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[lovethehaze]

LGR ABR 19. 1st from the box. These r great !

[JACDO]

Good cigar

[JohnS]

Quai d'Orsay No. 54 TOU May 2019

This was my first cigar from the 2019 Xmas Sampler and boy oh boy was I looking forward to it! The Quai d'Orsay No.54 is one of those cigars that I've lucked out on and I was eagerly hoping that today's QdO No.54 would be different. Alas, it was not to be!

In Ken and El Pres' video review on this cigar in mid-2019, Rob mentioned that the Quai d'Orsay No.54 was the hottest selling cigar in the world, 75% of members raved about it and 25% wondered what the hype was all about and some even compared it to a Cohiba Siglo VI. Of course, many of us experienced challenging times even procuring a box from a 24:24 sale!

The first half of this cigar was every bit as good as the very best Quai d'Orsay No.50s I've had. It was all creamy cedar, hay and butter and egg brioche...you know, wondrous soft pastry flavours. However, the burn started to go askew around half way through the first third, yet the taste was still on point. It was around the mark where the cigar reached halfway that I concluded that a new flavour; namely burnt wood and spice, wasn't really to my liking and the cigar thence became a real struggle to smoke through.

Well, yes sure, Charles Dickens best captured the moment when he began his novel 'The Tale of Two Cities' thusly, "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times". Yeah...that about sums up this cigar today. I really couldn't put it any better myself.

That's not the end of the story though. I've now had three ordinary Quay d'Orsay No.54s in a row. Surely an exemplary QdO No.54 is just around the corner?

[MigsG]

21 hours ago, VKUTT said:

Had one this morning w a coconut creamer latte. It was awesome. 

The latte sounds delicious and you’ve given me an idea ?

21 hours ago, HoyoFan said:

I still haven’t tried these. What’s the flavor profile like? Body?

They’re great. Medium to medium-full for me.  Some are darker cocoa, others like this one was like a medium baking cocoa, with some light spice.  Different flavor from Montecristo. El Prez’s description is like baking chocolate with a prune.

Definitely worth trying! 

[MigsG]

I heard the best news that I’d been hoping and praying for the last 2 years. Someone very close to me was diagnosed as terminally ill with stage 4 cancer in the lungs and liver two years ago in Feb, 2018. The doctors at Oakland’s Kaiser Permanente gave up and told this person to enjoy the last few weeks- 3 months with family. I saw this person not lose hope but it was hard to watch the struggle mentally as well as the obvious physical deterioration. Last summer, still alive but barely hanging on, the new oncologist from another hospital, who was willing to fight till the end, started a last ditch long shot treatment with zero guarantee. There was a turning point and all of a sudden a remarkable recovery externally. Yesterday, I heard the good news that this person was declared disease free by oncology as of yesterday!

Celebrating with an ARS OCT 18 La Trova! 

 

 

[canadianbeaver]

Holy shite so what are the chances of two celebration cigars, of the exact same kind, in a row here?

Fantastic!!

 

congratulations @MigsG

Grandma Beaver

[Rupe]

[CampDelta369]

El Principe LGR DIC 17 ?. A lot of flavor and finishes MED-Full. 

[MigsG]

8 minutes ago, canadianbeaver said:

Holy shite so what are the chances of two celebration cigars, of the exact same kind, in a row here?

Fantastic!!

 

congratulations @MigsG

Grandma Beaver

That’s awesome, congrats to you grandma!  You’re a cool grandma, by the way - I don’t know any grandmothers with good taste in cigars! ?

[Chucko8]

C&C with this 24:24 LGR DIC 17 beauty 

[yadegari6]

Gifted from a good friend in Toronto, this cigar blew me away. 

[inter4alia]

I'm guessing this was rolled by a 5 year old. Bricked it just after taking this photo. 

[BuzzArd]

A very nice Boli Tubos No. 1 on the drive home this afternoon.  
 

[mtd057]

3 hours ago, MigsG said:

I heard the best news that I’d been hoping and praying for the last 2 years. Someone very close to me was diagnosed as terminally ill with stage 4 cancer in the lungs and liver two years ago in Feb, 2018. The doctors at Oakland’s Kaiser Permanente gave up and told this person to enjoy the last few weeks- 3 months with family. I saw this person not lose hope but it was hard to watch the struggle mentally as well as the obvious physical deterioration. Last summer, still alive but barely hanging on, the new oncologist from another hospital, who was willing to fight till the end, started a last ditch long shot treatment with zero guarantee. There was a turning point and all of a sudden a remarkable recovery externally. Yesterday, I heard the good news that this person was declared disease free by oncology as of yesterday!

Celebrating with an ARS OCT 18 La Trova! 

Love hearing stories like this, congratulations to your friend!  

 

 

[Puro_Lover83]

JLP custom BHK54...my first one and wow ? 

[CampDelta369]

^^My... That’s a big one^^

[Toasty]

Tight draw on this one. Hoping it loosen up in the 1st third. Good flavours  coming off it though. 

[JayHabanos]

Flor De Cano- Petite Coronas


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[havanaclub]

AMO ABR 16

RASCC UTE FEB 16


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[Hotboxx]

2424 LGR JUN 2018 La Fuerza

[Ej456]

[Raskol]

C&C Time. H. Upmann Connie B (2018) from our host.

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[Connoisseur Kim]

11 minutes ago, Raskol said:

C&C Time. H. Upmann Connie B (2018) from our host.


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Hmmm I really want this Connie B as a big fan of H. Upmann ?!

[FatherOfPugs]

And an evening cigar last night, QdO Capitolio ER Francia 2018 MSU NOV 18. Great 2+ hour smoke. 

[Çnote]

Life finds a way