[JackSchwartz]

The one and only time I have ever felt like I was going to puke, pass out or crap my self while smoking a cigar was when I smoked five of these back to back to back to back to back. I was on a visit to Camacho's farm in Honduras and Christian was still kind of experimenting with the blends for the Triple Maduro. He has us all sit down and he places five dark cigars in front of us. I probably wasn't paying attention so I didn't know we would be smoking them all in a row like that.

I smoked the first three down to the nub before I realized Christian wanted tasting notes on all five cigars (oh, that's what the pen and paper are all about). Everyone is pretty much done because they've only smoked through about a third of each cigar. I got two cigars left to smoke and now everyone is kind of staring at me. I'm not sure if it's because it looks like I'm about to die or because they're looking at three nubbed Triple Maduros sitting in front of me. So I power through 1/3 of the fourth cigar and now I'm about ready to puke. Now the crew is waiting for me to complete my notes on the last cigar so we can head back to the ranch for food and cocktails. I'm holding everyone up and I'm not sure if I can smoke this last one. Luckily, someone had gone down the street and got some Coke's. I washed my first four Triple Maduros down and lit up #5. I could barely hold the friggin pen but I got my tasting notes done and lived to tell the tale.

I bet you I smoked at least eight more cigars (the next day) after those five Triple Maduros, I couldn't tell you what any of them tasted like. I think my palate was shot for the next month.

Great review, by the way. Your description of the flavor profile is spot on in my opinion.

Thanks,
Eric