FireRunner
03-24-2015, 03:22 PM
I have an interest story new smokers may find interesting and perhaps useful.
A lot of people smoke only the brands they enjoy or are accustomed to. I'm one of them. My humidors total between 300 to 400 cigars at any time. 80% of the sticks are from four major brands: Oliva, My Father (Garcia Family), Padron, Tatuaje (Pete Johnson's company, but all his sticks are blended and made by My Father). The other 20% are random. Needless to say I enjoy everything blended and made by My Father. The flavors just fit my palate well.
Over the years my palate knows what it likes and what brands it doesn't like. Even brands which are widely popular such as Alec Bradley, Ashton, Perdomo, and LP. I've smoked them all and even tried to like them, but in the end my palate didn't care for them. So, that's why four brands take up 80% of my humidors.
As I listed above I don't care for Ashton cigars. The only one I somewhat enjoy is the new Symmetry (however it's way over priced). So, for the longest time I never smoked Ashton or their sister company San Cristobal. Well, two weeks ago I looked into the "community humidor" at my office and saw a San Cristobal cigar - Elegencia. I assume it was placed by my brother or someone else in the office who smokes. I was in the mood for a light cigar and it's easy see this was a Connecticut.
I smoked it later on and the flavors blew me away. I was amazed at the complex flavors coming out of this Connecticut cigar. And, I don't Ashton! So, I keep smoking it and the more I was loving this San Cristobal Elegencia. My brain was telling me how can I like this Ashton cigar, but my palate was telling me how amazing this smoked.
Later on I bought two more Elegencias to try. Both tasted the same as the first one. I thought to myself, "Well, this is going to replace my Oliva Connecticut". I finally Googled "San Cristobal Elegencia" and come to find out it's actually blended and manufactured by My Father! A company in which I smoke almost every line of their cigars.
To learn this made me laugh because I love My Father cigars and it just happens the only Ashton cigar I really enjoy ended up being blended and made my My Father. I guess the moral of the story is trust your palate instead of the label on the cigar, because you never know who really blends or makes it :)
A lot of people smoke only the brands they enjoy or are accustomed to. I'm one of them. My humidors total between 300 to 400 cigars at any time. 80% of the sticks are from four major brands: Oliva, My Father (Garcia Family), Padron, Tatuaje (Pete Johnson's company, but all his sticks are blended and made by My Father). The other 20% are random. Needless to say I enjoy everything blended and made by My Father. The flavors just fit my palate well.
Over the years my palate knows what it likes and what brands it doesn't like. Even brands which are widely popular such as Alec Bradley, Ashton, Perdomo, and LP. I've smoked them all and even tried to like them, but in the end my palate didn't care for them. So, that's why four brands take up 80% of my humidors.
As I listed above I don't care for Ashton cigars. The only one I somewhat enjoy is the new Symmetry (however it's way over priced). So, for the longest time I never smoked Ashton or their sister company San Cristobal. Well, two weeks ago I looked into the "community humidor" at my office and saw a San Cristobal cigar - Elegencia. I assume it was placed by my brother or someone else in the office who smokes. I was in the mood for a light cigar and it's easy see this was a Connecticut.
I smoked it later on and the flavors blew me away. I was amazed at the complex flavors coming out of this Connecticut cigar. And, I don't Ashton! So, I keep smoking it and the more I was loving this San Cristobal Elegencia. My brain was telling me how can I like this Ashton cigar, but my palate was telling me how amazing this smoked.
Later on I bought two more Elegencias to try. Both tasted the same as the first one. I thought to myself, "Well, this is going to replace my Oliva Connecticut". I finally Googled "San Cristobal Elegencia" and come to find out it's actually blended and manufactured by My Father! A company in which I smoke almost every line of their cigars.
To learn this made me laugh because I love My Father cigars and it just happens the only Ashton cigar I really enjoy ended up being blended and made my My Father. I guess the moral of the story is trust your palate instead of the label on the cigar, because you never know who really blends or makes it :)