Fyodor
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Well, I just finished a grueling week working the midnights shift, and I felt the absolute need to relax with a good cigar and a good bottle of wine. Being on a budget for the moment I went for cheap yet highly rated items. While reading CA I came across a review for the Saint Luis Rey Reserva Especial Rothchilde(Honduras). The words "Gloriously oily, with a rich dark-brown color and good performance" caught my eye at once. Also the $2.90 price tag. So in the middle of my work week I bought one of those and a bottle of 2003 Novy Syrah and continued to stare at them throughout the week and dream of my off days.
Well today my off days came. I just finished work at 6:30 this morning. At about 4:00, after eating a good flat bread ham and cheese sandwich, I lit up the cigar and opened the wine. The cigar looked nice, Fat and short with a nice oily wrapper. I lit it with a match very carefully and noticed some problems right away. This cigar just wasn't going to burn right. I exercised a lot of patience with it but there is no way it was going to straighten out. And the taste? Well it pretty much tasted like nothing, just muted Honduran flavors. Well at this point I figured this cigar had been kept in too high of a humidity. I struggled with it about half way and finally decided I had to pitch it. Being that I have been working midnights with limited sleep I was pretty grumpy, and this cigar wasn't helping that. so I went back to the humidor and grabbed a Padron delicias natural, another cheap cigar. Well this cigar burned well but was boring me to death, I figured I might as well be smoking something from the gas station, a bit dramatic I know, but like I said I was in a bad mood. At least the wine was excellent.
Well, at about half way the cigar started getting my attention, and by the last third I was really enjoying it. Too bad this cigar took so long getting going, and its so small that its kind of a case of too little too late. But the cigar experience didn't turn out so bad.
Some people just smoke cigars as a companion while they are fishing, hunting or doing something else that is taking up the majority of their attention, not me. When I smoke a cigar I take it seriously, it's the focus of what I'm doing and I want to be wowed. Spending all this money on "cheap" cigars just seems to be a waste of time for me. I think I would be better off if I just spent the extra money for cigars I know I like and just smoked a couple times a week. Oh well, you cant win them all I guess.
Well today my off days came. I just finished work at 6:30 this morning. At about 4:00, after eating a good flat bread ham and cheese sandwich, I lit up the cigar and opened the wine. The cigar looked nice, Fat and short with a nice oily wrapper. I lit it with a match very carefully and noticed some problems right away. This cigar just wasn't going to burn right. I exercised a lot of patience with it but there is no way it was going to straighten out. And the taste? Well it pretty much tasted like nothing, just muted Honduran flavors. Well at this point I figured this cigar had been kept in too high of a humidity. I struggled with it about half way and finally decided I had to pitch it. Being that I have been working midnights with limited sleep I was pretty grumpy, and this cigar wasn't helping that. so I went back to the humidor and grabbed a Padron delicias natural, another cheap cigar. Well this cigar burned well but was boring me to death, I figured I might as well be smoking something from the gas station, a bit dramatic I know, but like I said I was in a bad mood. At least the wine was excellent.
Well, at about half way the cigar started getting my attention, and by the last third I was really enjoying it. Too bad this cigar took so long getting going, and its so small that its kind of a case of too little too late. But the cigar experience didn't turn out so bad.
Some people just smoke cigars as a companion while they are fishing, hunting or doing something else that is taking up the majority of their attention, not me. When I smoke a cigar I take it seriously, it's the focus of what I'm doing and I want to be wowed. Spending all this money on "cheap" cigars just seems to be a waste of time for me. I think I would be better off if I just spent the extra money for cigars I know I like and just smoked a couple times a week. Oh well, you cant win them all I guess.
so when you really want enjoy a great smoke you wont be disappointed. 
when i want to relax and enjoy a very nice smoke i dont take chances on new cigars, i always reach for something tried and true. :blush: barring the occasional dud i keep what i know i like on hand at all times, at least one, that way theres no guesswork. knowing you have limited free time, maybe you could do your experimenting when you have a little free time, and arent relying on the cigar to end a stressful week 