Cameroon Ceegars!

[NullSmurf]

Friend of mine posted this link elsewhere. Mighty fine read.

http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar...2,1473,00.html

[Cigarbear]

Great post NullSmurf!

[Artyman1200]

Finally got a chance to smoke a Cuesta Ray Stanford Reserve (Pyramid No. 9, Natural) from our local B&M ($7).

The packaging is impressive as it has a long gold sleeve with one band at the head and one band at the foot of the cigar. The cameroon wrapper has a nice oily sheen to it. A+ for outer appearance. The pre-light puff had some sweet cedary notes and it gave a near perfect draw with minimal cutting of the head. The intial post-light puffs were smooth and mellow with flavors of earth, licorice, and a touch of sweetness. It produced ample amounts of smoke and maintained a near perfect draw throughout the entire cigar. The ash was a nice light gray throughout and held for a good 2" before falling on its own.

The burn line was slightly wavy but never came close to needing a touch up. The flavors of earth, licorice, and slight bit of sweetness were consistent throughout the cigar and became stronger as the burn approached the head of the cigar. The cigar had flavors that I tasted in the back and side portions of my tongue, not that the cigar was sour or bitter, but that's where I tasted it. Overall, the cigar had a medium flavor profile and was probably medium bodied. I smoked the cigar to the nub in about 1hr 15min. These are tough to find online, so if you come across any I would pick up a few. This is my favorite cameroon thus far. I would give it a 9 out of 10 for a cameroon. Excellent smoke!

[ashauler]

Nice review, glad you liked it!!

[bigwhiteash]

Love them.. I buy them whenever I can

[mrtr33]

Finally got a chance to smoke a Cuesta Ray Stanford Reserve (Pyramid No. 9, Natural) from our local B&M ($7).

The packaging is impressive as it has a long gold sleeve with one band at the head and one band at the foot of the cigar. The cameroon wrapper has a nice oily sheen to it. A+ for outer appearance. The pre-light puff had some sweet cedary notes and it gave a near perfect draw with minimal cutting of the head. The intial post-light puffs were smooth and mellow with flavors of earth, licorice, and a touch of sweetness. It produced ample amounts of smoke and maintained a near perfect draw throughout the entire cigar. The ash was a nice light gray throughout and held for a good 2" before falling on its own.

The burn line was slightly wavy but never came close to needing a touch up. The flavors of earth, licorice, and slight bit of sweetness were consistent throughout the cigar and became stronger as the burn approached the head of the cigar. The cigar had flavors that I tasted in the back and side portions of my tongue, not that the cigar was sour or bitter, but that's where I tasted it. Overall, the cigar had a medium flavor profile and was probably medium bodied. I smoked the cigar to the nub in about 1hr 15min. These are tough to find online, so if you come across any I would pick up a few. This is my favorite cameroon thus far. I would give it a 9 out of 10 for a cameroon. Excellent smoke!

Nice review. Thanks. I just had my first one of those this past weekend. Really flavorful, very enjoyable smoke. Didn't really know what was going on with that wrapper - I'd seen cedar wrappers on cigars before, but never a paper wrapper. Odd, but the smoke was awesome. Thanks again.

[bigwhiteash]

Cameroon wrappers are notoriously delicate... maybe the paper sleeve is for protection as much as it is for presentation?

[ggiese]

Cameroon wrappers are notoriously delicate... maybe the paper sleeve is for protection as much as it is for presentation?

Not this guy - the wrapper is BEAUTIFUL!

Nope - as far as I can tell - the paper sleeve is purely for presentation...

[ggiese]

Finally got a chance to smoke a Cuesta Ray Stanford Reserve (Pyramid No. 9, Natural) from our local B&M ($7).

The packaging is impressive as it has a long gold sleeve with one band at the head and one band at the foot of the cigar. The cameroon wrapper has a nice oily sheen to it. A+ for outer appearance. The pre-light puff had some sweet cedary notes and it gave a near perfect draw with minimal cutting of the head. The intial post-light puffs were smooth and mellow with flavors of earth, licorice, and a touch of sweetness. It produced ample amounts of smoke and maintained a near perfect draw throughout the entire cigar. The ash was a nice light gray throughout and held for a good 2" before falling on its own.

The burn line was slightly wavy but never came close to needing a touch up. The flavors of earth, licorice, and slight bit of sweetness were consistent throughout the cigar and became stronger as the burn approached the head of the cigar. The cigar had flavors that I tasted in the back and side portions of my tongue, not that the cigar was sour or bitter, but that's where I tasted it. Overall, the cigar had a medium flavor profile and was probably medium bodied. I smoked the cigar to the nub in about 1hr 15min. These are tough to find online, so if you come across any I would pick up a few. This is my favorite cameroon thus far. I would give it a 9 out of 10 for a cameroon. Excellent smoke!

By far my favorite Cameroon - it would be just as good at twice the price!!!

And it is one of my top 5 go-to cigars if I want a smoke I know will be good!

At one point they were very difficult to find - but I'm finding them in heavy circulation recently. And I hear stories that retailers have been regularly running sales on 'em!