Thoughts on Nub
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This is my first post so go easy on me, I recently got into the hobby of enjoying cigars a few months ago. I do keep myself limited to roughly one or two a month do to health concerns. I've enjoyed a small variety of cigars including several Rocky Patel and Drew Estate. I'm a heavy coffee drinker and have enjoyed the Java series very much. But I'm looking into other infusions such as the Nub cafe line to get a more rich tobacco flavor over the coffee. Also I've heard the Nub series in general is a good line for the price. I just want to know what your guy's thoughts are. Thanks!
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"I'm at the point in my life where if it doesn't taste good,I'm not putting it in my mouth"
Welcome to the forum! Hope you stick around a bit, smoke what You like it doesn't mater what anyone else thinks. I'm a coffee drinker myself, I try to pair the coffee to the cigar instead of matching the cigar to the coffee.
-- Winston Churchill
"LET'S GO FRANCIS" Peter
As for the 'sweet spot' I just don't buy the notion that the leaf is cut in a certain way to immediately utilize the best portion. I maintain that the torcedore could just as easily roll, say, a toro and then cut off the first 1 1/2 to 2 inches and achieve the same thing. I think the Nub is all about realizing more cigars per leaf, pure and simple.
-- Winston Churchill
"LET'S GO FRANCIS" Peter
I too am a fan of Nub. I echo onestrangeone on the pairing drink to the cigar, as well as echo wahooschock on them tasting funny.
Dunno why! I know we all have different palettes (thank God, or life would get boring).
Happy to PM you on some details I've found with regards to Nub, etc.
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Oh and welcome to the forum!
-Jay
I like the nubs. (Which reminds me, I need to grab a few next time I see a deal)
jlmarta said:I have a theory on the nub concept. OK,... Hear me out,..... the nubs, at four inches, taste different than the last four inches of a six or seven inch cigar of the same ring gauge. Not better necessarily, but definitely different.
You know how a cigar tastes during that first inch when the smoke is flowing across that fresh tobacco? I think that's the key to the nubs. And the large ring gauge is necessary to keep the short format cool enough.
You get (what I call) that fresh, just-lit flavor at a starting point that is shorter than most but also wider than most.
And they're rolled well. I've never had a bad burning nub. And they don't smoke fast. They are packed dense but even. If they were not so consistently rolled, none of this would work.
It's not really a "sweet spot" but it's unique. I think they just created that "sweet spot" word gimmick to give a name to a unique smoking experience.
What do y'all think? Does this theory of mine ring true with any of you who've tried them?
But then, our palates are all different aren't they?
Looking forward to the Connie with some coffee on a lazy cool fall morning.
I like Oliva and Quesada (including Regius) a lot. I will smoke anything, though.
-- Winston Churchill
"LET'S GO FRANCIS" Peter
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-Jay