Excellent reviews, man!
From your review of #2, it seems you thought #2 was the higher priced cigar? In which case you would be correct!
I was trying to get a closer looking and smoking pair. So I guess they were drastically different. Oh well. Sorry about the Rh on the the #2. My B&M tends to run a little wet. I should have mentioned you may want to dry box for a day or two.
Anyway, great, job!

#1: Nic 3000 Torp
#2: CAO MX2








Quote Originally Posted by Desert Rat View Post
Thanks Sprangalang for the excellent review cigars and the extra riders!

Sampling these two cigars is what makes this thread so much fun. I have had neither one of these, and the contrast between the two was amazing. Both were Torps, one with a claro wrapper and the other maduro.

#1 Slightly box pressed torp with a toothy claro wrapper. Burned fine with a fluffy greyish ash that was crumbly. Tons of smoke!

Spicy from the get go, the cigar was a bundle of spice, with a little bitter woodiness. Kinda light and airy body, short on finish. I'm gonna guess a Sumatra wrapper for the spice, but I didn't taste the saltyness I usually get from sumatra. Had to be a little Honduran in the cigar for the bitterness. (Bitter as in a taste, not a bad tarry flavor).

Pretty consistant from start to finish, this one is a real change of pace for me. I'd smoke one of these once in awhile, not by the box.


#2 Huge black torp with a shiny slightly oily sheen to the wrapper. Burned fine with a beautiful off-white ash, tight as a drum. The ash fell off like breaking a roll of quarters. Draw was a little firmer than I like, but very smokeable.

I'll go out on a limb and call this a Nicaraguan puro. Very slight sweetish taste in the maduro, and a rich tobacco flavor. Medium-full body, short finish.

The cigar grew in intensity as it burned which I liked, and then got a little tarry towards the end. I think I might have heated the cigar a little due to the firm draw. Overall, this cigar was better than a Padron #000, but nowhere near a PAM.

Both cigars were a taste treat. Like I said, I would buy a fiver of #1 and throw it in my humi for a spice break. To be fair to #2, I would like to try a smaller vitola, crank the Rh down a shade, and try it again.