Puro Pot Pass IV!!!

[Mangyrat]

Hey anybody still got a pdf of the comparison guide they can send me?

Let me have your email and ill send it.

[badwhale]

WTF is going on with this? Ed, did you get the package?

Will

[EGQ]

Package arrived today or Saturday (was out of town). I hope to smoke it tomorrow or Wednesday.

[EGQ]

So the plan was to smoke the puro on my commute into the office this morning. Things started out smoothly -- a nice looking robusto was cut and lit when the phone started going off. I got stuck dealing with clients when I should have been focussing on the puro...

It smoked nicely -- definitely on the mild side, nice woodsy flavor -- and the construction was very good. I'm going to rule out Cuban and Nicaraguan quickly, but I'm having a tough time picking the winner here... I guess I'll go with Dominican.

[JiveTurkey]

The puro you smoked was quite possibly one of the purest puros of modern times. It was a Plasencia Reserva Organica Robusto, which, unfortunately for you, was grown and rolled in separate fields and facilities at Plasencia's farm and factory in Nicaragua.

[ashauler]

The puro you smoked was quite possibly one of the purest puros of modern times. It was a Plasencia Reserva Organica Robusto, which, unfortunately for you, was grown and rolled in separate fields and facilities at Plasencia's farm and factory in Nicaragua.

While I'm unconvinced that growing tobacco organically produces a "better" quality smoke, I can say without a doubt that it is no easy feat to grow and process tobacco organically.

[craig]

While I'm unconvinced that growing tobacco organically produces a "better" quality smoke, I can say without a doubt that it is no easy feat to grow and process tobacco organically.

How hard -> http://www.smokeshopmag.com/1201/trend.htm (FYI, the article is out of date, as there were eventually two organic farms - although I don't know if the tobacco is still in production, as only Famous carries the cigars currently.)

I've got five left from the 2001 crop (one farm, single seed (criollo), rolled in 2006 IIRC). IMHO, they didn't start smoking well until last year. Up until then, they smoked liked the early reviews - okay for the first inch or so, and then bland and one-dimensional. Now they literally do have a taste unlike any other cigar that I've had, and are finally 'worth' the price I paid for them.