Cool Breeze
11-30-2015, 08:23 PM
Well my office manager was visiting Honduras for the Thanksgiving holiday to be with her daughter who is teaching English at a school there.
She brings back little knick knacks for everyone then turns to me (the only male support staff in the office) and says, "I didn't figure you would like figurines so I got you a couple of cigars."
Turns out they were at this indoor market and there are locals there rolling cigars and selling them. They are dirt cheap so she grabbed a couple for me. They are very very rough looking and obviously hand rolled (by someone who may or may not know what they're doing). The caps look great though so maybe they are supposed to look rough, I dunno. They're a light pack and have a soft spongy give to them.
The smell is what I'm excited about. They smell like you buried them in a barn for a few days. A wonderful aroma of dirt and sweet manure, which tells me the flavor has a very good chance of being great. I told her I will let them sit in the humidor for a week or so and let them acclimate and tell her what they're like. I'll tell her they're good not matter what because it was very thoughtful, but I'm expecting they'll taste good.
Anyway, has anyone had anything like these when travelling abroad? If so, what were they like?
http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac223/prgann/Honduran%20Cigars_zpsevl19liy.jpg (http://s902.photobucket.com/user/prgann/media/Honduran%20Cigars_zpsevl19liy.jpg.html)
She brings back little knick knacks for everyone then turns to me (the only male support staff in the office) and says, "I didn't figure you would like figurines so I got you a couple of cigars."
Turns out they were at this indoor market and there are locals there rolling cigars and selling them. They are dirt cheap so she grabbed a couple for me. They are very very rough looking and obviously hand rolled (by someone who may or may not know what they're doing). The caps look great though so maybe they are supposed to look rough, I dunno. They're a light pack and have a soft spongy give to them.
The smell is what I'm excited about. They smell like you buried them in a barn for a few days. A wonderful aroma of dirt and sweet manure, which tells me the flavor has a very good chance of being great. I told her I will let them sit in the humidor for a week or so and let them acclimate and tell her what they're like. I'll tell her they're good not matter what because it was very thoughtful, but I'm expecting they'll taste good.
Anyway, has anyone had anything like these when travelling abroad? If so, what were they like?
http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac223/prgann/Honduran%20Cigars_zpsevl19liy.jpg (http://s902.photobucket.com/user/prgann/media/Honduran%20Cigars_zpsevl19liy.jpg.html)