Cigar /Pipe Smoking thread

#3,510
#3,510
I’m enjoying a round Oliva V Melanio robusto this relatively mild morning. Each one of these have drawn well, burned evenly, and been every bit as enjoyable as the box pressed first quality edition. If you see a sale of unbanded Oliva overproduction & seconds, buy a bundle of the full bodied with Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper. They shouldn’t disappoint.

Edit: These stated that they didn’t meet the requirements for box pressing.
 
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orange parmejohn said:
Do you like Latakia in general?
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I think you're a fan of Latakia, I am as well; the smokiness is enjoyable to me. A while back I bought a tin of Star of the East, a really heavy Latakia blend which was a bit much for me, so I blended it with a straight Virginia that I had at the time. English blends are my favorites; Chelsea Mornings, Quiet Nights and Maltese Falcon from GL Pease that I am cellaring. I'll get around to them; I have read that the GL Pease blends are smoother than the C&D blends. They will be even better with some age.
 
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After smoking a few of these EPC Maduro seconds with the La Alianza band, I will say that I prefer the Sumatra in the Essence series. The maduro taste notes include bitter dark chocolate, espresso, earth, wood, and pepper. The taste is full, and the body of the latter half of the cigar is full as well, with a notable nicotine kick. I’ve been missing the subtle sweetness that I want with a maduro.

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BSAvol said:
I think you're a fan of Latakia, I am as well; the smokiness is enjoyable to me. A while back I bought a tin of Star of the East, a really heavy Latakia blend which was a bit much for me, so I blended it with a straight Virginia that I had at the time. English blends are my favorites; Chelsea Mornings, Quiet Nights and Maltese Falcon from GL Pease that I am cellaring. I'll get around to them; I have read that the GL Pease blends are smoother than the C&D blends. They will be even better with some age.
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Maltese Falcon reads to be a staple in the piper world.
 
#3,518
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orange parmejohn said:
Probably asked a thousand times but educate me on Cuban cigars and the grandeur that surrounds them.
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Its about the flavor. Because of the soil there, Cuban cigars have kind of a distinct flavor profile that you can recognize as a more experienced herfer - earth, rich old corinthian leather, cedar, a soft natural sweetness, and a slight fragrant pepper that tickles rather than bombs you. Beyond the mythology and embargo drama, Cuban cigars are really about a specific style rather than raw superiority. They’re typically more restrained and aromatic than most New World blends.

Also, cigar snobs are very big on flavor transitions and Cubans evolve as you smoke them, sometimes dramatically, and they’re built around balance instead of power or nicotine. That’s where a lot of the “grandeur” comes from: the idea that you’re smoking something meant to be savored slowly, often with age, not chased for strength. The mystique is real, but so is the reality that plenty of modern non-Cubans, especially well-made Costa Ricans, Dominicans, and Nicaraguans, can get very close in elegance, even if they express it differently. Top makers like Oliva, etc have such good QA they can often be more consistent in construction than Cubans too. Cubans didn’t invent good cigars; they set an early reference point for finesse, and everything else has been riffing on that ever since.

So sometimes I like flavor bombs, like my chocolately maduros Oliva V, etc and some like pepper bombs (I dont), or grassy sticks (Romeo and Julietta bullys),etc. But Cubans are something that you want to slowly smoke with a bit of burbon and enjoy the transitions and melody of flavors. Not all Cubans are good, but when they are, they are very very very good.
 
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butchna said:
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Breakfast In Portugal…at work. Merry Christmas you filthy nicotine animals!
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