BLEND: Buenaventura Maduro
WRAPPER: Mexican San Andres
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan
FORMAT: 5.25x50 soft-press
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium
SPICE: 2/5
NOTES:
Toasted cream, peppered. Hickory-chicory. Some sharpness, a purposeful fastball up-under the chin. Very broad profile with some hollowness. Leathery-salty bits. Mixed nutshells. Simple, balanced. Conservative.
Draws a tick loose. Bit of an awkward, dark and airy-ashed burn. Looks respectable, perhaps toward rustic. I was at a department store and took note of a guy. This guy stood out among the others who wore man-sized kids clothes over their heavily tatted fat backs. Snapbacks. The weird big beards.
This one guy wasn't stylin' nor was he profilin'; he maybe was a bit work-worn. World-weary, even. But he wore grey-black jeans, a black jacket, black shoes, and a plain white T. He had a plain dark cap on his head. He was of a slim to regular build. Stubble-shaven. This smoke reminds me of that guy.
Shop early in the day, my friends. The weirds come out at noon-ish to stay. Smoke this one at breakfast with a coffee you brewed at home, nothing fancy.
TASTE: B+
DRAW: B+
BURN: B+
BUILD: B+
FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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