El Cheapo Smoke of the Day - 2024

[CigarStone]

All right kevin, as much as I appreciate this thread, and I do! We have to introduce you to better cigars.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

All right kevin, as much as I appreciate this thread, and I do! We have to introduce you to better cigars.

 

[CBoukal]

La Finca - Nicaraguan. Medium/full.

You can get 91 sticks in an ammo box for $144 at Cigar Place. An excellent El Cheapo smoke

https://www.cigarplace.biz/all-brands/la-finca.html

Other size selections available.

This one was gifted to me by Super @JoeMO
Thanks !

Puffy rating:

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@JoeMO Joe's a dick for making us buy these! I gifted 4 of these to some friends at a herf this last weekend. My thought is I would have loved to have tried them before buying 91 of them... But I like them so it worked out.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

Here's the last of the $2.48 sticks from May '23.
A 60-ring Oliva Serie V. Everyday online price - $11.

Nicaraguan, with a Maduro wrapper.

Full strength and tasty, but fairly smooth - and it smoked very well.


Puffy rating 1/2

 

[cabaiguan juan]

Here's the last of the $2.48 sticks from May '23.
A 60-ring Oliva Serie V. Everyday online price - $11.

Nicaraguan, with a Maduro wrapper.

Full strength and tasty, but fairly smooth - and it smoked very well.


Puffy rating 1/2

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@$2 plus, aren’t you getting away from cheap cigars?

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

@$2 plus, aren’t you getting away from cheap cigars?

It's 2024. Inflation.

Three bucks.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

$1.40 Victor Sinclair Primeros, from a March 2023 Cigars International Po' Boy sampler.

Mellow Dominican, with Dominican long leaf fillers and a Connecticut wrapper.

This is the "base" version. (also available in fancy band and foot dressing, at additional cost).

These Victor Sinclair sticks have all been well behaved.

Puffy rating: 7/8

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

$1.87 Victor Sinclair Triple Corojo
Typical online price $3.50.

A med/full Dominican, with a Corojo wrapper.

Good construction that burned well and stayed lit. Nice draw. Overall, a very decent smoke.

 

[dawgie]

you should put all of the sticks that @CigarStone sent you in this thread! You can’t get more El Cheapo than free!

 

[jacot23]

Oliva Liga V 2nds < $3 a stick if you shop or hit a “Free Fall”



Not gonna steal your rating, but I’d give it a solid 4+ stars.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

Oliva Liga V 2nds < $3 a stick if you shop or hit a “Free Fall”

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Not gonna steal your rating, but I’d give it a solid 4+ stars.

You know I just made that rating up.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

< $3 Gilberto Oliva Reserva Blanc - May '23. About $7 everyday, online.

Nicaraguan filler - Habano binder - Ecuador Connecticut wrapper. A nice, smooth stick.

Mellow+

Puffy rating:

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

It's 75 degrees and sunny this morning, with a nice breeze.

Sitting on the front porch with a $2.50 5 Vegas Classic Corona 5.5 x 44.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

5 Vegas Gold. Honduran/Nicaraguan fillers - Ecuador Connecticut wrapper. Mellow+ smoke with a faint bit of spice.

I ran out of these, and ordered another box. The price was a bit more than I wanted to pay, but what the heck.
As it turns out, it was a "2-fer". I need to pay better attention. That puts these comfortably into the El Cheapo category at less than $2.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

I fished out a nice Dutch Masters stick this morning. These are $65 for a box of 55, everyday.

And I had company.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

So, I had a coupon for this Scotch, and for these cigars. I know you're surprised


$30 Scotch, and a buck - fifty for the cigar.

 

[JoeMO]

Hanging out at my nephews place in Bonne Terre.Smoking a La Finca.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

Hanging out at my nephews place in Bonne Terre.Smoking a La Finca.

How's the noise level ???

 

[JoeMO]

How's the noise level ???

Riding lawn mover, weed whips and cicadas in concert

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

Double Happiness - with quite the toothy wrapper. Blow up the pic !

Seventy-one cents.