EAR: Let's talk Tatuaje

[usleepicreep]

I love them, been smoking tats for over 10 years now. This mummy I’m smoking is just black label blend in a Churchill extra. With the age it has calm down a bit, still nice and peppery and very smooth


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[Frinkiac7]

My experience, and it has been a long time, is that they are not very similar to CC. Very peppery. I have yet to find true “twang” in a NC and that is what can’t be replicated in my book. I have no idea why, because in theory you could blend to it, but just my observation. 

[Lamboinee]

Had the new britanicas vitola of the cabaguan. It was good, and I love this size. But I think it was underfilled when impacted combustion towards the end. Also.... The flavor fell off in the last 1/3..... Which is common for me with ncs. I'll try another though

[KnightsAnole]

If your interested in delving further into NC tobacco, the only really interesting cigars to me is RYO. If you could source interesting tobacco, blend and roll it in small batches, I’d be more interested in that than any NC brand:  Tats, CH, warped, illusione etc. are all underwhelming for the most part.

-expand on the nudies line instead imo.

[Perla]

2 hours ago, KnightsAnole said:

If your interested in delving further into NC tobacco, the only really interesting cigars to me is RYO. If you could source interesting tobacco, blend and roll it in small batches, I’d be more interested in that than any NC brand:  Tats, CH, warped, illusione etc. are all underwhelming for the most part.

-expand on the nudies line instead imo.

What is RYO?

i am not familiar to that. 

[fisherclive]

1 hour ago, Perla said:

What is RYO?

i am not familiar to that. 

Roll your own

There are quite a few sites dedicated to rolling your own cigars, tons of videos on YouTube that show you how 

[BuzzArd]

The Havana Cazadores line (plain brown label) and the Black Label line are two of my favorites, but I don’t think of CC when I have have them. Just excellent cigars.  
the most CC like Tat I’ve ever had was the 2019 release Escasos, but they were limited.  They’re still out there however.  Seemingly no ligero, complex smoke that really doesn’t change start to finish, but is excellent from the start, so who cares.  I’ve stockpiled multiple boxes and wish I had more.  

[Ford2112]

I have yet to have a "CC-like " Tatuaje or any other NC that has that flavor profile that I describe as barnyard twang. I smoke certain NCs as a change of pace rather than a replacement. 

[BettyHumpder]

my issue with tatuaje, as with many NCs, is their catalog is enormous and they have far too many different cigars and blends and then 6 vitolas of that blend….and of course an LE or two of each of those. makes it difficult to make the “right” selection.