[1/2 of review]


Mostly maduro-y goodness at first. It's dark, charry, and reminded of the taste of the finely grounded coffee bean "dust" that collects on the bottom of a cuppa joe or cold brew. It's not heavy, but the maduro is very present.

Near, maybe an inch in, I noticed the gradual shift from the maduro-centered taste to emerging flavors while the maduro moves closer to the background. It didn't happen within a puff or two, and was pretty cool to taste the shift progress.

All while this was happening there was something I could not put my finger on with what I thought was a draw issue. I kept puffing away and disregarded it. I had to look up a review to help me determine what it was. There's four words in the below review thay describe it perfectly - "bit thin in body". Overall this review is a great reference:

https://halfwheel.com/cle-azabache-5-x-50/114483/

I earlier described this cigar as "odd" to a fellow Bum. I literally could not tell how much "smoke" was inhaled, because there's no real taste immediately off the inhale, and I couldn't tell the volume of "smoke" within my mouth. It was kinda strange, and a definite first for me.20201113_152001.jpg20201113_153953.jpg