BLEND: Malka
WRAPPER: Mexican San Andres
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan
FORMAT: Toro (652)
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Med.-full/Full
SPICE: 2/5
NOTES:
German chocolate cake | Black walnut | Espresso
A difference between chocolate cake and German chocolate cake is the frosting. The former is typically fudgy; the latter is a pecan-coconut (or vice-versa) thing. Chocolate cake, it is! Although I could see a bit of pecan elsewhere. Call it black walnut. Not much spice, as it seems folded and forgotten into that frosting.
Espresso, just the crema. Loads of brown sugar. A doughy bit of yeasty rye bread; no caraway seeds, which is nice... although I believe maybe they've been ground into it. Quite an acceptable addition. A heavy profile, but not cumbersome or plodding. Dense. Layered. Retro-hales aid in finding ground black pepper. Anise.
This whole thing is swaddled in thick supple leather, and buried in composted earth.
Draws a half-tick damp-hesitant. The burn evens-out on its lonesome, but begins in a start with a small mouse-hole opening up 3/4"from foot. Ash is not a great grower, as flakes hold on oily-so. Feels a bit squishy in the mitt but no hard/soft spots. Assemblage holds. An intriguing first offering for a new company.
TASTE: B+
DRAW: B+
BURN: B
BUILD: B
FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
PS: I smoked one previously. Same experience there, sans burn issue.
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