El Cheapo Smoke of the Day

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Gilberto Oliva Reserva Blanc. Super sale at $2.71

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

The coffee cup was an impulse buy at the SPAM Museum in Austin, Minnesota for $12.

 

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$2.34 Casa Torano. You can get a 20 box of torpedoes at Cigars International on sale for $59.99 today.

Honduran, with Dominican/Nicaraguan long fillers- Nicaraguan binder - Ecuador Connecticut wrapper.

Mellow/medium, with a bit of spice.

A very good budget stick.

 

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Did you ever meet a stick that you just didn't like ?

Rocky Patel Royale - from a large sampler sale. Under three bucks, of course.

"#5 cigar of the year for 2014 and earned a 94-rating"

Maybe I just got a bad one.

 

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Montecristo original. I got a free fiver as part of a promotional purchase Ya can't get more el cheapo than that.

A medium Dominican with medium spice - all rolled up in a shade grown Connecticut wrapper.

 

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$2.70 Hoofty - a Raymond Pages stick. This one came with a fancy cedar wrap. These are typically five bucks.

Medium+ Nicaraguan with an Ecuador Habano wrapper. Above average pepper.
Light draw, and generally well behaved.

 

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$2.70 La Palina 1896. Mellow Connecticut-wrapped stick - with a light draw and a good burn. Good early morning cigar.

 

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$2.50 La Palina 03. You can get a nice wooden box of 20 today at Cigar Page for $60.

An Ecuador Connecticut wrapper over Nicaraguan fillers and an Ecuador Habano binder.

"Notes of cream, earth, and hints of spice"

Medium. Light draw. A well behaved stick.