Today was a nice day outside so Mark (borndead1) came over to sit on my porch and burn a few sticks. I picked up these TAA 2005's from a member here on CS.
We did a puff and pass to compare the two sticks. Both had great construction and showed excellent craftmanship in their caps and feet.
I started off with the DCM and Mark with the Opus. The Opus & DCM were wonderful from begining to end.
The DCM had this wicked nose exhale. It was the same as eating horse radish sauce- a firey hell in your sinuses and I loved it! It was not the burn in your nostrals like you get from sticks that are too young. I nose exhaled every puff and eventually I think I burned all of my nose hairs out. The Opus for me was a bit milder through the nose. About halfway through the DCM got really spicy on my tongue. I was kind of curious if these two sticks had the same filler and only have different wrappers? The Opus was very smooth and the DCM was very up in your face.
Both had pure white flaky ashes.
(DCM)
(OPUS)
In the end these were both fantastic sticks. If I could buy a full box of each, I would do my best to afford it. If you ever get the chance to try one of these, I highly recommend trying them. :tu:tu
Mark, if you read this give a little input on your experience if you would.
We did a puff and pass to compare the two sticks. Both had great construction and showed excellent craftmanship in their caps and feet.
I started off with the DCM and Mark with the Opus. The Opus & DCM were wonderful from begining to end.
The DCM had this wicked nose exhale. It was the same as eating horse radish sauce- a firey hell in your sinuses and I loved it! It was not the burn in your nostrals like you get from sticks that are too young. I nose exhaled every puff and eventually I think I burned all of my nose hairs out. The Opus for me was a bit milder through the nose. About halfway through the DCM got really spicy on my tongue. I was kind of curious if these two sticks had the same filler and only have different wrappers? The Opus was very smooth and the DCM was very up in your face.
Both had pure white flaky ashes.
(DCM)
(OPUS)
In the end these were both fantastic sticks. If I could buy a full box of each, I would do my best to afford it. If you ever get the chance to try one of these, I highly recommend trying them. :tu:tu
Mark, if you read this give a little input on your experience if you would.