How did you find your favorite ?

[metaldonnieg]

mostly peer pressure from ChefChris, aka suggestions

Also, a lot of times what I'll do is walk into my shop of choice and tell the owner how much I want to spend and have him pick for me. I've found some tasty sticks that I normally wouldn't have tried this way.

Chris introduced me to the Don Kiki Browns and the shop owner to CAO golds but I don't get to smoke many of them.

[maademperor]

samplers of brands that seem to garner a lot of positive feedback (usually use ci and famous smoke buyer reviews + top25) and the odd purchase of something that looked enjoyable...I found I prefer dark and maduro's over naturals and I like toro and robusto shapes...box pressed doesnt bother me much unless I mis-punch it