Ordered a box of 10, at first I didn’t really care for it as I thought the flavors were kind of muted. I told myself I won’t buy again, but, then on cigar #7 the flavors popped and was a totally different cigar. What changed? I changed my humidity from 69% to 64%, added extra cedar to my humidor (don’t know if that made any difference) and they were in the humidor for at least 8-9 months. This time I only drank water and took my leisurely time with it. It was like smoking a totally different cigar. The first 6 smokes were grass, hay, and a bit of cedar, but was light on the flavor and just kinda ehhh. Now, the flavors are more intense – the cedar was much stronger, a lot of nice creamy chewy smoke, nuttiness, light pepper, and overall a great cigar. With the first 6 cigars I was done with it at the final third. But on #7, I smoked down till the nub burnt my fingers. What did I learn from this? They were all from the same box, so there shouldn’t be much variation between the cigars themselves out of the box. So, I chalk it up to other variables that can really intensify the flavors (humidity levels, not eating or drinking anything that is flavored while smoking, and taste bud moods at the time of smoke). It blows my mind how much of a change there was in the cigar. This happened to me on other cigars as well.
