Glass Humidors – Looking for a great tasting cigar, not overwhelming, not super expensive?
Looking for a great tasting cigar, not overwhelming, not super expensive?
I'm a “beginner” and I would like to buy some flavorful cigars. If anyone can recommend any flavored cigars, like the kaluahs or something of that matter, i'd appreciate that as well. I did have a rum flavored cigar at one time, it was great, too. Also, if you can recommend a brandy or whiskey that goes along with it, I'd be most gratefull.
How addicting are cigars?
From my experience as an occasional cigar smoker I can tell you that I don't find them addicting in the sense of a chemical addiction (or perhaps the chemical addiction is so good it has me fooled). Keep in mind that when I say cigar I mean a real cigar, a handmade, natural cigar, not sold in packs or otherwise machine processed. Anything machine produced is more like a big cigarette in my opinion. I also simply hold the smoke in my mouth, since the point of a cigar is to get the flavors / aromas from the tabacco and the way it was aged.
There was a period of time when I smoked at least one cigar a day for about 4 months. I didn't feel compelled to smoke to satisfy a craving, but moreover I enjoyed the company and conversation that came from sitting down and enjoying a fine cigar over 1-2 hours of “smoke-time”.
Now I smoke maybe one a month and still enjoy it very much, but I don't feel the need to smoke more, nor do I care if I go 2 months between smokes. I don't feel the nicotine “rush” that you get from cigarettes, I just feel relaxed and contemplative when I smoke.
It's my belief that cigars, like liquor, beer or wine, are simply other food “groups” to be enjoyed and indulged in. Just like you wouldn't normally eat an entire chocolate cake in one setting, I wouldn't normally drink or smoke to excess. On occasion I do, but for the most part I find that single slice of cake, a fine cigar, glass of wine, beer, liquor, to be just enough to satisfy me. I wish more people shared in this attitude of responsible enjoyment of these substances.
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