BLEND: Devil Crab
WRAPPER: Undisclosed
BINDER: Undisclosed
FILLER: Undisclosed
FORMAT: Double Perfecto (41/260) pig-tail
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium
SPICE: 2/5
Black Bread | Goat Leather | Roasted Saccharin
NOTES:
Black bread, made with cocoa & coffee powders. Goat leather on account of texture and patina. The patina is made up, in part, of that roasted chemical sweetness. A wise man once defended Sweet'N Low thusly: "A couple of lab rats get cancer and everyone gets real cunty about it." I use the stuff regularly.
Orange marmalade gets schmeared on said bread after a slab of it gets left a half-bit too long in the toaster. Chicory, black pepper, and a hint of licorice blend in. A short-not-flat profile, and near-vastly wide. Portly seems appropriate given the format. Burns hot and fast. Some obtrusive veinage, too.
Although it does burn even and draw well right out of the gate, a thing not every cigar of this shape can lay claim to. Pacing does slow a tick upon progression. A crack happens in the top-leaf at mid-way, but gets smoked through cleanly. A no frills profile combined with frilly shape equals a fun little thing.
TASTE: B
DRAW: A-
BURN: B+
BUILD: B
FINAL GRADE: B
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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