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Another thing I would recommend that you do is once you find a line you like, try different sizes within that brand. Smoke an occasional torpedo, lancero or petit corona in addition to the robustos and toros that you find in most samplers. When I first began, I went for a year or so smoking only toros and robustos because those were what was offered in most sales and samplers at CI, before I realized that my preferences actually run to the smaller, thinner smokes like coronas and lanceros. Trying brands that you know you like vertically will give you a feel for how the vitola (shape and size) of the cigar effects the taste/burn etc.