BLEND:Espana
WRAPPER: Connecticut Broadleaf
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Spanish, Dominican, Nicaraguan, Colombian
FORMAT: Robusto (552)
ORIGIN: Honduras
INTENSITY: Medium
SPICE: 2/5
NOTES:
Mocha | Honey malt | Paprika
Smoothly focused with some calmly vibrating out-lines. Narrow scope but echoes its own sentiment well. Mocha latte, a fuzzy honey malt, a molasses-sweetened paprika. Black bread under-pinnings. A dry savory quality, an umami reduction. Nuts and shells offer a bend-not-break structuring.
Draws a bit tight a couple puffs, but corrects itself as do a couple brief lags of the line. Builds a nice sheath of ash. Gives off moderate+ plumes of white smoke, culminating in a gentle patisserie aroma. A slight roasted orange smell-taste hits on the lengthy finish. Seams and cap hold fast. Rolled evenly and well.
Not super-complex and quite consistent. Not delivered in a linear or boring manner. Languid and easy and a bit less attainable than attainable--which is a fine thing. Sit and ponder poetry, then sit and ponder prose. This ponders like the former. Not flowery but concise and not metaphysical but mundane in an Ordinary Madness vein. Pair it with Bukowski.
TASTE: A-
DRAW: B+
BURN: B+
BUILD: A-
FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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