Today's Smoke 2025

Friday night smoke, a Caldwell Eastern Standard bellicose, 6x50. Very nice smoke indeed, I like everything about it … but the price. So many great cigars to choose from, we have an embarrassment of riches in that department. We just need to find the best values. I loved this. Would only reload if it was in the Oliva price range, though.

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Roma Craft Baka - Poki, a pretty little 5x50 perfecto with a Cameroon wrapper and not much info on the filler other than at least some Honduran leaf. Pretty decent - leather, toast, spice, some pepper, but a little bitter mineral in the finish.

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Nica Libre Estopilla toro. Nice smoke, perfect construction, although a little tight.took a couple runs of the Perfect draw, but now is very good. This is one of the better rolled sticks I’ve had lately, but the flavor profile isn’t that interesting. If it was a $3-4 stick I think @PuffTheMagicDragon might like it for an econosmoke. But I won’t reload. Got it in a mega-sampler.

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