlative Cuban flavor.
About to light up this Warped 1988, here's to my day off tomorrow.
In my opinion, Partagas is probably the least typical tasting of Cuban cigars. I usually don't get that classic "twang" and the flavor profile is more savory than most other Habanos. That said, I love a good Partagas because it has some really unique, complex and substantial-tasting flavors. Of course, there are differences between the various vitolas, but they all seem to share some common "themes"
It's not my favorite Cuban marca (that would probably be Montecristo or Upmann), but it is one I like to have around because of its uniqueness and general high quality.
What a lovely review of the brand! I bought the Lusitanias due to a review, where it was listed in the best Cuban cigars, all a flagship of their respective brands, which were just the type to escape the political stripping of the traditional way of making cigars during the boom.
During this time Pete Johnson, who achieved local notoriety in LA during his teens for being the resident expert, and who went on to found Tatuaje and L'Atelier, said that the taste of Cubans changed so much so as not to be deserving of their name. But I don't read anything about this here. Have the problems with Cubans gone away?
Anyway, it takes me repeated tastings to arrive at a conclusion about tobacco, which I never did with the Partagas.
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