BLEND: Alma del Cielo
WRAPPER: Nicaraguan
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan
FORMAT: "Hexagono" (660) hexagon box-press
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium
SPICE: 2/5
NOTES:
Nougat | Cedar, buttery | White pepper, finely ground
Being shaped sorta like a stop sign is a good bit misleading; because this is an all-go, albeit leisurely, country drive of a smoke. Winding, meandering, unfurling slowly. It's also shaped like a pencil. I'm pretty sure you won't have to worry about it rolling out of your tray and/or rest.
Carpenter pencils are flat so they roll away even less when on tables than do regular pencils. No shape works whatsoever-however on walls. Caramel turns nougat. Cashew butter. Suede. Cardamom. Not super-delineated; bend and bend again structure. Not super-lively. Easy.
The funky press doesn't hold long but the assemblage holds all through. Burns real cool. Real cool. Real slow. Meditative. A staycation of a smoke. All gas no breaks? Hardly. All breaks no gas? Nope. Idling through a countryside, slowly wending up a hill? Sure.
TASTE: A-
DRAW: B+
BURN: A-
BUILD: B+
FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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BLEND: Alma del Cielo
WRAPPER: Nicaraguan
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan
FORMAT: "Celeste" (4 7/8x52) Robusto
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Mild-Medium/Medium
SPICE: 1.5/5
NOTES:
White chocolate | Caramel | Hay, golden
More pedestrian than motorist, this. A pleasant enough thing that does nothing wrong and would pair well with lighter beverages or conversations. Could easily accidentally roll off a table if not kept an eye on.
TASTE: B+
DRAW: A-
BURN: B+
BUILD: A-
FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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