World domination...

[Guest]

Nice

[IWinchester]

Nice

[Stewmuse]

Country Gentleman (bands courtesy of eBay), 6.5 x50. Honduran, Nicaraguan and Dominican filler with Dom binder and Ecuadoran wrapper.

[Zedman05]

Wow, I wish I could continue this blending too, but it is just so hard to get that leaf across. I am supremely jealous.

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[Stewmuse]

Wow, I wish I could continue this blending too, but it is just so hard to get that leaf across. I am supremely jealous.

Cigar F^iend

I was wondering how you were coming along with that, Zed...

[Zedman05]

Horribly. I am lazy and having very limited access, I am bummed. So I sort of stopped rolling as I ran out of some leaf that I liked a lot. That Ec Conn leaf was amazing imo.

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[Stewmuse]

Did I hear someone say "maduro?"

wholeleaftobacco.com is now carrying an Ecuadoran shade maduro. This is a pretty thick, and moderately veiny, leaf that feels somewhere between "fuzzy" and "velvety" when hydrated. It has a fabulous, chocolatey aroma in the bag and keeps some of that when applied to a cigar. I just tried it on one blend (Nicaraguan, see below) and was pleased with the flavor. I'm guessing that I'll like it more on Dominican sticks and ones with broadleaf filler. We shall see...

[IWinchester]

O snap! Sounds delicious

[Stewmuse]

Maduro wrapped cigars using the oldest casa trompeta blend of Dominican seco and ligero, plus Nicaraguan viso.

[Stewmuse]

On Sunday, In my "big box of tobacco love" I found about a 1/4lb. or so of Peruvian seco that I bought in 2012 and haven't touched in a couple of years+. Decided to to just roll a couple of quick smokes with it to try that afternoon. Added some Connecticut broadleaf to it and rolled the leaves in a Nicaraguan binder. Smoked them about an hour later and found them to be quite pleasant, even without a wrapper (I did put a cap on them, tho) so... this short lived, very limited "release" is now known as "Rough Cuts," as without a nice wrapper leaf they are decidedly unfinished in appearance. I even thought about leaving the foot all shaggy and uneven, until I saw how quickly that that just makes a mess on the floor. Depending on how many sticks I can get out of the limited Peruvian leaf, I may try adding a wrapper variety or two, but maybe not. Viva cigars!