I must admit that when I starting to first get into cigars (around 1998), that I smoked a bunch of Lars Tetens. Not something I am proud of, but I enjoyed the flavors and I didn't have the experience or palate to appreciate the finer attributes of more refined smokes (and probably I still don't).
So while we always rail on people who smoke cigars like the Tetens, Macanundos, etc; they do serve a purpose. You have to start somewhere.
Dawg, Jingles and I have talked about this point many times that people often just glance over what they consider inferior cigars and just jump to ultra-premiums. Like Scot always tells me; you don't know if you will like/dislike a cigar until you smoke it. I also get frustrated that I see some on the board who simply don't consider anything that is not a Padron, Fuente or ISOM; sure those are perhaps the best cigars out there; but you need to walk before you run.
I sometimes think that I have moved too quickly up the learning curve and that there is so much out there that I skipped over; but it is hard to smoke that El Rico Habano in the humidor when there are RASS sitting on the next shelf.
OK, hopefully I made my point......time to get off the Soap Box and back to work....
Patrick
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