New Smoker in Town

[chefchris]

Welcome from MS. One of the great things about cigars smoking is the journey. If you stick with it you will smoke hundreds of cigars. When I first started everything tasted like tobacco to me. There was good tobacco and bad tobacco. Your taste will become more refined and your experience will be even better.

Don't give up on the sticks you tried and didn't like. Give it a couple of months and try em again, you might be surprised.

Also, I think everyone here will back up the Sancho Panza Double Maduro. I also like the Extra Fuerte that I don't hear much about. Good, cheap sticks.

[ashauler]

Welcome to the board from Kansas. I'll second the SP's and throw out there the Famous maduritos and Nic 3000's. I'm also a big fan of Oliva, pretty much from top to bottom of their line.

[Mizicke5273]

Welcome!

Try some fumidores from Holts. Quite the awesome cigar for the price, I think.

[derivation]

Welcome to the board. I give another recommendation to the newby sampler.

[Sporadic Metonomy]

Welcome from TN!

I enjoyed trying new smokes when I first started. Although I didn't do it, the newb sampler is the best deal going.

I have a box of SP dbl maduros in the humi now. Set up a coolidor and have fun.


Sean

[bhands]

i would also suggest the newbie sampler. im still a noob myself but working in the industry i talk with a lot of senior aficionado's and i would suggest anything from Rocky Patel or Arturo Fuente. welcome from Cali!!!

[spiffykyle]

Welcome from Houston, TX!

Typical time line of Cigar Acquisition Disorder:

1. Newbie tries cigars and likes 'em
2. Newbie finds cigarsmokers.com
3. Newbie tries newbie sampler
4. Not so Newbie finds a bunch of favorites and buys boxes
5. Not so Newbie realizes need for cooler & beads
6. BOTL goes in on trades and passes and finds more favorites
7. BOTL shares love of cigars with cigarsmokers.com
8. Repeat steps 6 & 7 indefinitely

spiffy