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Black Ash on a PAM
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BMW Offline
#1 Posted: Sun, Jun 29 2003, 3:34 PM EST
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Usually a trademark of most Cuban cigars is a black ash. I had a recent release of a Padron Annivesary Maduro Superior today that burned with the blackest ash I've ever seen on a cigar. It was also one of the best tasting PAMs I've ever had and I've experienced quite a few PAMs / PANs. I don't know if the black ash is a indicator of the flavor profile of the cigar I smoked today or not. What ever the Padrons are doing, I hope they keep it up.

Barry
jd1 Offline
#2 Posted: Sun, Jun 29 2003, 4:21 PM EST
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Seen that too Barry but only on a few occasions and they were finger burners. Padron is tops for consistent quality and can only imagine if anything, they would be getting better.
lifesacatch22 Offline
#3 Posted: Sun, Jun 29 2003, 8:18 PM EST
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The color of the ash is mainly determined by the amount of magniesum in the soil, the more there is the lighter the ash.
puskarich Offline
#4 Posted: Mon, Jun 30 2003, 7:22 AM EST
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Is a darker ash the sign of a higher quality cigar? Is it in any way related to the taste of the cigar? For example, higher magnesium content in the soil tends to produce a particular kind of leaf with a certain taste & trait?

I had a RyJ Cedros De Lux No 2 a few weeks ago that had a really dark ash. Decent smoke.
Slimboli Offline
#5 Posted: Mon, Jun 30 2003, 7:29 AM EST
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Actually ... in years past, the lighter the ash, the more high quailty the cigar was thought to be ...

Personally, I don't think it really has much to do with the flavor; not as much as what blends the cigars are made with, and what contries (climates and soils) the leaves were grown in.

Magnesium is just a small part of it ...
cwilhelmi Offline
#6 Posted: Mon, Jun 30 2003, 11:15 AM EST
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what Slim said...
xaigoxx Offline
#7 Posted: Tue, Jul 1 2003, 12:36 AM EST
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yup what slim said
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