It been two months, no cigars. Why does it take so long for your company to answer emails? I ordered on Thanksgiving of last year. Why did the address to your company change to Hong Kong?

Try a Cattle Baron cigar. I think that they are pretty decent, and are reasonably priced. They are owned by a rancher from near here, and are obscure because they are a small company. If you want to try one, but can not find any, let me know, and we can try to work something out.

Great read, thanks. Wish he wrote a little more.

Also, why do they need a whole cigar for testing? Shouldn't a small sample beenough for analysis?

Do you know how this extrusion happens? What causes it? Is it the oils hitchhiking on evaporation? Do organisms carry it?

To be honest, I thought bloom was a mold or fungus, not crystallized oils. Tobacco is supposed to be fermented, and I had assumed that the visible bloom was the fermenting organism hitting a critical level in its growth, having nowhere else for the mycelium to colonize, and sprouting fruiting...

Have you ever been to Turner mountain near Libby? It is worth checking out. I used to ski there as a teen, and their motto is "steep, deep, and cheap."

You ain't seen nothin yet. I am hoping that we get a decent freeze soon so that I can go ice fishing.

Ok, thanks. Good info.

I've been smoking cigars regularly for a few years now, and this is the third time I have found a cigar with bloom. The others that I found were all Romeo y Julietta brand. I wonder what makes them seemingly more prone to bloom.

Picked up an 1875 bully at the local shop. It had bloom on it, and is one of the better cigars I have had this week.

I think that the ATF probably frowns on open bolt cigars.