Reviews
Date Added: Sunday 20 November, 2011
A fabulously mild to medium cigar for the beginner to Cuban cigars or for anyone who prefers a mild to medium smoke from the oldest Cuban cigar makers still in existence, So band on or off, this is a matter of your preference, if you want to remove the band DO NOT FORCE REMOVE THE BAND you will damage the wrapper and may cause the wrapper to unwrap, if the band will not slide off naturally wait until the cigar is warm and the glue holding the band has softened, When do I stop drawing? the answer is when you see wisps of smoke at the ash wrapper interface this tells you your mouth is full of smoke, How much of the cigar should i smoke? the answer is smoke the cigar until you don't like the taste anymore, the more of the cigar you smoke the more you are honoring the highly skilled person that made the cigar.
Date Added: Tuesday 15 November, 2011
This is an excellent Christmas present for the serious cigar smoker very good build quality and a hard wearing chrome finish telescopic portable cigar ashtray and cigar rest, forget dirty ashtrays when sitting outside pubs or restaurants this item is light and very functional and goes well with the Xikar chrome lighter in my review below
Date Added: Tuesday 08 November, 2011
I highly recommend the Por Larranaga Petit Corona to the reviewer below it is mild to medium strength with a lovely sweet caramel and citrus taste and last 45 mins to an hour and has a nice gold band, been there and smoked the cigar you had Thought it would be an upgrade from the machine made Guantanamera Cristales of a similar price I smoke and still enjoy,I agree with you they are tasteless then tried the Por PC they are lovely so bought a cab and have never looked back, Por Larranaga is the oldest Cuban cigar makers still in existence est 1834 and highly respected by all cigar aficionado's
Date Added: Wednesday 26 October, 2011
The 4 things you need to start you off on the right track in smoking cigars. (1) a good cigar, I would highly recommend the Por Larranaga Petit Corona, it is mild to medium with a lovely creamy taste and lasts about an hour (2) A good cigar cutter, the Xikar Xi series cutters are the best you can buy with twin self sharpening blades to provide a good clean cut every time, (3) A Natural flame to gently toast not roast your cigar foot then light, the Xikar Exodus natural flame wind resistant butane lighter is ideal and fabulous quality even comes with a polishing cloth to keep the lighter looking great, (4) A good humidor, I highly recommend the Adorini Deluxe range, the build quality of these himi's are superb, cedar lined which is slotted to both walls and base to provide better air circulation, the Adorini Deluxe humidifier uses state of the art acryl polymer fleece which reacts faster to climatic changes in the humidor and it has adjustable vents to reduce or increase humidity, and the Adorini Deluxe hair hygrometer is an highly accurate analog humidity measurer.
Date Added: Monday 24 October, 2011
This is a lovely mild to medium cigar for the beginner new to smoking cigars, A bit of advice from a person who is still learning, Please light your cigars as gently as possible using a natural flame I highly recommend the Xikar Exodus natural flame butane lighter to toast not roast your cigars, alot of cigar smokers who have probably being smoking for years on youtube videos recommend a torch flame lighter but you really have to know what you are doing not to cremate the foot, I only use my Prometheus torch flame lighter to correct serious uneven burning issues now (Yes i bought one on the recommendations to) put the torch flame at 90dg to the ash and away from the wrapper then rotating the cigar gradually move the flame towards the uneven unburnt wrapper, as soon as the burn is even remove the flame being very careful not to burn the wrapper. so to sum up, be gentle, light gently, draw gently and respect your cigar.
Date Added: Monday 24 October, 2011
This is a lovely mild to medium cigar for the beginner new to smoking cigars, A bit of advice from a person who is still learning, Please light your cigars as gently as possible using a natural flame I highly recommend the Xikar Exodus natural flame butane lighter to toast not roast your cigars, alot of cigar smokers who have probably being smoking for years on youtube videos recommend a torch flame lighter but you really have to know what you are doing not cremate the foot, I only use my Prometheus torch flame lighter to correct serious uneven burning issues now (Yes i bought one on the recommendations to) put the torch flame at 90dg to the ash and away from the wrapper then rotating the cigar gradually move the flame towards the uneven unburnt wrapper, as soon as the burn is even remove the flame being very careful not to burn the wrapper. so to sum up, be gentle, light gently, draw gently and respect your cigar.
