dstieger wrote:Used to be a great $4 cigar that you could get for $2. Now, its a chitty $4 cigar that costs a little south of 2 bucks. Burn went from very good to impossible to smoke....flavor was good, if one dimensional....now it is inconsistently varying between bland and bad.
Thanks for the info. This makes me glad that my entire stock of these is more than 2 years old. Yay. And now I know not to buy any more.
Rumor was that Oliva made the Nic 3000. I wonder if someone else makes it now, hence the schitty-ness. I think I remember them being unavailable for a long period, then suddenly they returned, which could've indicated the changeover point. I have no idea though, just speculating here.
Also, note that the 6x60 version was seemingly always quite different from the robusto and toro sizes (which were nearly identically sized, so it was kind of stupid to make them two different SKUs, but I digress). The 6x60 had a lighter-colored wrapper leaf and was always milder and sort of creamier, with quite a bit less strength and spice than the toro/robustos, at least to my palate.
In exchange for your info, I'll share this: my pal says the Nic 5000 was reformuated and is now made by AJ Fernandez, and he says it's excellent now, great bang-for-buck. Of course, palates differ, so take that with a grain of salt, but maybe try a 5-pack or something. Haven't tried them yet myself, but I'm planning to.
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