Quote Originally Posted by slcraiders View Post
Nice intro. Welcome from Utah.

Everyone starts somewhere. I started with flavoreds like Maker's Marks, Kahlua, and Cojimars. That was a short lived phase, but it was obviously necessary to get to the point where I am. We like to clown around and bust balls over flavored cigars and especially gas station cigars because we are passionate about this hobby. We know there is so much more out there to enjoy and to do so, one must at least leave their current smokes if even for a few cigars.

A nice transitional cigar from flavored to non would be the Java. From there, start mild-medium. Try the Padron x000 series, a Fuente Chateu or Hemingway, maybe a Baccarat or a Sancho Panza Cabalero. Casa Toranos are a fantastic milder smoke as are Ashton Classics. Stay clear of the Macanudos.

You are right though... ...when it is all said and done, smoke what you like and like what you smoke!
Thanks for the welcome! It's good to know it's more of a ball-busting than a true hatred for flavored-cigar smokers.

I'm definitely willing to stray from flavored cigars... I love trying new things. Thank you for the suggestions. I looked up the Java and it sounds good. I'll definitely be giving that a try. I'm keeping a list of suggested cigars, and I'm slowly making my way through them. I generally smoke 1 suggested cigar for every 3 flavored cigars. I'll slowly adjust the ratio to have more non-flavored than flavored.

One cigar I recently tried was a Don Pepin Garcia Series JJ. I thoroughly enjoyed it, for about 10 minutes. Then I got entirely sick. I don't know why. I wasn't inhaling.

Thanks again!