Just wondering if anyone has tried the #9 cigarillos that drew estate came out with? $25 for a 10 pack so that is almost $3 per cigarillo, hoping that means that quality is going to be good. Supposedly my order is coming in the mail today so I'll let you all know what I think later.
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Definitely interested myself, but haven't picked up any yet.
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Got em, but won't be smoking until later tonight. Smells a little floral, heck almost like fresh tea. Smelling the foot though I almost get a hint of cocoa.
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So I'm not any cigar review buff so I'll keep this pretty simple. The cigar before lighting smells almost like fresh tea, and the foot gives off a light smell of cocoa. I personally tasted a lot of cocoa and coffee while I was smoking it, with strong (for me) pepper on the retrohale. Only thing I didn't enjoy is that the final third eventually just ended up tasting like ash, and finished sort of unpleasant for me. Would still buy again tho.

Edit: Forgot to mention that for a tiny smoke she really gave off a voluminous amount of smoke.
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What’s the smoke time of these
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Totally dependent on whether you're a fast smoker, a slow smoker, a somewhere in between smoker. There is no standard smoking time for it.
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Try to purge one next time! A purge will allow the tars that build up to be burnt off and some of the flavors to flow through. I do a purge sometimes "just because", and the flavor then become astounding.

If you are not familiar with what a purge is, it is simply blowing through the cigar (fairly firmly) and letting it be for about a minute.

Just my :-).

Peace of the Lord be with you.
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I've had some of these, they're pretty good. I have a tin of the T-52's I'm gonna break into soon enough.
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I didn't care for these. Lots of smoke, but too ashy and harsh in flavor. I'll stick to the bigger ring gauges.
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