Well, I guess I'm going to take one for the team here. I've been looking at these cigars for a little while and noticed there are very few reviews of them, here or elsewhere! What little I was able to read made them sound worth checking out, especially considering I snagged a sampler of eight on Freefall for $17.50. At $2.80 each with shipping I guess I can afford the gamble.

Film at 11....

I picked a 10'er of these off the jam on a whim. Smoked one, pitched it halfway through, just didn't seem to be much flavor there at all but then, it was darn near ROTT. I'll sit on the rest a good long time and see if they get any better.

Not the Particulares I was thinking of. X[-x

The ones I got where the Torps, 3.50 I think is what I paid. Not really even sure why I bought them, guess it was just the "new shiny" bug getting to me.

Well, I got two of all four vitolas in the sampler. I'm interested in trying these as the tobacco comes from the biggest producer of cigar tobacco in Nicaragua according to what I've read. The same source Pepin, Padilla and several other "high-end boutique" rollers use.

We shall see....

Was intrigued by some reviews, so I snatched up a few here now and again. Haven't tried one yet. I'll light one up tonight and post back here.

I've had a couple of the churchies I picked up as singles here on CBID.Thought they were OK....nothing to write home about and tasted a little green to me.#3 is resting....time will tell.Probably will never make into my rotation.

Ron

Lightly packed - bit of loose draw, but not bad. Good flavor, nothing remarkable, but real nice - medium body throughout. Started a little spicy then mellowed throughout middle. Not complex with a relatively short finish, but rather nice. Burn was very good - not razor sharp, but no touchups required. Got rather bitter with about 2 in. left and no amount of purging could clear it, so I tossed it then. I'm looking forward to the others in my humi to compare, but not searching any more out to buy just yet. At the $2 cbid price, they're a steal. At $5-6 interweb box price, they are not.