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tonight i smoked my first cuban cigar - my first cigar actually if u dont count the philies i smoked when i was young.

this cannot be an expert review more like a beginner s observation.

the first thing i noticed was no bitterness (which i experienced with the cigarillos and puritos i tried), but a nice smooth smoke carpet. then since i stopped smoking since 2 weeks was a little dizzyness due to the nicotine flash. then i noticed the whisky tasted twice as nice as before. its a standard jim beam bourbon, which i normally hate. in combination with the montecristo very nice actually.

at the second third i noticed s little choclate kind of flavor, the rest the same. when retrohaling not much difference, just a little tingeling in the nose.

in the last part it started to get a little bitter, maybe i just smoked to fast.

in total it took me about 40 minutes to smoke. pretty happy in total and a good experience.
 
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today aftter breakfast i could imagine another one with coffee... but will resist... need to find some nice affordable cigarillos.
 
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40 minutes? Wayyyyy tooo fast! Slow down and enjoy a cuban cigar. Should have been a hour and a half smoke to really get the flavors.
 

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also agree.. a 4x40 is about a 45-50 minute smoke for me most of the time... and not all that uncommon for me to burn one to the nub in 40 minutes if Im not paying attention..
 
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Starting with a Monte anything raises the bar pretty high for a new smoker......You will see a significant difference between CC and NC, most likely. I find that as my palate improves, I take longer to smoke and sense more of what I am smoking, which heightens the experience. With or without bourbon:headroll:
 
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actually my original plan was to sample alot and then decide on a 25box - but at the moment i could imagine just to go with a 25box of monte 5s ---
 
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