Last week during my golf league I had a Hoyo De Monterrey Excalibur Epicure Maduro (an old favorite) and a Gran Habano #5 Robusto (a new favorite) and it was one of the best one two punches of cigars I have had in a long time. Wonderful construction, beautiful burn in a 40 mph wind, rich, full bodied, full flavor delights. Which got me to thinking about Honduran cigars and why I like them so much.
After a year and a half of playing at CS I'm back to where I started. I have tried a lot of cigars I haven't had before. I have amassed a collection I wouldn't have believed when I started. After all of this the style I started with is still the style I like best. I just love full flavored, full bodied, medium vitamin N Honduran cigars in Dark Sumatran, Maduro and [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Corojo wrappers[/FONT].
I appreciate the finesse of Dominicans. I occasionally like the spicy bang of Nicaraguans. There is definitely something to be said for the Twang of Cubans. My thing about Hondurans is they just taste and feel lush to me. There is a very satisfying cigarness to them that often eludes me with other regions.
Due to circumstances I can't really be a sipper of cigars right now. Time is a luxury. I know a lot of the OG's don't believe in that statement. For me it's true. I have to grab them when I can often when something else is going on. Someday that might change but it'll probably be awhile. Hondurans satisfy me even when I can't give them the attention they deserve.
Hondurans have not changed much since I first picked one up over 20 years ago. The industry has changed a lot. There are a lot of new wrappers. The boundary on strength and spiciness seems much farther out than it used to be. Back in the day I was a strong cigar smoker and now I am more a medium to strong cigar smoker and I'm smoking the same cigars.
I'm not saying Hondurans are better. I'm just saying they are what I really enjoy right now. Perhaps like comfort food they are my comfort cigar. Here on CS it seems the Cubans (of course) and the Nicaraguan cigars are the stars and the Hondurans are red headed step child. (no offense to any red headed step children.) So I wanted to put out a little love to the rich, full, unsubtle, but not brash Honduran cigar.
After a year and a half of playing at CS I'm back to where I started. I have tried a lot of cigars I haven't had before. I have amassed a collection I wouldn't have believed when I started. After all of this the style I started with is still the style I like best. I just love full flavored, full bodied, medium vitamin N Honduran cigars in Dark Sumatran, Maduro and [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Corojo wrappers[/FONT].
I appreciate the finesse of Dominicans. I occasionally like the spicy bang of Nicaraguans. There is definitely something to be said for the Twang of Cubans. My thing about Hondurans is they just taste and feel lush to me. There is a very satisfying cigarness to them that often eludes me with other regions.
Due to circumstances I can't really be a sipper of cigars right now. Time is a luxury. I know a lot of the OG's don't believe in that statement. For me it's true. I have to grab them when I can often when something else is going on. Someday that might change but it'll probably be awhile. Hondurans satisfy me even when I can't give them the attention they deserve.
Hondurans have not changed much since I first picked one up over 20 years ago. The industry has changed a lot. There are a lot of new wrappers. The boundary on strength and spiciness seems much farther out than it used to be. Back in the day I was a strong cigar smoker and now I am more a medium to strong cigar smoker and I'm smoking the same cigars.
I'm not saying Hondurans are better. I'm just saying they are what I really enjoy right now. Perhaps like comfort food they are my comfort cigar. Here on CS it seems the Cubans (of course) and the Nicaraguan cigars are the stars and the Hondurans are red headed step child. (no offense to any red headed step children.) So I wanted to put out a little love to the rich, full, unsubtle, but not brash Honduran cigar.