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So the thing where you could create your own blend of cigar did that go away or is it still going... I cant find it if its still there
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    krebsiekrebsie Moderator Posts: 86 admin
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    HaysHays Posts: 2,337 ✭✭✭
    Very cool idea - I don't have the time to call in right now, but anybody have experience doing this? What's the price range like? Satisfaction?
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    Andrew_DzikoskiAndrew_Dzikoski Posts: 381 ✭✭✭
    Yep I got to go down to Miami and make a my blend right the with George. It's $249.95 for the kit which also includes your first production box of cigars. Feel free to email me if you have any questions or just give me a call.
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    ShadowInTheMoonShadowInTheMoon Posts: 507 ✭✭
    Got it in today and am excited to try it all out image
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    ddubridgeddubridge Posts: 3,978 ✭✭✭
    ohh baby. I cant wait to see the progress on this one. PLease keep us up to date on how the process is going.
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    webmostwebmost Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm all over this thread! Don't stint the ink. Tell us all about every step.
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    ShadowInTheMoonShadowInTheMoon Posts: 507 ✭✭
    webmost:
    I'm all over this thread! Don't stint the ink. Tell us all about every step.
    Alright will do. Ill prob sit down monday and start on it.
    But it will come with 25 cigars of the blend you made in a hand signed box. You can choose from 2 sizes, either Robusto or Toro and depending on the size you choose thats how many fillers you get to choose. 3 wrappers 3 binders and 11 fillers
    (but watch me choose the exact same combo as another cigar out there that costs like 50 cents)
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    RainRain Posts: 8,958 ✭✭✭
    I'm down for a box if the CCom staff signs it.
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    edelrionycedelrionyc Posts: 361 ✭✭✭
    I'm so intrigued... Keep us updated and take tons of photo...
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    deejmemixxdeejmemixx Posts: 3,084 ✭✭
    Hmmm this is cool as all get out
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    BigshizzaBigshizza Posts: 15,645 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ohhh shizza looks like a fun project
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    ShadowInTheMoonShadowInTheMoon Posts: 507 ✭✭
    The 3 binders
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    One of the fillers
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    The 3 Wrappers image

    Over all this has been a great learning experience and i had fun doing it. When i get these cigars i think they will become some of my most treasured ones (cheesy but i cant think of what else to call them). I do think some of the puritos needed to be a bit bigger as some of them had zero draw what so ever. But try not looking like a fool with 9 puritos sticking out of your mouth puffing away!

    In the end i decided on going with a Toro (6"x50) for size with 3 whole leaves instead of 6 half leaves. Choosing a Habano (Ecuador) Wrapper. A Corojo (Nicaragua) binder. And the 3 fillers Ligero Jalapa (Nicaragua), Seco Jose (Costa Rica), and Viso Jose (Costa Rica)
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    rsherman24rsherman24 Posts: 6,776 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Really cool project. Can't wait to hear how they come out.
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    Gray4linesGray4lines Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks really cool and like a lot of fun! Looking forward to see how they turn out.
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    webmostwebmost Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The sharpie on that third binder looks like it says guano, aka bird poop. What do those labels read?

    What did you think of that Pennsylvania filler?

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    ShadowInTheMoonShadowInTheMoon Posts: 507 ✭✭
    It what kind of filler binder ect
    Pennsylvania binder? no fillers . But i loved how oily it was but just too harsh of a taste for my liking
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    ejgormanejgorman Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭
    Thanks for sharing this process! I think a lot of are curious
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    ShadowInTheMoonShadowInTheMoon Posts: 507 ✭✭
    It comes in a box of 25 with you name on it signed by George Rico. And you get to name your blend (not sure if that means bands with the name on it or what) but i went with The Red Paladin.
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    webmostwebmost Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ShadowInTheMoon:
    It what kind of filler binder ect
    Pennsylvania binder? no fillers . But i loved how oily it was but just too harsh of a taste for my liking
    Yeah, it looks like I mis-spoke -- the Pennsylvania baggie appears in the picture of your wrappers.

    I don't get the PA aversion. I guess it's like horehound. I love horehound. Most people hate it. I love the PA binders and wrappers. But they do have a very distinct flavor. You have to like it. Perhaps I gain an appreciation of it from the wonderful experience of motorcycling thru Amish country during curing season. Those slatted barns smell fabulous.

    I wonder how long those puros aged before you tasted them. Even a month or two makes a big diff. Especially tones down harshness. Or whether all those puritos were equally new.

    I ordered up a quickie finger roller from E-prey for $2.95. Ought to be here Friday. Voy a torcer puritos from the leaf shipment I just got, try one, age one, emulate this same method to blend some perfectos. Before, I always just smelt the leaf and mixed by odor.

    Tell me how did you test these? Did you toke two or three at once, blending the smoke in your mouth? Or did you toke one at a time and take notes?

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    ShadowInTheMoonShadowInTheMoon Posts: 507 ✭✭
    Each wrapper, binder, and filler came with 2 putos so first go around i just tried that. Got the flavor of say the PA binder. I marked what i liked/didn't like. With the second ones i smoked up to 6 of the putos at the same time trading one filler out for another (I had it narrowed down to the wrapper and binder, No close seconds with thoese for me). So to answer your question... Both
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    webmostwebmost Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Putos?

    Shadowin... you gotta learn some Spanish, man ;)

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    thedjfish@comcast.netthedjfish@comcast.net Posts: 1,692 ✭✭✭
    webmost:
    Putos?

    Shadowin... you gotta learn some Spanish, man ;)

    love it! PUTOS!
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    ShadowInTheMoonShadowInTheMoon Posts: 507 ✭✭
    I dont know spanish and im sure im saying half the names of these cigars wrong, But hey if you know what i was trying to say then id consider that a win.
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    webmostwebmost Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭✭✭
    By the way -- Robusto Joe is going thru the same process with a kit and documenting it on his site robustojoe.com

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    ddubridgeddubridge Posts: 3,978 ✭✭✭
    Bumpish
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    ShadowInTheMoonShadowInTheMoon Posts: 507 ✭✭
    Got my cigars in today and i was blown away. the picts dont do them justice. I named them The Red Paladin. Every cigar has my name on it and its way cool. They smell amazing and i cant wait to try them! imageimageimage
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    bert873bert873 Posts: 2,561 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is super cool! Can't wait to hear how they taste.
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    rsherman24rsherman24 Posts: 6,776 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Damn. Just twist my arm a little harder. Can't wait to hear how they came out
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    wwhwangwwhwang Posts: 2,878 ✭✭✭
    thedjfish@comcast.net:
    webmost:
    Putos?

    Shadowin... you gotta learn some Spanish, man ;)

    love it! PUTOS!
    Lmao. Was thinking the same thing. Smoking putos. I'll be snickering til bedtime.

    On a more serious note, love the idea of blending your own cigar. I doubt I'd have the skill nor the ability to blend it myself. Watch me come up with the scratch one day and end up blending a swisher.
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    ShadowInTheMoonShadowInTheMoon Posts: 507 ✭✭
    rsherman24:
    Damn. Just twist my arm a little harder. Can't wait to hear how they came out
    I really hope they turn out good. Ill be sending one to Kuzi and getting a review from more of an expert than i am.
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