Kingantz
Growing too fast.
Up right at dawn; bacon is sizzling, eggs frying, toast…toasting. I rarely cook breakfast in the morning, however last night I spied some thick sliced Apple wood bacon in the fridge and woke up with it on my mind. There’s not a better smell than breakfast cooking. After finishing up, I topped off my coffee and stepped on the back porch to have a go at one of the Edmundos recently received in the “Steenking” box split. The first thing I notice with the cigar is it feels a little too light in the hand meaning it’s possibly under filled. The wrapper is a medium brown with noticeable oil and prominent veins running the length. There’s good bunching in the foot, maybe slightly loose in the center, and holding it under the nose I get a sweet and sour smell of strong tobacco. Squeezing the cigar, I can feel that it has a slight softness to it on one side from foot to triple cap, which I punch and sure enough it has a very loose draw.
I torch the foot, blow on the embers, and then take a few puffs to get the smoke flowing. My first couple draws are extremely full, far too overpowering to enjoy at all. With about a ¼ inch of ash formed, the smoke completely quit flowing, and I found myself puffing and purging trying to keep it lit, which meant there was tunneling going on. Unfortunately, this was basically the extent of how this cigar smoked, puffing and purging constantly to keep it lit with very little smoke coming through. The few draws that I did take were incredibly strong and not very enjoyable at all. I was able to detect that excellent Montecristo profile, however only slightly.
I smoked this thing to a little over halfway and finally put it down. I’m hoping that this was just a dud and the others smoke better, and I definitely know they’ll need some downtime to hopefully mellow out the strength. Now to finish up my coffee and take a walk to the mailbox…look out Jim!
I torch the foot, blow on the embers, and then take a few puffs to get the smoke flowing. My first couple draws are extremely full, far too overpowering to enjoy at all. With about a ¼ inch of ash formed, the smoke completely quit flowing, and I found myself puffing and purging trying to keep it lit, which meant there was tunneling going on. Unfortunately, this was basically the extent of how this cigar smoked, puffing and purging constantly to keep it lit with very little smoke coming through. The few draws that I did take were incredibly strong and not very enjoyable at all. I was able to detect that excellent Montecristo profile, however only slightly.
I smoked this thing to a little over halfway and finally put it down. I’m hoping that this was just a dud and the others smoke better, and I definitely know they’ll need some downtime to hopefully mellow out the strength. Now to finish up my coffee and take a walk to the mailbox…look out Jim!
