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deejmemixx
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What are some smaller sticks you all like? I need to get some like the Short Story and what not. I have not had to many, what would you recommend?
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deejmemixx
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davidoff maduro has a petite corona.
there are others out there that are good but those are my favorites.
davidoff puro d oro sublimes
shhhh
i dont understand the need to have a 30 min smoke on a lunch break. i mean i get it, you wanna relax for a sec, but that sure feels like its rushing it. i never want to feel rushed when smoking a cigar. i dont wanna time frame. i dont want a "smoke break"
it just has the feel of being a slave to the cigar like a smoker is a slave to a cigarette.
every cigar mentioned so far in this thread is solidly OVER 30 minutes for me. coronas usually last me over an hour. the LFD corajos are in the neighborhood of 45 minutes.
I don't feel like I'm trying to force a cigar in. In fact that is one of my New Year's resolutions, making time and really settling in to enjoy a smoke. For me, sometimes I don't have an hour because of kids or cold temperatures. Even if the cigar only lasts 45 minutes I enjoy it thoroughly and then go warm up or go back to being a Papa.
As far as Cubans, I've run across many smaller ring-gauge smokes with serious draw issues. The HdM Coronation immediately comes to mind.
Room 101 Namakubi - Papi Chulo and Roxxo
Tatuaje Havana VI - Verocu No 5
Slightly larger, and realistically, still maybe more than 30 minutes of smoke time, but also less expensive than the Davidoff options, the Petit Cabaiguan, Petit Tatuaje and Petit Reserva (not the PCR, just the Petit Reserva) are all flavor bombs in a tiny format. Even cheaper, but still delicious, and tiny are the Fuente Cubanitos, tiny Cameroon wrapped miniature panetelas.
i dont know how that isnt harsh and bitter as all hell.
I definitely smoke faster than most people, but the weird thing is that I almost always get an even burn. There's no cone shape when I ash.
Everyone has their smoking speed and its the one that feels right and tastes right for you.
I find that for me its the ring guage that drives how much I care how fast I'm smoking, which is a little faster than most. Anything under a mid 40s rg for me I find I need to pay more attention to the speed because it either gets bitter (too fast) or it goes out on me (too slow), but the thicker the ring the more forgiving it is. So because of that, I find that I smoke a corona and a robusto in about the same amount of time, 45-60 minutes, and maybe even a bit shorter time on the robusto. It's just way more forgiving to smoke faster so I don't need to be as patient. So depending on my mood I will or won't smoke a cigar that I need to baby along. Somedays I don't want to think at all, and some days I don't mind slowing down and analyzing it more. Also I think some belnds are worth the slowing down thats required in the thinner rings while others aren't.
Kuzi, I think you said a while ago that you need to learn how to smoke a corona, which is a funny statement but holds a lot of truth.