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La Aroma de Cuba

Very smooth, great aftertaste!

La Gloria Cubana

Very burnt taste

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Rocky Patel

Slightly different. Trying dictation instead of notes. Let's see if this works or if I just end up talking in circles. As always, I'm a cigar amateur with a messed up nose. So c'est la vie. Oily wrapper. Smooth with some veins. Smell dark cocoa and sweet. 7mm punch works nicely. Need to get another cutter, can't remember where I set it down last. First third - Creamy tobacco and pepper right away. More pepper and tangy sweetness, fruity maybe but can't quite tell. Thanks to a stiff breeze, the burn is uneven and I keep turning the cigar. Settles out on its own, maybe should have set up on the patio instead of in the backyard. Too late now. Is that a wasp nest? Second third - Ash hung on the while first third. Nice. Smooth and savory now. Pepper is still there, but backed off a lot. More fruit. Cocoa and cedar. Damn this breeze keep burning one side at a time. Touched up once. Aftertaste is generic spices. Wish my nose wasn't half dead. Oh wait that's not wasps that's a carpenter bee. Started getting fresh haybarn on the nose and the pepper is just at the initial draw now. A wheat-y flavor is here and the spice keeps up. I lost the sweet somewhere and nicotine replaced it, at least that's what the little buzz at my forehead says. Last third - Distracted by work. Canoeing is very bad, but that's my fault. Smoking and work, reminds me of my coding days. Anyway, pepper calmed way down. Getting a nice smooth and savory cedar note. There's a lot more going on, but I'll be the first to say my beginner palate can't quite make it out. Nevermind, sweet is back and cleans up the backend nicely. I thought it would well up with nicotine, but no. Well damn, I let it burn out while working. I don't like to relight at the last third so that's it. Definitely gonna get some more of these.