The 858 Natural

[pippin]

So I have had a few of these now and really like them.
That is to say the first and second third.
The last third always gets bitter for me.
What other sticks taste like these?
Thanks.

 

[mpomario]

I have found that if they start to get bitter it is because I puff to quickly. A quick purge and they are back to where they can be enjoyed to finish.

 

[pippin]

What do you meen by purge?
Thanks.

 

[Boudie]

Blow out through the cigar.

 

[sofc]

If it's the Fuente one, try the sun grown.

 

[el_mustango]

If it's the Fuente one, try the sun grown.

I second this suggestion

 

[PuroCigar]

Agreed on blowing out on the cigar.
If a cigar gets bitter and a little damp towards the final third, I snip off another 1/4" off the head. That almost always improves the smoke.

 

[sofc]

Agreed on blowing out on the cigar.
If a cigar gets bitter and a little damp towards the final third, I snip off another 1/4" off the head. That almost always improves the smoke.

Unless it's a crappy cigar. But I agree.

 

[VeLoRoK]

Agreed on blowing out on the cigar.
If a cigar gets bitter and a little damp towards the final third, I snip off another 1/4" off the head. That almost always improves the smoke.

How do you get the funky smell of your cutter blades after you do that?

 

[PuroCigar]

Okay, don't laugh, a little Windex. Cleans and disinfects it. I have to let it dry before another use of course.

 

[ak2000]

So I have had a few of these now and really like them.
That is to say the first and second third.
The last third always gets bitter for me.
What other sticks taste like these?
Thanks.

Second the Sungrown version, far better smoke IMHO. Also I find Cameroon wrappers can cause a bitter taste.

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[sofc]

How do you get the funky smell of your cutter blades after you do that?

why would they have a funky smell?

 

[PuroCigar]

why would they have a funky smell?

I wasn't going to ask....I just thought it was more about the tars and stains you end up with on the cutter from snipping a damp cigar that has been smoked for a while. Personally, I never smell my cutter. Just a personal thing.

 

[VeLoRoK]

I wasn't going to ask....I just thought it was more about the tars and stains you end up with on the cutter from snipping a damp cigar that has been smoked for a while. Personally, I never smell my cutter. Just a personal thing.

I clipped a cigar that was burning and it smelled like rotten ashtray afterwards. I could smell it sitting on my shelf from five feet away. I never used that cutter again. (Same thing with my redeemer.) I don't even want to think about how that smell would make my next cut taste.

 

[PuroCigar]

Then use a cheap cutter for the trim. I can't tell you how many cigars trimming the head on the final third salvaged the smoke of a good cigar. Sometimes I end up cutting it two or three more times. But as @sofc said, it doesn't help a cigar that just bitter/bad.
And I definitely agree with trying the sungrown version, as I mentioned to @pippin when we were discussing the Chateaus. Adds a whole lot of flavor to the cigar. I still pick up a sungrown Chateau once in a while.

 

[StogieJim]

If it's the Fuente one, try the sun grown.

Yep, what he said. I've got a box marinating in the cooler right now. Such a great smoke!

 

[sofc]

Yep, what he said. I've got a box marinating in the cooler right now. Such a great smoke!

I think I have one left from a 2010 box. Might have to look for it. Don't smoke Fuente much other than CF CGs.

 

[StogieJim]

I think I have one left from a 2010 box. Might have to look for it. Don't smoke Fuente much other than CF CGs.

I go back and forth on Fuente. Such solid smokes. I know what I'm going to get when I take a Fuente out of the humi, and I like that. I get caught up in the latest and greatest boutique blends, but then I smoke a Fuente and I'm back on that train for a while.

 

[Old Smokey]

I would say 60% of my cigars are Fuente.

 

[memphsdad]

I clipped a cigar that was burning and it smelled like rotten ashtray afterwards. I could smell it sitting on my shelf from five feet away. I never used that cutter again. (Same thing with my redeemer.) I don't even want to think about how that smell would make my next cut taste.

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