81312 Polpetta something maybe? That's all the band says. Not gonna look it up until I've written my thoughts. Got in darklord trade. Never heard of or seen this cigar before.
Rough looking little cigar, half corona size, dark brown/reddish toothy wrapper with visible seams and a few prominent veins.
Gotta get to bed but wanted to squeeze one more in today. First light minimal pepper, coarse leathery earthy. Couple puffs in and pepper comes on the retro. Finish is very earthy/dirty my money's on MSA in this lil guy. There's all sorts of flavors going on in here. Coffee, dark chocolate, burned meat, dirt, wood, dark fruit, dust. There's a slight sweetness at the end like burnt sugar.
It's not a familiar profile, cant guess where it's from but overall I think like it. It's burning really slowly for how small it is. Was hoping to be in bed by now but I'm not even halfway.
Halfway point it's more of the same. All the different things but they play together nicely enough to enjoy it. Nothing great nothing bad. Wonder if this is like one of those lost n found type deals rolled as a testbed and not put into production then packaged and banded as some short run limited release bullchit. I feel like with some reduction in the bitterness, mineral/salt this would really be great. It's not balanced, it's very much in your face powerful flavors like a Cain F but more complex.
I'm running out of time and it still has some life left in it but since it's not really wowing me I think ill put it down. I'd pay $20 for a fiver of these, but I suspect it's more than that. Reminds me a lot of the now discontinued MUWAT Baitfish
Edit: looked it up, it's DTTs version of Papas Fritas. Sakas trimmings. Makes sense now.
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