Camaroon!

So I've been reading the book: The Ultimate Cigar Book by Richard Carlton Hacker (anyone else read this?)

As I recall, the Camaroon wrappers are supposed to pack a pretty good punch. So today I tried a CAO Camaroon. It was pretty good! Smooth, creamy with a little spice kick on the finish. However, while the flavor was fairly mild it did pack a pretty good wallop! A good cigar overall. Something I'll look for as a on-off here and there, not a box purchase for me though.

Anyone else out there have experience with these? What's your experience?

Edited to add: Overall the cigar was very well made. The burn was perfect and it lasted a very long time - 2.5 hours.

Cheers!
-Ed

I dig the cameroon wrapper - it has a certain sweetness to it. I use it for some of my RYOs. It's rather delicate to work with, but wraps very smooth, with its relatively tiny veins.

Until I joined the Church of the Immaculate Corojo, Cameroon wrappers were my favorite. Still love them, in fact.

The one thing (other than they are awesome) that I would say about Cameroon wrappers is that they are indeed delicate. Robust puffing will result in them splitting. They also like lower RH storage. Burning them "wet" will just about guarantee a split wrapper as quick as a heavy draw will.

Dry box them a bit before lighting them up, and take your time even more than you might with other wrappers and they are sublime.

IIRC the Fuente Hemingway series in Natural are all Cameroon wrappers and I love them!

Fuente Hemingway is my favorite, but the Nub Cameroon is good too.

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That CAO Cameroon was my second ever cigar and the one that got me hooked. Since then I've always liked Cameroon wrappers. The NUB is a favorite and was a box worthy purchase for me!

Reading Cardinal post above,realised that I'd forgotten the Hemingways were Camaroon wrapped. In the past I'd smoked a goodly number of Camaroon wrapped cigars , so favourite at the time.
As I recalled some of those were likely Olivas, G series maybe. the Latitude zero experimental line have a nicer quality Camaroon wrapper, good value for $ spent there and one that's seldom mentioned.

N. C. Partagas utilize Camaroon wrappers too. They are very easy to like :wavey:

I never thought Cameroon was in any way full bodied, but it was one of the tobaccos that is so distinct in character. I remember in the early 2000's, Oliva had the Grand Cameroons that really showcased the flavor of that leaf really well, and was a bargain to boot. I can't recall smoking any recent Cameroon featured cigars, but remember the CAO Cameroon and the Torano 1916 as sticks that stick out as being hallmarks of the distinctive Cameroon flavor...

I really love Camerons, they really are the best name you could ever give your kid. Camerons tend to be smooth, and well worth getting to know well.

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Oh, CamerOOn! I haven't tried one of those yet. I've been resting a few of those :)

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