I just lost a bet to a good friend because I could not tell him my "all time favorite cigar".
Sure, I could have lied and said this cigar or that cigar is my favorite but for those of you that don't know me...I am honest. – really I am. So, I lost but I should have known that something was up because of the gleam in his eye. Warriors past and present simply cannot be trusted. =).
There are sooooo many "Great Cigars" how could I pick just one and refer to it as my all time favorite? There are too many classes of cigars and too many great choices within each class! And we all know, more expensive cigars do not always mean better.....
I thought that I could merely recount experiences and easily determine my favorite cigar, as it is generally associated with the experience or is it? I thought about the gar that I smoked after Completing Drill Sergeant School in 19XX Well, it is safe to say a long time ago– Awesome – impeccable Montecristo Number 2. Not true - or is it? So, I thought about the cigar that I smoked at my wedding – Montecristo A – Incredible smoke – Not true or is it? Then I recounted the gars that I smoked in celebration of the birth of my children Cohiba, HdM, Davidoff…More recently the experience that I have had with other Great cigars like the Vegas Robania, San Cristobal, Ramon Allones, Saint Luis Rey, El Rey del Mundo, etc. etc. etc. I saw that this was going nowhere so I tried a different approach!
I thought that I could count the number of cigars (from my favorite top 10 cigars) that I have in storage and easily come up with my favorite cigar based upon the amount of on hand smokes...Not True - or is it?
Then I tried counting the empty boxes of the cigars that I have smoked and thought for sure that over time I would have purchased more of my favorite cigars...Still not true - or is it?
Okay, back to my question how do I/you/we determine our favorite cigar? Does anyone out there have one specific favorite? One all time favorite. I can only say that I can easily determine and with a degree of reliability my top 25 cigars, even if I am drilled down I can come up with (a constantly changing list) of my top 10 cigars. But to say that this is my favorite of all time….Never!