Reviews
Date Added: Friday 04 May, 2012
Chinchalero Picadillos Cigar - 1 Single
by Daniel
A straight forward and simple smoke, excellent value for money.
Date Added: Sunday 29 April, 2012
I bought these on the basis that they would potentially be a shortened version of the full Churchill which is a beautiful cigar and smoke, the cigar it's self looks good with a well defined triple cap, upon lighting the draw was perfect but gradually got tighter, I think these cigars contains an excessive amount of tar that builds up in the cigar reducing the draw, the flavor is of toasted tobacco at first then a fruity citrus taste that ensues to the end, a big problem was severe uneven burning issues which could not be solved by rotating the cigar, I had to keep using my lighter to burn off the uneven rapper, I have smoked 3 of 10 and this has happened to all three cigars, I also think the tar coats the inside of your mouth thus reducing the ability to taste, the cigar also went out twice thus having to relight, to my mind there is no comparison to the full Churchill which I enjoy immensely, the ring gauge is also thicker 50 compered 47 and is a bit intimidating, will smoke another 3 or 4 then put another review on but at the moment I am not to overly impressed with these cigars
Date Added: Sunday 22 April, 2012
I lit another one of these magnificent cigars at precisely 5pm Sunday afternoon and immediately got flavor of sweet mellow tangy tobacco which lasted throughout the smoke, the draw was excellent and the aroma was intoxicating, my partner who is a non smoker complemented me on the smell saying this is what a true cigar should smell like, the strength stayed mild to medium until the second half when it picked up but never became overpowering, it took 1hr and 45 minutes for the film white ash to reach the Churchill band which I promptly removed then another 20 minutes to reach the Romeo band which I again removed, smoking this cigar over 2 1/4 hours was shear nectar and food for the soul I highly recommend this cigar whether it be for a special occasion or just to chill out for a couple of hours, you wont regret the experience, if I could afford them I would smoke these every day but on a more positive note they are £12 cheaper than the equivalent Cohiba Esplendidos, Churchill really knew his cigars when making this his favorite.
Date Added: Sunday 22 April, 2012
Xikar Xi1 Cigar Cutter - Silver
by Peter
Well you learn something new every day, My Xikar wedge cutter was closing unevenly when not cutting, always closed more at one side than the other so the cutting action was uneven, my partner said why not soak the cutter in baby oil in a small bowl over night, I did has she said and left the opened cutter in the oil overnight and now the cutting action is even as both blades close together evenly the oil removed fine particles of grit and all the tobacco residue, the cutter is like new now, I think all cutters would benefit from doing this probably once a month.
Date Added: Friday 20 April, 2012
These are a very pleasant and flavorsome mini cigar and should be treated as such draw slowly and you will be rewarded with good taste draw like a cigarette and you will be rewarded with hot bitterness respect the cigar and it will respect you a good 5 to 10 minutes break, the Clubs are a better smoke but are obviously more expensive for a 15 minutes break
Date Added: Thursday 19 April, 2012
Jose L Piedra Petit Cetros Cigar - 1 Single
by Stephen
Came here to edit my review but I can't so I'm writing another. Bought 5 of these as the first one I had was okay and at this price... I won't be buying any more. I've smoked 3 of them so far. First one was a very hard draw, but manageable, second was okay but the third was completely unsmokeable. It was almost impossible to draw on so it kept going out and the wrapper had unravelled *completely* by the time I got half way so I threw what was left away. I never thought I would get one that was that bad. It was embarrassing, frankly. If they can be that bad I wouldn't even keep them to give away.
