stogie fan
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I was excited to obtain this box of Warped La Hacienda cigars from a very well known online retailer. This box arrived at my door back on June 5, 2021.
I love the blend, love the flavors, love the room notes, love the fact these are a Nicaraguan puro, love everything about them, except every cigar in this box has so far had TUNNELING issues. I don't love cigars that tunnel; I hate them.
There was some very recent discussion of the potential cause(s) for cigar tunneling, the main issue cited being humidification.
So, this evening I decided I would try another La Hacienda, only to see if the next stick from the bastard box would replicate the tunneling issue that every previous stick from the box has offered me, or if the next one would actually be a 'good' cigar, and not tunnel.
For the first ~30 minutes the cigar seemed to burn fairly well, and there was no visual void in the cigar cross section at the foot.
About 35 minutes in I noticed the draw was becoming difficult & there was very little smoke production; both indications of some crap coming along.
At this point I knocked the ash off, and to my disgust, I found yet another void dead center in the cigar.
This is nothing but a 'construction issue' period.
I understand there seems to be some strange group think in cigar circles that believes a humidification issue will cause voids in a cigar.
Yeah, I get all that but truth be told, humidification has absolutely no bearing on a cigar that has been bunched like shit, or rolled like crap.
I offer the following photos as an educational opportunity to some of the experts that believe humidification issues are the cause of crap rolled sticks, sticks that won't smoke properly, sticks that eventually won't smoke at all. We are all here to learn.
So, I got a crap rolled box of La Hacienda. This happened previously with another brand/blend that I previously had extensive experience with, and then one day outta tha blue, a crap box showed up; a box I kept properly stored for three years, and the tunneling issue never resolved, after three years of proper storage, because of a construction issue.
Bottom line: beware when purchasing, and if you're like me, when you get a crap rolled box, you prolly won't purchase them again. Problem solved.
Here after about ~35 minutes in, after I knocked off the ash = dead center VOID the size of ~10% the diameter of the stick.
Humidification issues won't do that, unless you're tripping on LSD.
Here, after a full re-cut & re-light. A cigar vagina with a re-light?
Here, 15 minutes after the re-cut & re-light.
No draw resistance, no smoke production to speak of, binder & wrapper burn rate is way off.
Same/different angle
The cigar went out shortly after the last photo was taken; it was impossible to smoke, with little to no draw resistance, and no smoke production.
Again, crap bunched & crap rolled cigars are not caused by humidification issues & if anyone believes they are then I have a bridge to Mars I'd like to sale ya.
I love the blend, love the flavors, love the room notes, love the fact these are a Nicaraguan puro, love everything about them, except every cigar in this box has so far had TUNNELING issues. I don't love cigars that tunnel; I hate them.
There was some very recent discussion of the potential cause(s) for cigar tunneling, the main issue cited being humidification.
So, this evening I decided I would try another La Hacienda, only to see if the next stick from the bastard box would replicate the tunneling issue that every previous stick from the box has offered me, or if the next one would actually be a 'good' cigar, and not tunnel.
For the first ~30 minutes the cigar seemed to burn fairly well, and there was no visual void in the cigar cross section at the foot.
About 35 minutes in I noticed the draw was becoming difficult & there was very little smoke production; both indications of some crap coming along.
At this point I knocked the ash off, and to my disgust, I found yet another void dead center in the cigar.
This is nothing but a 'construction issue' period.
I understand there seems to be some strange group think in cigar circles that believes a humidification issue will cause voids in a cigar.
Yeah, I get all that but truth be told, humidification has absolutely no bearing on a cigar that has been bunched like shit, or rolled like crap.
I offer the following photos as an educational opportunity to some of the experts that believe humidification issues are the cause of crap rolled sticks, sticks that won't smoke properly, sticks that eventually won't smoke at all. We are all here to learn.
So, I got a crap rolled box of La Hacienda. This happened previously with another brand/blend that I previously had extensive experience with, and then one day outta tha blue, a crap box showed up; a box I kept properly stored for three years, and the tunneling issue never resolved, after three years of proper storage, because of a construction issue.
Bottom line: beware when purchasing, and if you're like me, when you get a crap rolled box, you prolly won't purchase them again. Problem solved.
Here after about ~35 minutes in, after I knocked off the ash = dead center VOID the size of ~10% the diameter of the stick.
Humidification issues won't do that, unless you're tripping on LSD.
Here, after a full re-cut & re-light. A cigar vagina with a re-light?
Here, 15 minutes after the re-cut & re-light.
No draw resistance, no smoke production to speak of, binder & wrapper burn rate is way off.
Same/different angle
The cigar went out shortly after the last photo was taken; it was impossible to smoke, with little to no draw resistance, and no smoke production.
Again, crap bunched & crap rolled cigars are not caused by humidification issues & if anyone believes they are then I have a bridge to Mars I'd like to sale ya.
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