About a month and a half back I was at a local cigar shop looking for something tasty and inexpensive and stumbled up a close out of 'Lars Tetens' Cigars. I know nothing about these cigars, but they were aged well as I remember seeing them atleast 2 years prior in his humidor, and some of these may have been there that long...
Anyways, they seemed to be in very good shape, and at 3 for $10 I liked the price. Cigars can be very expensive here in Detroit after all. So I dug through this huge stack of Lars Tetens and picked 3 that seemed amusing... I got a Lars Tetens Royal, what I think is a Musashi Crash and a Lars Tetens Milhouse.
I say I think it was a musashi crash because it wasnt labeled and the kid watching the store that day had no clue, so based on the pictures and descriptions on the Lars Tetens website, I am assuming this is a Musashi Crash...
The royal looked quite nice as did the musashi crash. The third one, the Milhouse, well, while it did look good, it also sported an extra wide band with a photo of Richard Nixon wrapping its way across the band. I decided that at about 3 bux a pop, A Richard Nixon cigar would look interesting in my humidor and atleast be a nice conversation piece when I get asked if I have anything interesting
Last nite, after about 6 weeks of sitting in the humidor, I took out the Musashi Crash and lit it up. It was possibly the last nice night of the year and there was no way I would have missed spending an hour on the deck with a nice cigar.
I wasnt sure what to expect as I couldnt find much information about the Lars Tetens brand online, just his personal website. Going by the website, I guess this cat also makes skateboards, leathergoods and chocolates....
Anyways, back to the cigar... It was a nice dark chocolate brown with just a slight amount of an oily finish on the wrapper. Not much oil, just enough to give it a nice sheen under the glare of the porch light.
So, armed with a large mug of black coffee and a copy of Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire (My current read...) I settled down to business. I believe the the cigar was a robusto, but I am not entirely certain. I cut the cap with a bulls-eye punch and lit it up with my favorite $5 crack torch from 7-11.......
It lit right up and had a wonderful draw, but the first few drags put me off a bit. It had a bit of an herbal/hippy nose to it like those Drew Estes monstrosities, only not as pronounced. It soon faded and after a few minutes had mellowed out into a sweet maduro with a little bit of spice.
The ash on this stick was incredible. It was about a 5 inch cigar and I ashed it twice, once about half-way down and then again when it was down to an inch or so of cigar nubbin left... On the outside it was a slight gray ash, a very light grey in color but the middle of the ash was a brilliant white.
About 2/3rd of the way down it became quite peppery, but it wasnt overpowering. I smoked it right down to the last half inch of cigar. It was one of the better smokes I've had this month, and I'm hoping the Royal will be even better.
I'm going to stop back there friday and see if he has any left... At that price they are worth another smoke... The original prices seemed quite steep though, which may account why they weren't selling...
Anyone know anything about this company? I'd never heard of them before I bought these....
Anyways, they seemed to be in very good shape, and at 3 for $10 I liked the price. Cigars can be very expensive here in Detroit after all. So I dug through this huge stack of Lars Tetens and picked 3 that seemed amusing... I got a Lars Tetens Royal, what I think is a Musashi Crash and a Lars Tetens Milhouse.
I say I think it was a musashi crash because it wasnt labeled and the kid watching the store that day had no clue, so based on the pictures and descriptions on the Lars Tetens website, I am assuming this is a Musashi Crash...
The royal looked quite nice as did the musashi crash. The third one, the Milhouse, well, while it did look good, it also sported an extra wide band with a photo of Richard Nixon wrapping its way across the band. I decided that at about 3 bux a pop, A Richard Nixon cigar would look interesting in my humidor and atleast be a nice conversation piece when I get asked if I have anything interesting
Last nite, after about 6 weeks of sitting in the humidor, I took out the Musashi Crash and lit it up. It was possibly the last nice night of the year and there was no way I would have missed spending an hour on the deck with a nice cigar.
I wasnt sure what to expect as I couldnt find much information about the Lars Tetens brand online, just his personal website. Going by the website, I guess this cat also makes skateboards, leathergoods and chocolates....
Anyways, back to the cigar... It was a nice dark chocolate brown with just a slight amount of an oily finish on the wrapper. Not much oil, just enough to give it a nice sheen under the glare of the porch light.
So, armed with a large mug of black coffee and a copy of Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire (My current read...) I settled down to business. I believe the the cigar was a robusto, but I am not entirely certain. I cut the cap with a bulls-eye punch and lit it up with my favorite $5 crack torch from 7-11.......
It lit right up and had a wonderful draw, but the first few drags put me off a bit. It had a bit of an herbal/hippy nose to it like those Drew Estes monstrosities, only not as pronounced. It soon faded and after a few minutes had mellowed out into a sweet maduro with a little bit of spice.
The ash on this stick was incredible. It was about a 5 inch cigar and I ashed it twice, once about half-way down and then again when it was down to an inch or so of cigar nubbin left... On the outside it was a slight gray ash, a very light grey in color but the middle of the ash was a brilliant white.
About 2/3rd of the way down it became quite peppery, but it wasnt overpowering. I smoked it right down to the last half inch of cigar. It was one of the better smokes I've had this month, and I'm hoping the Royal will be even better.
I'm going to stop back there friday and see if he has any left... At that price they are worth another smoke... The original prices seemed quite steep though, which may account why they weren't selling...
Anyone know anything about this company? I'd never heard of them before I bought these....
