Smoke-N-Spirits

“Evening Smoke”

I had the pleasure of sitting down at one of my favorite coffee shops this afternoon to enjoy a little Coffee and Cigar break with one of my good friends. It was a slightly cool day in La Mesa but I braved the 65° January weather to enjoy this tasty smoke . If you’re new to cigars stay away from the Apocalypse, it’s a beast measuring a whopping 6.0 x 58 and it’s very rich. It’s enough to turn any nubee green. However if your new to the cigar world and you want to try a dark robust cigar I would recommend trying the Series “A” Artisan.

If I was to choose one word to describe the Series “A” it would be creamy. The sucker starts smooth and it remains velvety smooth down to the nub. It had hints of mocha and very rich BIG mouthfuls of smoke. The Archetype isn’t spicy at all yet remains very robust and very satisfying. Your going to need about an hour to really enjoy this dark Maduro gem.

The “A” Series comes wrapped in a cedar strip and I have found the manufacturing to be very consistent from Cigar to Cigar. This particular stick burned a little inconsistently at first but evened out on it’s own about half way down. The dark Maduro wrapper was very solid with a nice almost oily feel, it did however have some blemishes and large veins in the tobacco leaf. This cigar paired fabulously with black  coffee!

As with the last cigar I reviewed I bought these from Cigar International’s JoeCigar site $29.99 for 10 sticks. (I wish I had bought 20 sticks!)

OVERALL RATING: 87

Appearance and Construction: 13

Flavor: 24

Smoking Characteristics: 21

Overall Impression: 29

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