First time buyer here. I bought some Rocky Patel edge corojos and San Andres. Received them Saturday, lit up on Thursday and am not getting the flavor experience I know and love from buying these at a B&M. Burn on the corojo is pretty horrific as well. Do they need to rest longer? They are pretty much flavorless so I am worried they lost their oils and won’t get their flavor back. Did I just get a bad batch or should this pretty much be corrected after a few weeks of rest with a Boveda 65rh in my airtight tupperdor? Have a 72 rh as well but fear that will be too wet and then I’ll have cat pee on top of a dog turd…..

You prolly have the covid.... 😟

I definitely recommend giving them a month or two. Places often over-humidified for shipping, so need time to calm down for a while. Smoke other stuff and revisit later.




Or, get a Platinum Membership™. Platinum members get the cigars that are keep at a lower humidity, then they're shipped with Bovedas.

That wouldn’t explain why I can taste everything else just fine my friend. Including the delicious stick I bought from a local shop that I smoked in between….

Thanks Leebot… I see there is a free fall going on right now for platinum memberships. Gonna wait for it to drop to 3 bucks. Need yours renewed? I got you

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[quote=Gwario]First time buyer here. I bought some Rocky Patel edge corojos and San Andres. Received them Saturday, lit up on Thursday and am not getting the flavor experience I know and love from buying these at a B&M. Burn on the corojo is pretty horrific as well. Do they need to rest longer? They are pretty much flavorless so I am worried they lost their oils and won’t get their flavor back. Did I just get a bad batch or should this pretty much be corrected after a few weeks of rest with a Boveda 65rh in my airtight tupperdor? Have a 72 rh as well but fear that will be too wet and then I’ll have cat pee on top of a dog turd…..[/quote]


I see your problem.

2nd sentence.

What were you expecting?

[quote=Gwario]Thanks Leebot… I see there is a free fall going on right now for platinum memberships. Gonna wait for it to drop to 3 bucks. Need yours renewed? I got you[/quote]
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Good answer.
Oh, and like DMV said, RP cigars?
Well, maybe some shpo RP cigars are marginally decent.
Internet RP cigars?
Meh….

Friends don’t let friends smoke RP cigars.

We’re not friends. Do you want to be friends?

[quote=Gwario]That wouldn’t explain why I can taste everything else just fine my friend. Including the delicious stick I bought from a local shop that I smoked in between….[/quote]


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Good answer.
Oh, and like DMV said, RP cigars?
Well, maybe some shpo RP cigars are marginally decent.
Internet RP cigars?
Meh….[/quote]

As you learn more about the cigar licensing gimmick, you’ll figure out which brands to avoid like the plague. To avoid the risk of a libel suit, I won’t list them but iffin’ you’re diligent and run through the “Cigar Discussion” forum, you’ll find threads that discuss which brands to avoid, at least from the places that are into the licensing game.

[quote=ZRX1200]Friends don’t let friends smoke RP cigars.

We’re not friends. Do you want to be friends?[/quote]

Queue up Neil Young’s “Down by the River in a Rusty Van”.

Good suggestion - I'll load up Neil tonight.

freak... 😟

[quote=tonygraz]Good suggestion - I'll load up Neil tonight. [/quote]

Did you see Rolling Stone’s “Top 250 Guitarists” list? Iirc, Neil was ranked #20 or sumting like that. Pretty ridiculous! I love NY but he’s a one chord soloist and no way should he be that high.

[quote=Palama]Did you see Rolling Stone’s “Top 250 Guitarists” list? Iirc, Neil was ranked #20 or sumting like that. Pretty ridiculous! I love NY but he’s a one chord soloist and no way should he be that high. [/quote]
20 something????
Heh………..Neil was a decent song writer back in da hippy and early post hippy days, and a decent acoustic strummer/plucker.
But………….come on man…

Me thinks even Neil would laugh out loud at that one.
Imho he doesnt even crack the top 100, and I’m being generous.

Well I hope Neil Young will remember, a Southern man don't need him around anyhow.

[quote=RobertHively]Well I hope Neil Young will remember, a Southern man don't need him around anyhow.[/quote]
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[quote=KingoftheCove]20 something????
Heh………..Neil was a decent song writer back in da hippy and early post hippy days, and a decent acoustic strummer/plucker.
But………….come on man…

Me thinks even Neil would laugh out loud at that one.
Imho he doesnt even crack the top 100, and I’m being generous.[/quote]

The rankings are horrendous as well as the glaring omissions. Off the top of my head, these guitarists didn’t make the list:

Terry Kath
Lowell George
Paul Barrere
Al DiMeola
John Platania
Albert King
Freddie King
Larry Coryell
Jesse Ed Davis
Neal Schon
David Hidalgo
J. Geils
Buzzy Feiten
Gene Cornish
Maury Muehleisen

Paul McCartney made the list! I know he can play guitar but last time I checked, his main axe is the bass.

Joni Mitchell was #9. Go figgah!

Roy Buchanan was #183. He truly is the World’s Greatest Unknown Guitarist.

I gotta stop, getting all worked up again. [ram27bat]

Oh fuq……
Neil Young is a MUCH better guitarist than Al DiMeola….
OK…………..sounds about right….

The people who made this up should go ahead and take over CA’s Cigar of the Year publication…..

^o:)

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