In September I purchased five CAO America Potomacs. The first one I smoked pretty much echoed the initial reviews I have seen on the Americas. I decided to put them in my cooler and let them rest. I even separated them and placed a couple in different boxes with other cigars. When I smoked one in October it showed improvement. I had one in November and another in December and they were both decent smokes with more flavor than the first one.
Yesterday (to celebrate LSU beating Ohio) I pulled out my last America that had been "resting" in a box of MX2s. To be honest, I had to look at it a time or two after lighting to make sure I was smoking the America. It was greatly improved. The draw was easy throughout the smoke, it had plenty of smoke, it burned evenly all the way down to the nub and it had a wonderful flavor that made me wonder why I wasn't smoking more of them.
But as I put the nub down, I remembered what it was like initially, how much it cost and how long I had to let it sit before it reached this level of pleasure.
It left me undecided whether I will ever buy any more of them...
Yesterday (to celebrate LSU beating Ohio) I pulled out my last America that had been "resting" in a box of MX2s. To be honest, I had to look at it a time or two after lighting to make sure I was smoking the America. It was greatly improved. The draw was easy throughout the smoke, it had plenty of smoke, it burned evenly all the way down to the nub and it had a wonderful flavor that made me wonder why I wasn't smoking more of them.
But as I put the nub down, I remembered what it was like initially, how much it cost and how long I had to let it sit before it reached this level of pleasure.
It left me undecided whether I will ever buy any more of them...