Tarazona Cubanacan Habano rothschild
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I don't know exactly what Tarazona has to do with Cubanacan; but I read that at RobbyRas. This stick is not the bundled Cubanacan with connecticut or sumatra wrappers. Not that I've tried those either. This is supposed to be something new. Can't find a true review on it anywhere. Everywhere I try to look up info, I basicaly get a press release at the other end.
I have a toilet upstairs that just eats toilet guts unreal, flappers and floats. So I rode to Lowes Saturday, and on the way back I dropped by the B&M a half mile from my house. I want to score a nice cigar box for a gift I'm packaging up. They sell their empty boxes for a buck. Could not find a box I really liked, made some remark about how they needed to empty more boxes, then it occured to me to pitch in and help, so I walked into the cigar room.
Boom. Here's this cigar with a name I never heard of calling itself a habano but not looking the least bit like one:
Where's the reddish brown hue to that skin? Seems like a color based more on gold than on red or brown. And it has a mottled sort of appearance. It's the skin that hooked me. Here's a close up that looks a bit browner:
Can't get a good pic of the color. It's more gold and pale green. Different. So I sprung like five and a half clams and took her home. Figured it would make an antidote to the well aged smooth and mellow cardboard.
Research doesn't reveal much about this stick. They call it a Rothschild; but, come on, it's 5x50 -- isn't that a Robusto? Odorless wrapper and foot. Tasteless slippery skin. Firm but not tight construction a bit looser at the head. Neat concentric double cap. Uncaps easily. Free draw. Still no flavor.
Took Cubanacan to the garage yesterday, after fighting the squirrel wars. Sparked up easily with one match toasting the foot. Volume of smoke came pouring out. Each puff hung in a discrete cloud. A mild smooth flavor; not creamy, but distant. An elusive flavor. Sweet; but not like when they dip the end in sugar water. Maybe like burnt honey, if that makes any sense. The aroma is sweet and floral. Some wood. The retro is hay and sweet. The whole combines like a flowered meadow in a fir forest. Very nice, very mild.
Went on about my business in the garage, while Cubanacan burnt slowly in Dan's stogie stand. Ash would hang for 3/4". Nothing came out until I hit it; then always first puff tons of volume. All until the middle, that is, when it abruptly died out. Lit up again very grassy. Then mellowed out back to burnt honey. A bit more smokey wood toward the end.
Burnt this stogie down to a one inch nub -- measured it. Still very pleasant; never hot. Lasted an hour and three quarters. Had it rated at three and a half stars. Then I proceeded to sniff my fingers the rest of the afternoon. By evening, I had kicked it up half a star just for the stink finger alone. Best stinkfinger since high school. I must be getting old. Let's call it best stinkfinger not from an otter's pocket. I got hours of enjoyment from both hands.
This morning, I have a mild grassy morning mouth and no wheeze.
Cubanacan Habano is well worth the try. I think I'll drop by and try another. Anyone want me to score them one while I'm there, let me know before quitting time today.
I have a toilet upstairs that just eats toilet guts unreal, flappers and floats. So I rode to Lowes Saturday, and on the way back I dropped by the B&M a half mile from my house. I want to score a nice cigar box for a gift I'm packaging up. They sell their empty boxes for a buck. Could not find a box I really liked, made some remark about how they needed to empty more boxes, then it occured to me to pitch in and help, so I walked into the cigar room.
Boom. Here's this cigar with a name I never heard of calling itself a habano but not looking the least bit like one:
Where's the reddish brown hue to that skin? Seems like a color based more on gold than on red or brown. And it has a mottled sort of appearance. It's the skin that hooked me. Here's a close up that looks a bit browner:
Can't get a good pic of the color. It's more gold and pale green. Different. So I sprung like five and a half clams and took her home. Figured it would make an antidote to the well aged smooth and mellow cardboard.
Research doesn't reveal much about this stick. They call it a Rothschild; but, come on, it's 5x50 -- isn't that a Robusto? Odorless wrapper and foot. Tasteless slippery skin. Firm but not tight construction a bit looser at the head. Neat concentric double cap. Uncaps easily. Free draw. Still no flavor.
Took Cubanacan to the garage yesterday, after fighting the squirrel wars. Sparked up easily with one match toasting the foot. Volume of smoke came pouring out. Each puff hung in a discrete cloud. A mild smooth flavor; not creamy, but distant. An elusive flavor. Sweet; but not like when they dip the end in sugar water. Maybe like burnt honey, if that makes any sense. The aroma is sweet and floral. Some wood. The retro is hay and sweet. The whole combines like a flowered meadow in a fir forest. Very nice, very mild.
Went on about my business in the garage, while Cubanacan burnt slowly in Dan's stogie stand. Ash would hang for 3/4". Nothing came out until I hit it; then always first puff tons of volume. All until the middle, that is, when it abruptly died out. Lit up again very grassy. Then mellowed out back to burnt honey. A bit more smokey wood toward the end.
Burnt this stogie down to a one inch nub -- measured it. Still very pleasant; never hot. Lasted an hour and three quarters. Had it rated at three and a half stars. Then I proceeded to sniff my fingers the rest of the afternoon. By evening, I had kicked it up half a star just for the stink finger alone. Best stinkfinger since high school. I must be getting old. Let's call it best stinkfinger not from an otter's pocket. I got hours of enjoyment from both hands.
This morning, I have a mild grassy morning mouth and no wheeze.
Cubanacan Habano is well worth the try. I think I'll drop by and try another. Anyone want me to score them one while I'm there, let me know before quitting time today.
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But don't quit the reviews. When I am standing in a B&M looking at mystery sticks, I like to yank out the pocket puter and log on here to find out what the BOTLs have to say. The more reviews, the better, is my theory.
Any other takers?