if you are looking for a good flavored cigar. ACID is really the only way to go. I know I will prob get flammed for this but when it comes to flavored sticks ACID is the way to go.
Someone is smoking these things, and I'd like to hear about them. Who here likes flavored cigars and why? Do you smoke flavored cigars and regular cigars? I want to hear your opinion.
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I started with flavored cigars, but dont smoke them at all anymore. They just taste fake to me, and arent enjoyable. Why would you want to cover up that wonderful tobacco flavor with anything else? I think they are ok for noobs, which is what i started with, but now they just taste fake and a bit of a chemical flavor to em.
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Posts: 1902 | Location: Dekalb,Il | Registered: November 13, 2003
Like Jadawin, I also started with flavored cigars before I began to really enjoy the natural flavors in "real" cigars. Most of the flavored cigars out there in my opinion are crap cigars to begin with. I do,however, think there are a few being made by reputable companies that aren't bad, namely CAO. I still occasionally smoke these because I still have some on hand and they are great for a quick smoke. I don't think the flavor comes out in the smoke as much as it does on your lips, so if the cigar is decent enough to begin with, then the subtle flavor isn't going to change much of anything. I have noticed that when these cigars are dry, they seem to me to have much more of a harsh bite than other cigars.
Luckily, flavored cigars were not my first taste, or I would have been totally turned off of cigars by the flavored garbage I was trying to smoke when I first started. I quit trying flavored cigars for a while and stuck to "real" cigars, until I found the CAO ones. While they are not my first choice of cigar any longer, they aren't bad. I can certainly see them being a segue into the pleasures of smoking a cigar au natural.
I have tried a couple when I have been half $h!t faced but thats it. There is nothing like the pure unadulterated taste of real untouched tobacco in my opinion, no flavored cigars for me.
By the way, RP has a new one out also.
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Posts: 4793 | Location: Texas | Registered: June 15, 2003
I agree with Stogie, even though I do smoke the flavors sometimes, there is nothing like the yumminess of plain ol' tobacco!
Hey, what kind of "flavor" are these ACID cigars supposed to be. I've heard of them, but have a hard time putting something called ACID into my mouth to smoke. So I've never known what they are supposed to taste like?????
I smoked a Kuba Kuba like 4 or 5 years ago, but from what I remember of the taste, it reminded me of Room Deodorizer. I mean, sure the cigar had a sweet taste- but there really isn't anything natural like an orange for example, to compare it with. If I had to compare it something we're all familiar with, I'd say really foul Kool Aid.
OK..I know I'm going to take some heat here...but thats not unusual for me. Those of you that know me and have been on the receiving end of bombs from me know I love a wide range of cigars with a lot of taste, and yes I do smoke cubans..probably more cubans than most do...and yeah..I smoke a flavored cigar once in awhile.
While a young boy on my granddads farm in indiana, he used to smoke swisher sweets..and I've had a few of those. Now, when I absolutely have to have a quick smoke break where it can take no more than a few minutes, I'll lite up a Cuban Honey cherry or something like that, maybe even a CAO moontrance or the like. Its not an everyday thing, but for something quick to satisfy the craving and when I don't want to waste a robusto, I'll lite one of those up.
So let the bashing and name calling begin. yeah, they are flavored short filler cigars, but they do for a quick smoke.
I'm almost tired of the elitist snobs around here getting down on everyone because they do something different than smoke Davidoffs, Fuentes, or Dominican Monte's all the time. Put the snobbery and attitudes away and let people be.
Mike
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