Cuba Aliados Miami Limited Edition (Lancero)

**chain_gang** · 04-24-2021, 09:27 AM

1/3:

Bold, cloudy and chalky medium to medium-plus body. Peppery - maybe a mixture of white and black pepper. Overall it seemed like a budget smoke, because there's nothing really defined in the body.

2/3:

Still nice and peppery. The cloudy body starts to become more clear and a nice transition occurs. Seemed like more a rustic, hearty, and dry tobacco taste.

Tad bit of leather tucked in, and mostly noticeable on the beginning of the retrohale. After the beginning, the pepper probably masks it.

3/3:

Cloudy body becomes even more clear, and defines the tobacco a bit more with the same above attributes.

Pepper may have been red pepper the whole time, or it may have transitioned towards red pepper. Tomato paste popped in my mind (damn that flavor wheel!).

Really enjoyed this portion (and the pic below is proof!).

Construction:

Very nice burn and draw throughout. Had to touch-up a couple times near the end, but no biggie.

Judgement:

Overall a very nice stick. Started good but similar to other budget smokes (lower quality - but that's expected), but it broke out of that "expected" zone for me. I'd say it's one of the best budget sticks I've had, and I'd more-than-happily smoke this stick again. Wish this was a Cigarbid offering, but I'll keep the brand in mind when I'm looking for higher quality budget sticks. Recommended.

@josh lucky 13

Thanks again for this smoke! Might need you to set one aside for a future MAW if you have some spares, man! Nubbed that son'ova-bitch down to almost nothing!