I started sticks again last summer after years of near total hiatus. I was initially enjoying what we would all class as mild smokes. However, I seemed to quickly develop a craving for more and more 'oomph', with whatever you'd attribute it too. Maduro wraps, ligero-heavy blends, whatever... In the past couple of weeks, I've hit some of what I really feel are strong sticks....too strong for me to enjoy.

My co-workers who smoke toss each other sticks from time to time. One of the guys is an avowed mild-to-medium consumer, and man...I'm really appreciating some of these smooth, subtle blends. He's a CI-loyalist, & I'm talking about EO21, Indios Puros, Fighting Cock, and Arganese as examples.

Well, this a/m, I tested for absolute proof of this. I pulled out one of the very first sticks I bought last summer. What I had now considered too mild, and boring. I am halfway into this toro right now, a cheapie JC Newman, Don Seville. Enjoying the heck out of it, and glad I didn't give them all away.

Is this where I may have settle-in? Or could the reverse happen to me once again?