I was more than a little ticked off when I got this in my cbid shipment yesterday... I've since cooled off, but it was a rough morning...

Did you call CS?

TIGER

yikes

I had three that came in pretty gnarled up a shipment ago. Whoever was packing that day needs lessons lol.
I think it was Amanda from CS who did an awesome job fixing the issue.

FYI ya rastafarian these are NOTORIOUSLY FRAGILE wrappers.

You sure you weren't painting your table and got paint on em?

I could definitely tell it was incredibly fragile by what was left of it, which is why I probably would not have chosen to pack it in small bag with 7 other cigars....

and yes I talked to CS... got a refund as no more of these were available and swapping it for something else would mean me having to package the thing up and head to ups...

+100

If it makes you feel any better, they're not good by any means. At best, tolerable.

cbid sux

I guess that makes me feel a little better lol... I've had the 88 candela and was not impressed, but never had any other candela before... I was hoping to find one that I like...

Hey opel,

That damage shouldn't be too hard to patch up.

Go to wal-mart or target, get a pump spray mister bottle from the cosmetics department and in the canning isle or spice isle, get a box of powdered pectin or a pouch of the liquid pectin. Your call on which one, I prefer the powder, that way I can mix a heavy paste and use my finger tips to apply, but some people prefer the liquid and an inexpensive watercolor art brush. Mix a small amount of the pectin with a much smaller amount of hot water to form a paste. Mist the cigars and any big scraps from the bag down a few times to get them pliable and keep them wrapped up in a lightly moistened dinner napkin or something like that. Then just start patch quilting it, one spot at a time. Wipe a tiny bit of pectin down, tack a piece of capa leaf down. Keep everything moist so you don't create any more confetti. If you have to, sacrifice one cigar to repair the other two, wet the cap down, carefully remove it, get the capa leaf really moist and unroll it. If you don't need that much capa leaf, just make sure the cigar is moist and use a sharp cutter to lop an inch or so off the end and use that strip to patch other cigars. Use scissors or a metal pizza cutting wheel to slice up the size pieces you need. Carefully peel back the edges where you have some splits and slide a little pectin under there and press the leaf back down.

It won't be perfect, but so long as you don't apply the pectin like it was cake frosting, it won't really affect the taste.

^ I have to remember this. I usually buy the liquid pectin and am out at the present time.

I would go the repair route, but this is the only one of these I have, I don't have any other candelas, and a lot of the pieces that flaked off must have done so before the cigar was packaged and shipped because they aren't in the bag the cigar was shipped in...

plus, in the far right pic there is a split going a couple of inches up the cigar... there's actually what looks like a vein just under the wrapper that runs perfectly straight from the cap to the foot... this is what's causing the split is and I'm pretty sure if I put fire to this thing it's going to split all the way up while I'm smoking it...

I will remember this trick for the future though, no doubt...

I'll probably go the easier route and pick up a decent pipe to smoke this guy out of...

Steve you have the taste buds of a Michigan goat.



OP these are good but different. The 888 is stronger and tastier than the 88 and the Holy Lance is the best of the lot.

Ignore Steve he's one of Kombats friends.

*puts nose up to screen* Oh, crap, that is just one cigar - I thought it was two or three. LOL.

Ideally you wouldn't want to pull pieces of capa from another cigar unless it was the same line, as candela is simply a shade/state of the tobacco, and not a type of tobacco. Any leaf can be made candela, or maduro, or oscuro, or colorado, etc... So you might not actually get the same type of leaf.

That's the churchill, right? Take 2" or 3" off the bottom and get your capa patches from there. You'll still be left with a smokeable length. I wouldn't go the pipe route because it's just not going to taste the same, it's going to be really rough and harsh.

That "vein just under the wrapper that runs perfectly straight from the cap to the foot" is probably a ridge caused by the mold when the cigar was pressed before the capa (wrapper) leaf was applied. You could "paint" up that stripe and you actually have a chance of it holding together.

I had the same problem with an Illusione about a month ago. CS made it good for me. That is the only time I've ever had an issue with the condition of a shipment.

I remember you mentioning that before... that's actually what got me on the hunt for these in the first place... I tried to get the holy lance on here but $10 seems a little high... I may still go for it... still beats california prices...

This is the lancero... I'm going to try what you said, take an inch off the foot and patch with that... hopefully it smokes... can't hurt to try...

I had a feeling the line wasn't a vein but I didn't know how else to describe it...

You sure about that ?](*,)