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After spending $15+ on Opus, DCM and various other cigars, I started taking notes on them as I was smoking. Seems to have become a Sunday night ritual to spark up a quality smoke and relax. When I find the notes on them, I'll post 'em, just don't know where they are at now.
This weekend I found a new cigar shop a couple miles away, and they had a box of Sosa Pyramid Maddies. Paid $5.70 for one.
Very dark brown wrapper w/ some black highlites - no purple or red, but deep dark brown. Pre light draw was nice, little spice, little flavor. ???
Drinking 100% Kona coffee with it. Big vein up the enitre side of the wrapper, cap was out of proportion the color and the label make this smoke attractive, not the construction.
First 3/4 inch was not exciting, ash falls off easily and splits apart 1/3 way through. When allowed to cool, lots of spicy, peppery smoke comes out. Beautiful band on this, very reminisent of the Opus and DCM.
The Kona is a good match with smooth, mild hints of coffee flavors mellowing the bitter pepper of the smoke, that might come from the wrapper. Don't know exactly what this wrapper is, I've read it's Mexican Ligero on one site and Domincan on another.
Pepper really builds in the finish. Last 30% -40% of the smoke was fairly pungent, bitter tabacco flavor.
Not a bad smoke, but not a great one either. Strikes me as a quality cigar that could use better tobaccos. But hey, what do I know.
BTW - I just found the notes on the OPUS and DCM's.
This weekend I found a new cigar shop a couple miles away, and they had a box of Sosa Pyramid Maddies. Paid $5.70 for one.
Very dark brown wrapper w/ some black highlites - no purple or red, but deep dark brown. Pre light draw was nice, little spice, little flavor. ???
Drinking 100% Kona coffee with it. Big vein up the enitre side of the wrapper, cap was out of proportion the color and the label make this smoke attractive, not the construction.
First 3/4 inch was not exciting, ash falls off easily and splits apart 1/3 way through. When allowed to cool, lots of spicy, peppery smoke comes out. Beautiful band on this, very reminisent of the Opus and DCM.
The Kona is a good match with smooth, mild hints of coffee flavors mellowing the bitter pepper of the smoke, that might come from the wrapper. Don't know exactly what this wrapper is, I've read it's Mexican Ligero on one site and Domincan on another.
Pepper really builds in the finish. Last 30% -40% of the smoke was fairly pungent, bitter tabacco flavor.
Not a bad smoke, but not a great one either. Strikes me as a quality cigar that could use better tobaccos. But hey, what do I know.
BTW - I just found the notes on the OPUS and DCM's.
