I thought it would be fun to start a thread for those who have smoked NCs and CCs back to back to rate which one was the better smoke.
For me, tonight was an NC Tatuaje Sir Winston Reserva for the Win, over a CC Romeo y Julieta Mille Fleurs.
:-)
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Clayton, I love this idea! This should be a great thread. I haven't thought about it much, but I often smoke the two back to back.
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What a great idea, this will be an interesting thread to follow along with.
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Clayton, this is an interesting idea. But is it fair to pair up an $12 Tatuaje Reserva, with a $3 mille fleur?

Perhaps try the Tatuaje vs a CC of similar value and/or rareness.
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Put up a Tat Sir Winston vs a real Upman Sir Winston, no comparison.
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:-)

Not a good comparison by the OP since it involves a premium NC Tat v. a very relatively low end CC.

However, didn't see any rules so I guess anything goes.
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When I first read the title I thought to myself... "not another one of these!"

Cool idea and interesting as well. Gotta be careful that the first one smoked is not too strong as it may kill your tastes for the second stick involved.
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Hard to compare either way. One has duties and the other .....


Is it truly a $3 Partagas?
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No, I believe it's a Romeo y Julieta



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Oops. RyJ then. Question still stands
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I smoked an '08 RASS and an LGC Series R Natural Robusto, and it was a tie.
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I don't know. And from what I have been told and gather we are not to discuss CC pricing on CA. :-)

But I think this thread will get a lot of biased comments one way or the other on the OP's subject. I am going to guess he meant this to be fun and not a scientific or comprehensive testing of NC vs CC.
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Ok then. Why dont you ask the person that first brought up cost/value?

All I am saying is compare apples to apples. Either subtract the duties from the NCs or add "imaginary" duties to CCs (which is not the good way), then compare.
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I wanted to say the same thing but my version wasn't as nice :-) HAL FTW!

Regardless of price, you are comparing a limited reserva release from Tatuaje to a regular production cigar from RyJ. It isn't apples to apples.
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+1

This can totally ruin a good cigar. I always try to avoid this at a HERF.
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This unfortunately happens to me after the 3rd cigar.
I've had to change up my game plans as I usually would leave that special cigar for the end of the herf. I remember one herf I brought a Padron 80th to smoke, and since it was my 4th cigar in a row, I could hardly taste the nuances.
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I don't really think the cost matters at all, and I'm not looking for a scientific experiment of which are better, CC or NC. I've had 3 dollar CCs blow 20 dollar NCs out of the water, and I smoke predominantly CCs, so tonight doesn't really show any bias on my part. The whole point of the exercise is to catalogue the experience. Sometimes the NC will win, sometimes the CC will. I expect the results to vary from day to day with each person, so let's not get too serious about, oh, well that just isn't a fair comparison. Which was the better smoke?
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Great Idea!
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:-)
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It's better not to compare...just enjoy what you smoke.
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If you really wanted to compare, smoke them at the same time and alternate :-)
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