Whatcha smokin this morning?

Good morning everyone! New World Cameroon! Excellent!

Morning Charles, Edward and those to follow 

Good morning!

Punch - Signature (Robusto)

Strong, phenomenal draw. Very earthy, woody, natural tobacco strong flavor and a hint of coffee. 

Not wind proof...

Morning Charles, all.
Aquitane Atlatl

Por Larranaga petite corona

Good morning all, Charles.
Off to work (somebody's got to turn the lights on) with a mug of Kenyan and a Toraño 1916 corona. Down to my last couple of these, sad they've been discontinued.

Good morning Edward and Nick. Avo Synchro! Excellent!

Good morning everyone! Casa Cuba! Excellent!

I set up a new work station on my cedar lined smoking porch, so that I can work at my new business in the morning cool while smoking a Daily Habit. I made a standing desk from a huge desk top, set atop a drafting table, with a new laptop, HDMI to a wide screen, with a wireless mouse and this keyboard:



... which I promptly smirched with ashes.

This is Daily Habit # 28, a plumpfecto rolled 9 weeks ago, consisting of 3 parts Ometepe, one part Mata Fina, Honduran seco binder, & some CT shade wrapper I discovered neglected for years in FX Smith's Sons basement. Holy crap, what a good cigar! At nine weeks it has really come into its own.

I call this series Daily Habit because I roll two a day, day after day, in an attempt to master the plumpfecto shape. Rolling is similar to what I suppose golfing must be, in that you do improve by daily practice, but you never feel as though you have mastered it.

I am anxiously awaiting a new batch of Esteli. My next Daily Habit blend will be Esteli and T-13 (which is a grafted cross between Criollo 98 and Piloto Cubano, grown in the Cibao Valley of the DR), bound in a supple Mata Fina from Brazil, and wrapped in the same super-aged CT shade from FX Smith's basement. I feel like after 5 years' rolling I am finally reaching the point where I can predict what new blend will kick ass. This will be blend # 36. Esteli waits for me to pick up at the post office on Monday. The Esteli will be rich, the T-13 flavorful, the Mata sweet, and the CT, which is so diaphanous that you can see right thru it, will add just the soupcon of floral cream and hint of bitter, like a Willamette hops.

La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor! Excellent! An old favorite that I haven’t had for a while! Good morning everyone!