Trying to get back to your original post, I started out on real cheap mild cigars and flavors before moving into real cigars... similar to what some others have posted.

I think the important thing, that most people on this board would suggest, is to make sure you're smoking flavored cigars that use real quality tobacco. A lot of the flavored cigars use the flavors to cover poor tabacco quality. This is similair to wine which doesn't have a vintage, which means they are blended in an effort to cover poor characteristics.

That being said, I would recommend you try some of the flavored cigars from Drew Estates (the natural and java lines, in particular). The ones that I've had were pretty good, and for the most part, used subtle favorings.