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Why did I choke on it????
duke46
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I am not into top brand cigars and many many years ago like the 50's I would get a few House Of Windsor's for a buck apiece and that was expensive back then. They were mild and I am sure I could inhale a puff or two?
I am a reg smoker so I am use to inhaling but learning real fast that you don't want to do that unless you like coughing and maybe laying down with the premium brands.
I had ordered the special from here that came with the humidor and the cigars. The second one I tried was the Joya De Nicaragua Antano and not thinking I did inhale it and it was smooth. And no I didn't do that every puff.
I told a good friend of mine how good it was and that it was mild enough to inhale if one wanted. He orders from lots of places and he was placing an order from Cigar Int so he ordered a five pack to try them out. He came by and brought me one. The only difference was it was longer but same name. Well I didn't think anything about it and I inhaled some. Well it was a few hrs before I lite it back up and finished it but no more inhale for me.
So why was it so harsh and the one from here so mild???
I am a reg smoker so I am use to inhaling but learning real fast that you don't want to do that unless you like coughing and maybe laying down with the premium brands.
I had ordered the special from here that came with the humidor and the cigars. The second one I tried was the Joya De Nicaragua Antano and not thinking I did inhale it and it was smooth. And no I didn't do that every puff.
I told a good friend of mine how good it was and that it was mild enough to inhale if one wanted. He orders from lots of places and he was placing an order from Cigar Int so he ordered a five pack to try them out. He came by and brought me one. The only difference was it was longer but same name. Well I didn't think anything about it and I inhaled some. Well it was a few hrs before I lite it back up and finished it but no more inhale for me.
So why was it so harsh and the one from here so mild???
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It could be a couple of reasons like, The cigar's condition (humidity, age, vitola) or possibly the way you lit the cigar (scorched the Tobacco) or even the way you smoked it. Too fast = too hot. My $.02
That said, I have noticed a huge difference in experience between individual Joya De Nicaraguas. The second one I smoked was a pale shadow of the first one--tasteless, papery, no spice at all. The third one was great. I recently one that had been aging for about a year and found it less enthralling than the original. Maybe it's a quality control issue; maybe it's just the quality of the tobacco from year to year; maybe it's the fact it look like Drew Estate owns it now and may be tampering with it. Who knows?
One thing I do know--I never inhale at all. One of the main attractions for cigars for me is that because you puff then and don't inhale it's less likely that you'll get the same kinds of cancers and lung diseases you get from cigarettes.
My friend gave me two of them and I just finished the second one and didn't even try to inhale it but took a breath at the wrong time and it tried to get me???
So I guess the best way to settle this is to order 5 I guess from here and see what happens.
Like I had said the one that I received through here was a shorter one and the ones he gave me are longer. Now to make my best guess and try to get the same on they had sent in the special.
All the ones in the special were wrapped and the ones he bought were not. Not knowing anything about how they are packaged except in a resealable bag I don't know. You guys do but not me.
Thanks for your input. And there is not but 10,000 + cigars to pick from and I am retired and do not have a bunch of money to to spend on things like this but I do like a good tasting cigar when I can get one as with you.
if you have a good suggestion on one that won't choke me when I decide I want to inhale then pass it on.
Thanks
other than that, I cannot recommend anything else even for an occasional inhale since I do not inhale. I am not sure what makes one cigar easier to inhale than another. I would however bet that phillies and other "cheap" cigars are easier to inhale because they are a lot more like cigarettes; short filler, paper wrapper, less taste and punch to them.
I still can't understand why the one was mild and then the others no way the same just like they were another one altogether? From what you guys have told me even the first one should not have been that great. I would keep the label off each of the cigar's and write a note and on that one I wrote mild and can inhale an A+A+ on it. Can I luck up and order it from here where it came from and it be the same or by some crazy chance was it labeled wrong? Things can happen I guess. Does the company that makes it make other brands? Like my dad told me many years ago. He was a manager of a JC Penny store. He said if JCP ordered 2000 pr of jeans size 32x34 and the maker could not supply quick enough they would change the size labels to meet the order and to always try them on first or measure them. Just take your measuring tape in and check for yourself. I would always do that first and then go try them on. Two or three out of four might be correct and one be an inch of or more.
Thanks a bunch guys and I might try the Avo and it that does not work for me I just give it up and save my bucks.
Dag what Avo do I try? There are a lot of them????
Thanks
The cigar was most likely not mislabeled. They are hand made but a mistake like that would be very rare.
lol, well I for one applaud you on inhaling cigars, that I cannot do nor have I met anyone would could. That is bad ass!
My shop so I do as I please and I get things ready to powder coat or whatever else I need to do so I smoke cigarettes all day and the beer and the cigar is my break at the end of the day or was.