BLEND: Nicaragua
WRAPPER: Broadleaf
BINDER: Mexican
FILLER: Nicaraguan
FORMAT: Robusto (554)
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium/Medium-full
SPICE: 2.5/5
NOTES:
Scorched Hickory | Cordial Cherries | Hazelnut Latte
Pretty straight-forward here. Add in a bit of black pepper and manure. All held rather tightly together on a frozen rope of a line drive back up the middle. Now add some black tea. A sturdy dependable smoke, a good hand. No fancy stuff, decent doses of solid stuff. Anise. Underplayed, not sedate.
Razor-thin burn-line; tick of a wave to it. Grows an excellent long sheath of white ash. Draws well. Big smoke out-put smells like oatmeal raisin cookies. Seams are a bit uneven and there's puckering around some veins. Add a slight vegetal saltiness. Subtle underneaths with overt near blatant up-tops.
TASTE: A-
DRAW: B+
BURN: B+
BUILD: B+
FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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