FOH'ers Daily Smoke

99call · February 5, 2024

10 hours ago, ha_banos said:

Maestro del Tiempo tonight. Spicy start but thankfully calms down quickly. Then not much going on. I mean it's ok. Just pretty inoffensive. There is a finish to it though.

Sorry to hear it wasn't as successful as the Le Monde. I know what you mean. I had high hopes for them, but they definitely didn't set my heart aflame. I enjoyed the meandering walnuty flavour of them, but apart from maybe seeking out a Clementes Fume de Amor, my interest in Warped as a brand has lessened.

Raskol · February 5, 2024

C&C time. H. Upmann Royal Robusto LCDH (2017) from our gracious host.

ha_banos · February 5, 2024

22 hours ago, 99call said:

Sorry to hear it wasn't as successful as the Le Monde. I know what you mean. I had high hopes for them, but they definitely didn't set my heart aflame. I enjoyed the meandering walnuty flavour of them, but apart from maybe seeking out a Clementes Fume de Amor, my interest in Warped as a brand has lessened.

Thanks for the chance to try! I'd likely have never stumbled in that direction with the plethora of availability in the NC multi-verse! I think part of the disappointment is from the 3 mentions of Criollo and Corojo in the description. Early days educating my heavily tainted palate still.

19 hours ago, VeguerosMAN said:

Shame. I have never had Warped cigars and they seem like members' fav NCs in the forum.

I'll add I think this is somewhat understandable. Partly given my journey through NC has been generally below par. This was OK. But perhaps my expectations are just often wrong/misdirected. I had had a Petit Royales, 2023, the day before. And although fresh. It did have a lot more intensity and quite a bit going on!

MAT · February 5, 2024

Last night with HU Connie 2 MGL MAY 21...

Nice evening yesterday...

ubiquito · February 5, 2024

3 hours ago, 99call said:

Sorry to hear it wasn't as successful as the Le Monde. I know what you mean. I had high hopes for them, but they definitely didn't set my heart aflame. I enjoyed the meandering walnuty flavour of them, but apart from maybe seeking out a Clementes Fume de Amor, my interest in Warped as a brand has lessened.

Fume d'Amour is Illusione which, as a brand, is one of my favorites.

SigmundChurchill · February 5, 2024

This El Laguito Media Luna is so nice. It has all of those great gingerbread, donut, bakery flavors that people associate with Trinidad.

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99call · February 5, 2024

18 hours ago, ubiquito said:

Fume d'Amour is Illusione which, as a brand, is one of my favorites.

My mistake, thanks for the correction. Warped and Illusione were first on my list of NCs to give a try, and now I'm constantly mixing the various lines up in my head between those two brands.

BG318 · February 5, 2024

On 2/5/2024 at 8:56 AM, El Hoze said:

Fantastic cigar. Have only smoked a couple so far. No rush on these. Very rich!

Que bueno!

ha_banos · February 5, 2024

30 minutes ago, VeguerosMAN said:

I am just getting into Corojo and Criollo. haha. I have only been smoking mostly Padrons and Fuentes in the NC world until Tatuaje Verocu Blue blew me away. I bet the price of NCs are still insance in London due to their tobacco tax, right?

A Tatuaje brand cigar will cost from about £20. The lesser known and value brands can be a lot cheaper than that, say from £10 for a PC or PR size. But, a darn sight cheaper than CC on the whole!