I didn't want to threadjack the weekly special thread, but Jackconrad's comment about the Sherpa orange label made me remember I had some resting from that Gurkha sampler I received awhile back, so I fired one up to empirically test his opinion. After brief experience, I have to concur about the newspaper trope, although the flavor was reminiscent of a fairly high quality newspaper; there were clear hints of the London Times and possible undertones of the Wall Street Journal. I tossed the other one in that container under the kitchen sink.

This test did lend evidence to my OpFTH hypothesis. Sure enough, if you go to this website:

http://www.opfth.org/6928/index.html 

In the 4th picture down, bingo! Sherpa orange labels. Then, in the 6th picture down, again: Sherpa orange labels. The resolution wasn't that good, but some of the sticks in the last picture looked yummy.

i again agree and mine have a year on them now and have not improved a bit !!

I guess I just like newspaper! I was gifted one of these in a Toro recently and just smoked it a few days ago. I enjoyed it thoroughly while relaxing with a diet Coke and the daily crossword. You are talking about the orange band with the green tab I presume?

You get what you pay for when it comes to cigars.

The reason they are so affordable is because they haven't generated many repeat customers....

Yea Tim. Green tab read 'limited reserve lot #312.'

good yard gar. i don't think they're bad, just not after dinner material. i have a supply on hand, and hand these and others out to people who don't normally partake, but just wanna join me because i'm havin'1