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I think a rather interesting but expensive experiment would be to take a box of cigars, peel the wrapper off one and replace it with cigarette papers and smoke just filler. Then peel all the rest and roll a cigar of just wrapper leaves and smoke that to see the difference in flavour. I doubt anyone will ever do it.
From the beginning, for a long time I smoked "band off". But after a great number of bad experience with removing that band from unsmoked cigar. Now I smoke with band and remove it when need.Quote:
I'm curious: Is anyone else British enough to take the band off?
I miss smoking cigars, enjoy a good one for me gentlemen!
QUOTE=Ezekiel81;1314235]I think a rather interesting but expensive experiment would be to take a box of cigars, peel the wrapper off one and replace it with cigarette papers and smoke just filler. Then peel all the rest and roll a cigar of just wrapper leaves and smoke that to see the difference in flavour. I doubt anyone will ever do it.[/QUOTE]
I could do it no problem... but why? If one doesn't want a blend, smoke a pipe.
I think much of the pleasure of cigar smoking is the blends and how they take to the different ring gauges. It not like coffee snobs who get all up tight when you add cream - there is art behind "bastardizing" the leafs by blending in others to compliment lol.
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That's my two cents anyway.
Curiosity I guess. I think it would be interesting to see which flavours come from which bit of a cigar. I was also wondering what it would be like to eat one, but I'm not planning on doing that either. I think my brain just kind of works that way, I'm an inquisitive kind of chap. I'd love to taste whisky fresh from the still to see what flavours come from the cask and which are inherent in the spirit. I once spent a day brewing beer with a friend who does that and I got to taste the stuff at different stages. That was fascinating.
American Eagles robusto. 4 colors of wrapping. Comes with nice little travel humidor. They stay with my rocks in a special humidor.
Quesada Q D’etat Daga, 7 x 44/50/54.
Tasty and interesting cigars.
"The first few puffs of the Daga are quite smooth with a discernable oak to the flavor. There is a mild pepper and mild spice on the finish. As the bulb burns off I pick up recurring bits of coffee and leather that are interwoven through the smoke. While progressing through the bulb elements of citrus dart through the oaky smoke. Through the first third the strength is mild, yet complex, while the flavor is medium to full.
Just past the bulb and there is a dominant cedar that steps to the foreground along with a sweet milk chocolate, coffee, and a very soft pepper. Through the second third and the flavors are consistent with the cedar at the foreground, as well as varying shifts between milk and dark chocolate, and a creamy coffee. The strength is moving into the medium range. flavor remains complex and noteworthy".
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depends on the smoke. Sometimes I'll leave it on and wait a few puffs for the cigar to warm. This helps release the glue on those stubborn ones that like to rip the wrapper.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezekiel81
Oddly enough I was just thinking about the Q D'Etats I had a while ago. A very nice smoke with a unique shape ('resembles' a Molotov), however I feel their price point (Canuckistan) is too high.Quote:
Originally Posted by manah
This morning I had a Perdomo 20th Anniversary Epicure on the way into work...I'm regretting it.
Not because I was disappointed with it, it's that my cold is now full blown and I truly couldn't enjoy it to its full extent....
...user error on that one.
I have no doubt it, like all the other Perdomos I've had, is nothing short of impressive!!
Romeo y Julieta Hermosos No.1 - Edición Limitada 2003.
Nothing special, but nice cigar with classical Cuban flavor.
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