Wow! Excellent tip. I appreciate that, Danm…so much that I’ll post this at the top of the page!

81861 blind cigar #3 from z thank you! Nearly over now.

DED, it probably needed mor rest. All of my cigars are brand spanking new.

Prolly right but never had so got impatient.

81864 - Oliva V Melanio robusto 2nd
81865 - Havana Cream robusto
81866 - Magellan Dominicans corona

81868 Tatuaje Nuevitas Jibaro no 2 with thanks to jakethesnake. Thought I'd smoked all the JTS cigars but as I was scrounging about in the bottom of my desktop looking for one to occupy an hour or two while my butts rest in the cooler, I noticed this one had a long label on it - usually if the place I got it from is off the beaten path I'll put the shpo name on there to remind myself to check with them again in the future. That's exactly what I was looking for but as I fingered through a few opus I got from that shpo I saw jakethesnake so I gotta finish that one.

Anyway. This is and isn't Tat-like. If it were blind I could probably guess a MF and friends, but the tat pepper is missing. Not muted or mellowed from age, it's a different character from pretty much every other Tat I've smoked. It reminds me of la antiguedad if my memory serves me well which it often doesn't. Earthy flavors reign supreme, beating out the mild pepper on retro. Lots of varied spice notes, a dry but not astringent texture. The yellow cello says this one's had a nap and lost some of its crabbiness. After an ash drop or two some creaminess comes up in the texture but otherwise the flavors are more in the realm I've been enjoying lately and not so much the big punchy bassline I associate with Tats. I do have one negative note: there's a small crack an inch from the head so I have to finger it just right or deepthroat each draw. But I'm flexible for the right one I spose.

I like it. Nice way to spend a few hours waiting for my meat to cool off. The butts went faster than I anticipated, I thought it would go overnight.

*number correction

81868 - Padron 1926 80 Years Anniversary perfecto maduro - my all-time favorite
81869 - Arturo Fuente #48 Anejo maduro - fantastic
81870 - Ezra Zion Chocolate Glazed Donut toro - I can't get enough of these naturally sweet tobaccos

81872 Camacho Triple Maduro

81874 - AF DC Belicoso

81876 - Plascencia Alma del Campo toro from jeebling. This was an excellent cigar. Thanks so much jeebs! I like the other Almas I've tried, but based on this one, these are my new favs. Unlike the LP I had the other day, this was exactly what I think of as criollo - creamy and delicious. My only knock is that now I'm going to buy some and have nowhere to put them.

81877 - Viaje 15th Anni Silver torpedo. Another killer cigar.

81878 Rocky Patel Decade while mowing the lawn. Good cigar. I wanna hate it being an RP but it good.

81879 - DE undercrown maduro

I thought the exact same thing about the RP Decade.

Let’s hear it for team Plasencia!

81883 Fugazi COTY compare to Cuban Cohiba.

It's not gonna confuse anyone about being a Cuban, but it's a good cigar on its own. Rich earthiness, a little twinge of spice on retro, nice creamy texture. Didn't change much by halfway, just turned up. Little more cinnamon burn, little more minerality in the earthy tones. Little more rich creaminess in the texture. Coats my mouth like a bite of dripping brisket and doesn't leave. It's good even without factoring the cheap price.

81885 - Arturo Fuente Anejo maduro #46
81886 - God of Fire Carlito 2019 pyramid

81888 - Oliva V melanio natural

81890 - Padron 1964 Anniversary maduro torpedo

I've been spoiling myself today for no reason

CBid had 5er samplers of LaBarba last year that included Ricochet..Searched current brands on CBid and nowhere to be found. I have a few sampler 5ers and they were going fairly inexpensively. Maybe $12-$13 on a cheap night

81892: Tatuaje Caballero Robusto
This is my third Tat but all different blends and vitolas. This one was definitely the best one for me. Salty, leathery, long sweet aftertaste and not quite creamy enough but it was there. The middle brought on a salty molasses flavor and in the last third that was replaced with a waffle cone taste. Mineral and berries up to the last third. Strength and body slowly and steadily built until the nub. I enjoyed this. Jake will be so proud of me!

😎

81894 - A Flores Serie Privada Maduro SP-58

81896 - Bandolero Series T - nice smoke, better than the first one I sampled as it was a bit drier after rest and smoked perfectly
81897 - Cavalier White Lancero - very nice, interesting sweet notes
81898 - Tat Neuvitas

81900 - El Gueguense Macho Raton maduro

81902: Rocky Patel The Edge Habano Toro
My first of this blend. Thankfully only 4 left.