Love of small cigars

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by gvarsity

I remember someone talking about cutting a fundadore in half and I about cried. I'm not that desperate for shorter time but small rg is good and short length is also good. Who knew?

I didn't mean to make you cry. Sorry about that

Originally Posted by gvarsity

One of my favorites was a ERDM petite corona from 91' that was given to me as a gift. Sweet and tasty and lasted around 20 minutes carefully sipping.

Wow, 20 min for a PC? You really smoked the crap outta that thing.

The Cohiba black pequenoes are getting to be my regular cigars. When I'm in my local B&M I still like the bigger rg sticks but the pequenoes are becoming my regular smoke. They are like CRACK to me.

[Boobar]

When I first started I smoked robusto size stogies. I switched from that to corona's and petite coronas. Now I find myself going mostly for a 46 to 50 RG cigar. I mostly keep in my humi corona gordas, robustos and toros in the 46 to 50 RG range.

[Lucky_Hippo]

As soon as I get my humi filled with "perfect sized/profie" cigars I end up looking for "change of pace" smokes and it starts all over again.

As the weather gets colder, I find myself reaching for smaller sticks though.

Very interesting idea...

Used to be only the small ones in public for me. Exquisito, pequenos, corona, 45 rg was my absolute limit! Of course in private it was all robusto all the time...

Now it depends on what I'm wanting to experience at the moment and the time to enjoy it.

I have absolutely no qualms over pulling out and thoroughly enjoying in front of anyone a tiny pencil thin work of art OR a 64+ monster.

But I must say, taking a larger rg stick into my mouth gets my attention more. Just because of the size, I mean. Parting my lips for a corona is like getting ready to pop some peanut M&M's. No special effort required. But the luscious big ones, uh... the phrase "relax and open wide" comes to mind. And I find myself actually salivating in antici















pation.

Yeah. Like that.

[jquirit]

Hahahahahaa... gotta love Joan. She loves them nubs!

[AriesOpusX]

I try to mix it up although I seem to always fall back to robustos.

[Skywalker]

Originally Posted by Joan

Very interesting idea...

Used to be only the small ones in public for me. Exquisito, pequenos, corona, 45 rg was my absolute limit! Of course in private it was all robusto all the time...

Now it depends on what I'm wanting to experience at the moment and the time to enjoy it.

I have absolutely no qualms over pulling out and thoroughly enjoying in front of anyone a tiny pencil thin work of art OR a 64+ monster.

But I must say, taking a larger rg stick into my mouth gets my attention more. Just because of the size, I mean. Parting my lips for a corona is like getting ready to pop some peanut M&M's. No special effort required. But the luscious big ones, uh... the phrase "relax and open wide" comes to mind. And I find myself actually salivating in anticipation.

Yeah. Like that.

You made me blush!!!

Originally Posted by Skywalker

You made me blush!!!

Shhhh! Get a grip on yourself, SweetBD!

[hdroadglide]

the little la riqueza or a nice tatualje noella are tops of the short list for me.

[troutbreath]

Just finished a Tat Unicos. Wish it had been a Noella, because it was COLD outside.

[WyGuy]

I tend to smoke a lot of the smaller cigars during the winter months, since I don't find smoking a cigar in the extreme cold to enjoyable. Though the smaller cigars have been growing on me, since I don't seem to have as much time to smoke anymore.

[gvarsity]

Originally Posted by andysutherland

I didn't mean to make you cry. Sorry about that

Was that you. The fundadore is such a treat. I didn't actually cry but I may have misted up a bit.

One of my favorites was a ERDM petite corona from 91' that was given to me as a gift. Sweet and tasty and lasted around 20 minutes carefully sipping.

It took some doing. I had been advised to sip very slowly and carefully on that one to fully appreciate it and I did. Really at that one small puff a minute type pace.

Yeah. Like that.

You are cruel but yeah that is why I felt self conscious smoking a 60rg in public.


I really do believe that there is a time for every cigar and a cigar for any time. Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on your taste), for me lately the cigar for the time is usually a smaller smoke.

[Jimbo14]

I really prefer smaller cigars. I find that the flavour profile is much nicer and alot more consistant.

My favorite cigar is probably the CAO MX2 Dagger at the moment. Im also a big fan of the Partagas Short and the La Gloria Cubana Minutos Maduro (NC).

I would highly recommend maduro lovers to try a CAO MX2 Dagger - that taste alot stronger than the rest of the MX2 line.

[Ferrari5180]

I never really got into smaller guage cigars, as I usually stick between 50-54, but I am intrigued to do so. A friend of mine smokes some small punch cigars and tells me they are good. Maybe I might have to give them a try.

[Razorhog]

Originally Posted by Ferrari5180

I never really got into smaller guage cigars, as I usually stick between 50-54, but I am intrigued to do so. A friend of mine smokes some small punch cigars and tells me they are good. Maybe I might have to give them a try.

I've got a Punch London Club resting that I'm looking forward to burning.

[JJG]

Most of my cigars are 45 and lower these days, but when I first started smoking, everything was 50+

Making the switch from NCs to Cubans was the revelation for me. Now I would say that 42 looks just about average.

[hotreds]

In fact, time is the consideration in my moving from large to medium/small sizes. I still smoke bigger cigars at herfs, but my daily cigar is a robusto or corona/lonsdale size. I spend about 1 hour watching 2 1/2 hour TV shows I taped, and find myself puffing too quickly when I light up a large cigar during that time period. A robusto/lonsdale/corona size is just right for a slow, leisurely smoke that will last me about one hour.

I'm normally a pretty slow and deliberate smoker––e.g., about 1 hr. 45 min. average length for me for coronas, corona gordas, and robustos––so when I go to my smaller smokes it isn't to smoke something when I don't have the time––it already takes me about 45 - 50 min. to smoke a Padrón Corticos, which, as you know, is quite a small cigar. I make sure to allot enough time to smoke the kind of smoke I want that day––sometimes it's a double corona, sometimes it's a toro, sometimes it's a corona, and sometimes it's a demi corona. I don't always feel like sitting down and having a smoke for three hours, so I like having a variety of good quality sticks in as many vitolas as possible (not to mention the fact that the size and shape can have a great influence on the way the stick tastes). Having said all that, I rarely smoke anything with a +54 ring gauge––they're just not comfortable to smoke and hold.