Purchased three Cx2's last week. Two robustos and one toro for $10 and $11 respectively. Ive enjoyed the CAO line so far and had high hopes for these especially since there is something about Cameroon that I dig.
The construction was great with no soft spots, a nice smooth medium brown wrapper with no large veins and a nice cap. The cigar stayed firm throughout the smoke. The prelight draw was somewhere between medium and light but wasnt bad at all, just lighter than the other CAO's Ive had. Toasted the foot and lit it up.
First impression...was expecting a "wow" and got a "hmmm." There was no bang of flavor, no big billow of smoke but I settled in for a relaxing smoke nonetheless. There was more of an aroma of cameroon rather than a taste which I found strange since this was a cameroon wrapper and binder. Guess I was figuring on a ton of cameroon flavor to the smoke.
The burn was fairly even with only a slight uneven spell early on but this corrected itself. The ash was white and not too firm with a little flakeness to it.
At the half way point the flavor and smoke increased somewhat but still not enough in my opinion. Smoked it down to less than an inch without any bitterness or sourness comming out. From start to finish it lasted an hour, but I tend to be a slowpoke.
Final impression was that Im not overly impressed. Was figuring on a cameroon equilivant of a Mx2 but didnt get it and for the price I dont think Im gonna break my neck to get more. Id rather stick with the Italia's, Brazilias, or Criollo's, more flavor and they are cheaper.
The construction was great with no soft spots, a nice smooth medium brown wrapper with no large veins and a nice cap. The cigar stayed firm throughout the smoke. The prelight draw was somewhere between medium and light but wasnt bad at all, just lighter than the other CAO's Ive had. Toasted the foot and lit it up.
First impression...was expecting a "wow" and got a "hmmm." There was no bang of flavor, no big billow of smoke but I settled in for a relaxing smoke nonetheless. There was more of an aroma of cameroon rather than a taste which I found strange since this was a cameroon wrapper and binder. Guess I was figuring on a ton of cameroon flavor to the smoke.
The burn was fairly even with only a slight uneven spell early on but this corrected itself. The ash was white and not too firm with a little flakeness to it.
At the half way point the flavor and smoke increased somewhat but still not enough in my opinion. Smoked it down to less than an inch without any bitterness or sourness comming out. From start to finish it lasted an hour, but I tend to be a slowpoke.
Final impression was that Im not overly impressed. Was figuring on a cameroon equilivant of a Mx2 but didnt get it and for the price I dont think Im gonna break my neck to get more. Id rather stick with the Italia's, Brazilias, or Criollo's, more flavor and they are cheaper.
