Oliva blue band
My last soccer trip to big "D" probably this spring - I had enough time to hit a couple of B & M's and found some Oliva maduros. These are the one's with the blue fabric band. About a year ago I bought some of these and liked them a lot. Then I looked for them and could only find the blue, paper bands. Cool, same thing, different package. Well, I didn't think they were as good as I remembered, so, I thought maybe different package, different blend, or something. But, I didn't go out of my way to buy them anymore. But today, I found the cloth bands - I thought they'd been discontinued maybe. I told the guy that I hadn't seen these in a while and he said that not many stores carry them anymore. I asked him are they still available and he said yeah. So I asked the guy what is the difference between the two, if any, and he said the two bands, both blue, but one cloth and one paper, designated two wrappers - one colorado and one maduro. Well, I told him that the cigar with the paper band is pretty dark, but that I'd noticed a difference in flavor, which he had just confirmed. I'd just grabbed two torps w/ the paper bands at the other store, and when I got to the car, I compared and the cloth banded stick was damn sure a shade darker. Well, I went to my computer to see wtf, but can find nothing - dealers don't list different ones - just maduro and natural.
So, BPP, or CC, or somebody who knows, WTDF? Is there two different dark Olivas or am I the victim of some dark cigar brainwash conspiracy?
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