Tatuaje Nuevitas Jibaro No. 2 (Toro)

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Intro:

Early mornin' smoke, and probably the earliest for me. Got some online work to do, and it will be mindlessly boring. Figured I sit here with our good friend, Ol' Petey.

Pre-Smoke Judgement:

Been wanting to try the Nuevitas line, but been hesistant since I was told it's a mild-plus to medium kinda smoke. I'm thinkin' it will be a good morning cigar.

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Kinda different from my other reviews, as this will just be a collection of notes I typed while reading and taking a course online:

1/2:

•Mild-plus
•Oranges or citrus
•Maybe cinnamon
•Nice tobacco flavor
•Very loose draw
•Nice white ash and clean burn line
•Clean residual, with a bit of tobacco

2/2:

•More spice noticed
•Citrus still in background, but not as noticeable
•Medium now
•Hint of orange peel on the residual
•Kinda herbal
•Draw becomes much better around 3/3
•Made me think of a taste reminiscent to a combo of Drambuie, spiced rum, and a Hot Toddy - spice/herbal wise, minus the honey.
•Purged a couple times - once above and once below the band, due to a drop in flavor

Trial By Smoke Judgement:

It was OK. Flavor-wise it was pretty good for what it was. The draw was super annoying, and I would have enjoyed it much more, had it not been so loose. I'm not a Toro guy, and would've rather had the No.1 (Robusto), but the No.2 was all the B&M carried. Pricepoint wise, I think it was around $8-10, CI says $9; and I'm more on the side of my mind that says I wouldn't buy it again for that cost. I will give the No.1 a shot, but only if I can find a better deal. It is recommended to smoke, but would advise against purchasing at the MSRP.