Premium cigars. Wasted on new smokers?

RightAJ · 06-01-2010, 07:27 PM

Smoke everything and anything when you start, just to get a feel for what is out there. After a while you will develope your palate and start to find your stogie nitche. There are plenty of great cigars... though alot of the pricy sticks are great, there are just as many everyday sticks that can be fantastic too!

aj

markem · 06-01-2010, 07:28 PM

smoke what you like

just don't buy large quantities since tastes change surprisingly fast when you first start out.

OLS · 06-02-2010, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by markem

just don't buy large quantities since tastes change surprisingly fast when you first start out.

There is a lot of good advice here, but this might be the most important. Heed it well.

06-02-2010, 07:53 PM

When I started smoking it was casual cause a few friends were into it. They would give me cheap and sometimes throw away sticks. Occasionally I would be given something better. I don't think I appreciated those sticks like I would now, BUT I knew I liked them, and they were much better than the normal fair I had thus far.

Now I really like cigars and have a list of sticks to try, and some I like to keep on hand. I guess I am saying that those "premium" cigars are what turned it from a "sure I'll go hang out and have a cigar" to a hobby.

Maybe the value isn't the same, but a good cigar is a good cigar.

They weren't all universally accepted "good" cigars either. A Hemingway and a Padron 4000 were what really pushed me over, but I had several punches that got me paying attention.

The more I try the more I learn about what a cigar can taste like, and more about what I like about them.

Thanks to you all that list has grown leaps and bounds...it'll be years before I can even get my hands on all the cigars on my list

06-01-2010, 07:27 PM	#1
RightAJ Here Franky Franky Join Date: Oct 2009 First Name: aj Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 915 Trading: (3)	Re: Premium cigars. Wasted on new smokers? Smoke everything and anything when you start, just to get a feel for what is out there. After a while you will develope your palate and start to find your stogie nitche. There are plenty of great cigars... though alot of the pricy sticks are great, there are just as many everyday sticks that can be fantastic too! aj __________________ My Blog-> ajstogies.blogspot.com Beer Blog->thehopscribe.blogspot.com

06-01-2010, 07:28 PM	#2
markem Bunion Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mark Location: Second Star on the Right Posts: 22,664 Trading: (47)	Re: Premium cigars. Wasted on new smokers? smoke what you like just don't buy large quantities since tastes change surprisingly fast when you first start out. __________________ I refuse to belong to any organization that would have me as a member. ~ Groucho Marx

06-02-2010, 07:53 PM	#4
Morgue Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Premium cigars. Wasted on new smokers? When I started smoking it was casual cause a few friends were into it. They would give me cheap and sometimes throw away sticks. Occasionally I would be given something better. I don't think I appreciated those sticks like I would now, BUT I knew I liked them, and they were much better than the normal fair I had thus far. Now I really like cigars and have a list of sticks to try, and some I like to keep on hand. I guess I am saying that those "premium" cigars are what turned it from a "sure I'll go hang out and have a cigar" to a hobby. Maybe the value isn't the same, but a good cigar is a good cigar. They weren't all universally accepted "good" cigars either. A Hemingway and a Padron 4000 were what really pushed me over, but I had several punches that got me paying attention. The more I try the more I learn about what a cigar can taste like, and more about what I like about them. Thanks to you all that list has grown leaps and bounds...it'll be years before I can even get my hands on all the cigars on my list