Illusione Epernay, I think from the PIF, but I didn't make a note of it so thank you whoever that was! So good, it's like dessert in cigar form. Cream, honey, spice, Graham crackers.

@smellysell Looks like I owe you some sticks. PM me your address and I'll get them out in the next day or two!

Just reusing pics I had taken for a pocket knife thread on another forum, so, kind of, yeah!

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Ferio Tego Timeless Supreme. A Nicaraguan puro made at the Plasencia factory. Very nice! Rich flavors, tons of nicely aromatic, thick and creamy feeling smoke. Coffee with cream, spice, earth, molasses, and an herbaceous undertone that I've come to associate with Plasencia that I find pleasant...

I'll check them out, too, thanks! I mill hard red wheat as well but generally keep 67% AP flour in my loaves or they turn out as dense as bricks.

How could I have ever known

Tat 7th Habano.

Umbagog Bronzeback. Started out as an absolute red pepper bomb. It's calming down in the second third and is more of an atomic fireball now.

I'll go in!

Warped Maestro del Tiempo. Lots of pepper in this one.

Thanks @JoeGibs this is a tasty little sucker. Warped Corto.

Warped El Oso. Tasty.

Happy birthday!

And on several of them the best descriptor is in the middle of the scale. So some of the scales are really 0-10-0 while others are just 0-10. The weight given to various factors is goofy as well. Whether the ash is flaky is just as important as flavor? It's a good starting point but would...

Happy birthday!

Congrats!

Tatuaje Fausto. Heavy, dark, strong, dry.