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I am somewhat new to cigars and have decided to set out on a quest to find my perfect stogie. My basic plan is to smoke one cigar every day for a year without ever repeating a cigar. I plan to smoke everything from a robusto to a churchill to a torpedo and everything from a candella to a maduro. If nothing else this will be quite an acomplishment and I should have a quite extensive collection of bands by the end of the year.
I just thought others might have some input in my quest. Perhaps a comment or suggestion or a reccomendation of a favorite smoke? Anything is appreciated. Thanks guys. Wish me luck...
 
Prett neat idea frontman, hope you can stick to it.

I'd try really hard to save every band. Then at the end, maybe make like a mosaic picture out of them or something.

Anyway, good luck on the quest, hope you make it through :)
 
Sounds like a good idea.

Only problem I see is, you can't always judge a brand on one cigar. Sometimes you get one that is off, you just weren't feeling right when you smoked it or ??.

Still sounds like a good idea. ;)

Good luck on your quest, young Jeti. :)
 
I'd be interested to see how this goes. Be sure to provide regular updates.

Also, don't be afraid to skip a day or two and then double up to get back on schedule. If you get a cold or the flu, there's no way you're gonna stick to the one-a-day plan.

Good luck and let us know how it's going!
 
This is an interesting quest. However, if you are new
to cigars and your reason for doing this is to find your
"perfect stogie", you should extend the test to two years
at 3 cigars a day or three years at 2 cigars a day.
Your rotation must include the same cigars at least one
more time.

The reason I say this is because cigar smoking is an acquired taste.
What tastes like tobacco now could be your perfect stogie in
one year. Your pallet takes time to develop, the more cigars you
smoke the faster your pallet will tune it to the taste nuances.

Brian
 
Interesting idea.

If you're new to cigars, though, I see you getting burnt out by about week 3. I don't know what your consumption rate has been so far, but to force yourself to smoke a cigar a day could very effectively turn you off to the pleasure you seek to explore more fully.

I salute your desire to search out your ideal cigar. However, as most of us who have been in it for some time have found out, there is no grail at the end of this quest, there is only the pleasure of the quest itself.

Even for a seasoned smoker to undertake this challenge in any meaningful way would require significant amounts of planning and record keeping. Then, you'd have to make sense of all the data.

My advice to you is to file this under "wouldn't that have been a neat thing to try."

Instead, Hang out here, make some connections and start smoking cigars when the spirit moves you. Cigars are not an objective quantity to be examined and counted. Although sometimes we have reasons for doing so. For the majority of smoking opportunities, they are a welcome accompaniment to pleasures both modest and momentous in our lives. If you approach cigars from this perspective, magically, you'll find you'll be smoking very few dog rockets. Conversely, "perfect stogies" will start showing up with astonishing frequency.

Wilkey
 
I agree with a couple of the other other guys here who have mentioned that if your goal is to find what cigars you really like, this probably isn't the best plan. I have found it much more enjoyable over the years to take my time and smoke what I want (sometimes that means the same cigar 2-3 times in a week). Also, if I'm trying to determine if I really like a cigar or not, particularly if it has gotten good reviews from guys on the board, then I like to give it 2 or 3 tries. Sometimes I might try different sizes of the same cigar as well as experimenting with it in a natural wrapper then maduro (when there is the option to do so). This often helps me hone in on what I really like.

If I only smoked a Padron 1926 once, I wouldn't have any in my humi. The cigar, the first time around, didn't do that much for me. However, the 2nd, 3rd and all other times have been VERY enjoyable! I first started out thinking I liked the natural, then I tried a maduro and it blew my hair back. So I tried another natural, then another maduro to experiment a little and same experience - I found that although at first I liked naturals, maduro is the way to go for me. My point is that to really determine what you like, it takes time, patience and trying a cigar more than once (and for me, that's the fun part of this hobby of ours!)

In addition, I remember when I first started out, some of the smokes that I regularly lit up and enjoyed were in the $2-$3 range. However, now you wouldn't find any of those sticks in my humi. For example, Flor de Oliva Torpedo bundles and Connies were regulars in my humi, but now they just don't do it for me. Your palette and tastes will change and what you enjoyed in the beginning may very well taste quite different (to the point of not really liking it anymore) a year or two later. Also, good smokes (like Padron 1926's, Anni '64's, Opus, Anejos, Tatuajes, Ashton VSG's, etc) may not be all that special to you now, as you're just starting out, but a year or two from now as your palette matures, you will probably come to love some or all of those smokes. Just my 2 cents for what its worth.

Ginseng said:
However, as most of us who have been in it for some time have found out, there is no grail at the end of this quest, there is only the pleasure of the quest itself.
Wilkey
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Very well put, Wilkey.
 
theorangeman said:
Ginseng said:
However, as most of us who have been in it for some time have found out, there is no grail at the end of this quest, there is only the pleasure of the quest itself.
Wilkey
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Very well put, Wilkey.
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No Doubt!

Isn't this the analogy on life? The journey is what it is all about!
Too often we do not stop to smell the roses!

Brian
 
Ginseng said:
Interesting idea.

If you're new to cigars, though, I see you getting burnt out by about week 3. I don't know what your consumption rate has been so far, but to force yourself to smoke a cigar a day could very effectively turn you off to the pleasure you seek to explore more fully.

I salute your desire to search out your ideal cigar. However, as most of us who have been in it for some time have found out, there is no grail at the end of this quest, there is only the pleasure of the quest itself.

Even for a seasoned smoker to undertake this challenge in any meaningful way would require significant amounts of planning and record keeping. Then, you'd have to make sense of all the data.

My advice to you is to file this under "wouldn't that have been a neat thing to try."

Instead, Hang out here, make some connections and start smoking cigars when the spirit moves you. Cigars are not an objective quantity to be examined and counted. Although sometimes we have reasons for doing so. For the majority of smoking opportunities, they are a welcome accompaniment to pleasures both modest and momentous in our lives. If you approach cigars from this perspective, magically, you'll find you'll be smoking very few dog rockets. Conversely, "perfect stogies" will start showing up with astonishing frequency.

Wilkey
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I think that one of the greatest things would be to sit down with Ginseng and listen to him talk about cigars...then you would have a greater appreciation for what it is to smoke cigars and how to come to find "the grail".

-Fetter
 
Great idea don't worry if you miss on certain days, as long as it does not become a job but still remains a pleasurabe adventure you are doing great.

By the way def keep us updated especially on the sticks that you particularly liked and why. I am sure that through such a huge selection you will find a few hidden gems that we don't know about
 
I suggest keeping a journal.This way,while you smoke or just after you can have some referance to go back to,too remember which ones you enjoyed and how much.
If you are like me,and plan on doing a different cigar every day for a year or 2 as suggested above,you wont remember which ones you liked....lol.

Good luck
 
good luck man, like they said you might get burnt out. You want want cigar smokeing to become a task.
 
Having smoked cigars for quite a while my advice on your noble quest would be (in addition to what all the folks above have correctly noted) that there are different times of the day where one may taste better than another. For example one may be more appealing with morning coffee, another after lunch, yet another after dinner and yet another with the evening beverage. Therefore, I have found that keeping a variety and smoking them at different times should tell you what is good for you when. It is after all a very personal endeavor. Don't write off a smoke because it did not taste good at a particular time and since the tastes of food and drink mix with the tobacco don't be hasty in finding the grail. Good notes are great, sharing is also good and advice from people here is worthy of consideration.

Also, try at least two of each kind (may have been mentioned before) since one may not be representative. On another similar note, Cuba produces some great baseball players. Any new ones in majors lately?
 
Cigar Penguin said:
I suggest keeping a journal.This way,while you smoke or just after you can have some referance to go back to,too remember which ones you enjoyed and how much.
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Sound advice here and advice that I follow even smoking 1 or 2 a week.

I really enjoy looking back and seeing what I've had and what I thought about each cigar. It's really interesting to read your previous impressions about the cigar your smoking right now. It's amazing how much different the same cigar can be even 1 month later in a different situation.
 
After reading the great sage advice of some of the true masters of cigars I have decided to extend my quest to two years, two hundred smokes. This gives me a few opprotunities to try each cigar. I intend to record my findings in a journal, and give a rating to each cigar. At the end of this time I will go back for round two which will be a chance to retry any cigar that I found to be better than average, say the top hundred stogies.

Naturally I intend to not let this become a chore, that would after all defeat the purpose of my quest. As was pointed out earlier, the quest is somewhat more important than the objective.

Thanks for all your input.
 
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