Trinidad Reyes - GLE OCT 20 (OYMRW)

[smitte3]

Cold Draw: Perfect start to a Sunday morning, cup of black coffee ready to go, beautiful day by the beach, ready to relax into the day with a Reyes to offer a shorter morning smoke experience, however, definitely won't be my only cigar of the day. I usually start with something shorter on the weekend mornings and work my way up to the bigger RG sticks as the day progresses. Twisted off the pigtail and have a perfect draw.  Here we go.

 

1st Half: Starting off with burnt bread & sugar, cedar with a bit of twang. Nice plumes of smoke, cigar feels soft in the hand. Nice Trinidad flavors to start, good level of strength to pair with caffeine for that morning boost.  Flavors settle into toasted tobacco with a hint of lemon zest.  Already thinking about what cigar to smoke next

When it comes to the experience of smoking a Reyes or other short format morning stick it's to pair something with a large cup of coffee that will both finish around the same time that will also provide enough time to get the old motor running for the rest of the day; sometimes to also take the hair off the dog from the previous night.  A stick that can hit the 30-45 minute range is perfect for these occasions.

 

2nd Half: 20 minutes in and we're in the home stretch.  The Reyes is kicking up in strength a bit and the experience has been very nice and relaxing with the sound of waves in the background on a cloudier day.  The 2nd half of these cigars sometimes can put me on my ass so have another 5-10 minutes to go before wrapping it up from lessons learned in the past.  Thoroughly awake at this point of the morning.  Thick viscous smoke, flavors are holding from before, coffee is almost done as well, can't ask for much more.  35 minute runtime.

 

Overall Score: 88/100

[karp]

Nice review - this is a very good short smoke.

[KCCubano]

Love these. Nice review. Think box Im smoking out of is in a funk sick period. Letting them sit for a few months