Los Caidos Blue (Torpedo)

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Intro / Pre-Smoke Judgement:

Seen these guys lately at the local B&M, and liked the 80s kinda vibe and simpleness of the wrapper. Los Caidos did an event recently at Emerson's, but at a further location, in a different city. The flyer said the owner or creator worked at Emerson's, and I believe started his tobacco career there. Didn't get a chance to go, but the story peaked my interest in the brand, and I told myself to check em' out.

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1/2:

•Lots of pepper at first, but drops around 1/2 inch in
•Complex kinda flavor
•Good melding off the bat
•Smooth
•Medium body
•Great tobacco flavor
•Purist-esque
•Soft bite lingering on the residual
•Slight hint of caramel on a slow retrohale

2/2:

•Still pretty solid at Medium
•Still very much a purist kinda flavor
•Pepper comes back on the retrohale
•Still kinda complex flavor that is very smooth, and enjoyable
•There's something I cannot put my finger on, and I like it, but cannot discern it
•There's a velvetiness and softness to the smoke and flavors
•Residual is like clean tobacco, still with a lingering bite, and becomes a tad nutty around 2 inches from the nub
•A nice juxtaposing of pepper and brulee around 2-3 inches from the cut
•Construction isn't the best, looks like there's a randok patch (see last pic), but overall doesn't affect anything I can tell

Trial By Smoke Judgement:

Overall a very enjoyable smoke. I became more of a fan the further I smoked into the Blue. Pricepoint wise, it was around $10, LC gives $1 to 9/11 victims, so really the price is sub $10. It's hard for me to justify the pricepoint for this stick, and a lot of thoughts come to mind that makes me ultimately rationalize and justify the price. I could rant on those thoughts, but will reserve them, unless my bums really want to know. I am going to buy another Blue sometime, and possibly somewhat soon, and also want to check out the Red line. The LC Blue is definitely recommended to my bums.