Reviews
Date Added: Thursday 15 February, 2018
As someone who has smoked MANY Cubans over the years I can honestly say that there isnt better value for money than the Jose L Piedra range. These have a wonderful earthy flavour and always find myself ordering these again throughout the years. I mainly smoke these whilst driving due to the shorter length but if you want a similar cigar that will last longer then I advise the Cazadores range that Jose L Piedra provide.
Date Added: Sunday 28 January, 2018
I love these little beauties, they are perfect for a mid day smoke when you don't have time to commit to a larger cigar. They last around 30 minutes and are to me a very good stick. They are quite mild in flavour which suits me just fine at mid day, the draw is very good with lots of smoke. When lit they are no trouble at all, good even burn and can be left without the need to relight. Ok they are not Cuban quality, but are non the less quite good, and at just short of £50 for a box of ten I consider them excellent value.
Date Added: Sunday 28 January, 2018
A favourite for a short smoke, maybe 30 minutes at most. Not complex and not overly flavoursome.
Draw on all 20 I’ve brought recently been excellent. Although once cut the cap can disintegrate and on draw you get little bits in the mouth.
For a short stick and cheap cigar pound for pound the best out there.
Date Added: Thursday 25 January, 2018
My favourite of the Jose L Piedra cigars I’ve smoked. Smooth and earthy with a slight hint of cocoa. The taste is, in my opinion, very appealing and the burn isn’t too bad. Not perfect by any means but I’ve never needed to relight or correct any uneven burning on one of these. Their only real downside is the construction. Like all JLP cigars they’re rough and flaky, sometimes with a slight curve to the stick. Also, as with all JLPs it would seem, the last 3cm or so get tarry and bitter, but that’s overshadowed by the rest of the stick.
I’ve always got a few of these in my humidor. They’re my favourite daily smoke. Much tastier than their cheaper cousins, the Cremas , and not as large as the Cazadores. At 30-45 minutes, I can finish one of these on my lunch break without having to rush. The ash can hold well but I wouldn’t advise letting it get much longer than 3-4cm as it’s prone to drop off and isn’t usually very firm when it does.
I give these a 5/5 for taste and 4/5 for burn. They get 2/5 for construction, but overall I give these 5/5 because the price and the flavour will alw
Date Added: Thursday 25 January, 2018
I like these. I brought back a box of 25 from a recent trip abroad. I’ve smoked at least 12-13 so far (only 3 from the box of 25 I bought back), and they have that distinct Cuban background taste typical of all the Cubans that I’ve smoked so far, as well as slightly sweet hints of woodiness. They go well with coffee I find.
At 6” with a 43 ring gauge, these bad boys can take a while to get through and rushing them will only ruin the flavour. I like these for those evenings when I know I’m going to have at least an hour and a half to myself to sit back and relax with a smoke.
They’re nowhere near as nicely constructed as other Cubans though. They’re rough, and flaky, with enormous veins and sometimes, green spots. They don’t seem to have varied much in terms of taste or the way they smoke. The ash can be dark or light grey, sometimes white and sometimes white speckled with black. It’ll fall off quite easily and isn’t very firm, so I don’t recommend letting it get much longer than 1/4”-1” without rolling the ash off. They don’t burn amazingly evenly either, but they don’t seem
Date Added: Monday 15 January, 2018
Got to be one of the best Cubans there is for the price factor, including the length and the ring gauge being right up there!
Also, around 90+ % of the ones I've smoked have all been great, with that nice Cuban taste coming through as your smoke progresses. This and the other JLP sizes happened to be my daily smokes for a good several months.
