Rocky Patel Catch 22 (Rothschild)

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1/3:

Prunes, then juicy prunes (and I farted after typing that last 'prunes' - they may already be running their course, my Bums...to my bum)

Bit of light-med roast coffee

Slight prune residual during initial puffs, then a nice light coffee

Slight white pepper - just a bitty tingle on the retrohale

Dark chocolate nearing the end of the 1/3

Nice construction, burn and pull.

2/3:

Coffee and cocoa residual uptick, approaching more med-dark roast

Meld becomes med-dark roast and cocoa heavy

Slight prune on the beginning of a SLOW retrohale

Burn line is funky

Palate is becoming more dark and the good kind of bitter, and is coated

3/3:

Coffee close to dark roast with bitter cocoa and that's the entire flavor now.

Tossed around the 1.5 inch mark. Only tasted dark roast coffee, and the palate needed a break.

Judgement:

Pretty interesting for a $1 Cbid stick. Smoked above that price. Gonna have to smoke another to see if the 3/3 becomes somewhat of a palate killer like this one. Other than the 3/3, it was probably one of the best RP and $1 Cbid sticks I've smoked. Loved the prunes and the transition towards becoming stronger and stronger coffee. Quite possibly another $1 gem.

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I have not had one in a while but it was enjoyable from what I remembered. I actually sat down with a Rocky Flor De San Andres Black label tonight.