favorite cigars you rarely buy

[heavyd]

I was looking through my various wishlists on cigar sites yesterday, and spotted the Warped Corto. That is my favorite Warped cigar and I used to smoke them religiously. But I haven't bought a box in about 3 years, and have been out of them for at least 2 years. With all of the new cigars constantly coming out and my other 30 favorites clouding my stogie-buying vision, I just kinda forgot about them. I couldn't believe it! So, I bought a fresh box.

Has that ever happened to anyone else? If so, which cigar was it?

 

[Texican]

I'm still relatively new to this whole thing, so I tend to discover favorites, then buy a 5-10 pack of them "to age" and then move on to trying nothing but new ones in the search for more favorites. That said, I am completely out of non-maduro Hemingway Best Sellers...which are probably my #1 pick.

 

[multi-useless]

CoRos, Espys, Lusis, Libertadors... you know, the really expensive stuff

 

[Mikenice81]

I would say the Don Carlos #4 and the Surrogates Tramp Stamp.

 

[Nacho Daddy]

high end Padron.
I smoke these about twice a year.

Cohiba robusto.

 

[jwintosh]

cohiba. love to smoke them. getting harder to replace.

 

[Bazillions]

CAO Cameroons
My dad gave me a CAO Gold on my 18th birthday. He smoked cigars from birth and succeeded in getting my brother into them, not-so-much with my sister, and now it was my turn. I gave it a try bc I liked the way they smelled, but mostly bc my brother had been hyping them... I hated the Gold. Typical noob; thought my saliva was turning brown, was afraid to swallow, wanted to spit, and so on. But they were just wicked gross. So were my dad's Fuente's. I honestly thought cigars were a guy thing. Maybe a few weeks later, he gave me a CAO Cameroon. I was a good sport until now, but this was the last one. I still had noob tendencies, but for some reason, after like, two or three, this was the cigar that made me go, "I get it".

TLDR: But now it just seems like there's always something... higher on the list to buy.

 

[jkod829]

The chase for cigars is over for me. Now it’s the chase for pipe tobacco... haha. I will still smoke the stogies, but certainly fewer and farther between. But, one I remember always wanting more of is the Aging Room F55. Good smoke.

 

[Boudie]

@Bazillions If you need to hate a cigar the CAO Gold is a good one to hate. Yech... If I'm not having a drink when I smoke I tend to spit so it may not be "just a noob thing"

 

[Texican]

@Bazillions If you need to hate a cigar the CAO Gold is a good one to hate. Yech... If I'm not having a drink when I smoke I tend to spit so it may not be "just a noob thing"

The only CAO I like so far is the Brazilia. But damn is it good.

 

[Boudie]

Brazillia is good but Try the Amazon Basin

 

[Texican]

Brazillia is good but Try the Amazon Basin

That one looked freaking cool. I remember trying to get it from Fox or somewhere but it was sold out. I definitely have it on my radar.

 

[multi-useless]

Brazillia is good but Try the Amazon Basin

I’ll agree and dissent on this at the same time - Brazilia is good but Amazon Basin sucks.

I’ll also add, I liked the Italia (which never seems to get any love...)

 

[Boudie]

I'm enjoying the box I'm working on. They rested for 18 months, maybe that's the difference.

 

[SoCal Gunner]

The only CAO I like so far is the Brazilia. But damn is it good.

Try the MX2, any of the Basin Series and The Mortal Coil.

 

[SoCal Gunner]

I’ll agree and dissent on this at the same time - Brazilia is good but Amazon Basin sucks.

I’ll also add, I liked the Italia (which never seems to get any love...)

We all have different tastes, but I gotta ask - have you had more than one? Just wondering if you got a bad one or?

 

[Texican]

On a possibly related note - I'm beginning to figure out that lots of my dark/Maduro sticks are smoking kinda sh*tty because of the humidity around here. I NEVER have relight/bitterness troubles with any smokes except those. Think I need to dry box those in particular for a couple days before smoking.

 

[Mikenice81]

@Bazillions If you need to hate a cigar the CAO Gold is a good one to hate. Yech... If I'm not having a drink when I smoke I tend to spit so it may not be "just a noob thing"

I thought I was the only one that would spit when smoking. Now I feel like slightly less of a freak.

 

[Texican]

I thought I was the only one that would spit when smoking. Now I feel like slightly less of a freak.

Nah, I do it too. Don't like tobacco pieces in my mouth ever since my brief foray into Copenhagen.

 

[Boudie]

Yea, I keep two full traveldors at 62%. Just won a 40/60 count Herfador from Cbid and ordered some large 62% Bovedas for it. Should be able to keep about a month's worth of smokes in dry box with enough variety that I can select what I am in the mood for.

@Mikenice81 I'm old and people expect me to do weird things, do you have an excuse?