CAO Italia

**Mangyrat** · 09-21-2010, 10:13 AM

I'm a fan of the smaller CAO Italia's "4x30 you get in tin's".
I don't find them that bad at all.

**Roger** · 09-21-2010, 12:48 PM

That is very interesting that you had a very bad experience with that stick. I have had them and they were always enjoyable. Hmmm guess that proves you can get a bad stick in just about any brand. Hope the next one is better.

**p0p** · 09-21-2010, 12:51 PM

i have yet to find a good tinned smoke, i am on the prowl though.

I really hope the next stick is worth it's weight... i was very disappointed with all the compliments CAO gets and you dont find many Italian cigars...

thanks for the comments.

**mrtr33** · 09-21-2010, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by p0p

... i was very disappointed with all the compliments CAO gets and you dont find many Italian cigars...

CAO gets compliments? News to me.

I don't know that I'd call this an "Italian" cigar - from their website:

The robust Italia is an escape with an extra dose of adventure. Made with tobacco from four countries, this full-bodied smoke is wrapped and bound in dark, smooth, Honduran leaves and filled with Peruvian and Nicaraguan tobaccos as well as Habano seed tobacco grown exclusively for CAO in the Benevento region of Italy. Bold, earthy and sweet. Per la dolce vita! (For the sweet life!)

-http://www.caocigars.com/

**p0p** · 09-21-2010, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by mrtr33

I don't know that I'd call this an "Italian" cigar - from their website:

The robust Italia is an escape with an extra dose of adventure. Made with tobacco from four countries, this full-bodied smoke is wrapped and bound in dark, smooth, Honduran leaves and filled with Peruvian and Nicaraguan tobaccos as well as Habano seed tobacco grown exclusively for CAO in the Benevento region of Italy. Bold, earthy and sweet. Per la dolce vita! (For the sweet life!)

-http://www.caocigars.com/

good point... guess its a mutt grown in Italy...

**ashauler** · 09-21-2010, 02:45 PM

Tried to like 'em, just couldn't do it.

**p0p** · 09-21-2010, 04:16 PM

i don't mean this as a slight against Italians, or a joke of any kind... did you guys taste oregano in yours? i got a mouthful of pepper with every puff, and i thought i detected a hint of oregano... good in a sauce, awful in a smoke...