finding your cigars of choice

shopkins82 · 03-19-2012, 07:52 AM

Starting out mostly blind (coming from smoking Swishers on the golf course and nothing else) and being really cheap, I basically printed the list form the Cheap Smoke thread, started reading reviews of those on another site, and tried singles of pretty much any of those I could find locally (surprisingly few). I've now branched out to 5-packs and samplers from CigarBid, mainly for sticks I can't find locally. I'm also currently in the middle of my first NST trade, so I'm excited to see what comes out of that.

I started to learn that I like full-flavor but mild-body, a hard combo to find on the cheap. This particular taste profile has lead me to smoke a lot of Maduros that were stronger than I cared for and/or quite harsh by the last 1/3. The bigger challenge for me has been slowing down as I smoke. The last 1/3 of ANY cigar is a lot more enjoyable if you haven't sucked down the first 2/3 so fast that the end is hot and the tip is all tar.

03-19-2012, 07:52 AM	#1
shopkins82 Still Watching My Back Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 222 Trading: (1)	Re: finding your cigars of choice Starting out mostly blind (coming from smoking Swishers on the golf course and nothing else) and being really cheap, I basically printed the list form the Cheap Smoke thread, started reading reviews of those on another site, and tried singles of pretty much any of those I could find locally (surprisingly few). I've now branched out to 5-packs and samplers from CigarBid, mainly for sticks I can't find locally. I'm also currently in the middle of my first NST trade, so I'm excited to see what comes out of that. I started to learn that I like full-flavor but mild-body, a hard combo to find on the cheap. This particular taste profile has lead me to smoke a lot of Maduros that were stronger than I cared for and/or quite harsh by the last 1/3. The bigger challenge for me has been slowing down as I smoke. The last 1/3 of ANY cigar is a lot more enjoyable if you haven't sucked down the first 2/3 so fast that the end is hot and the tip is all tar.