Ok, I gotta give a fair shake to Tatuaje on this. The last Black series wasn’t exactly… smokable whatsoever. This one lived up to my expectations. Now, it’s not the same blending methods of the original black, as this does have a standard wrapper grade leaf on the exterior. It lights easily thanks to the slightly shaggy tip and bursts […]
It’s been a while since I had a black. The original production of the blacks were code named the “pimphammer” (after the cigar store tool pictured above). In order to get in on the first samples, at the IPCPR show you had to say ‘pimphammer’ to Pete Johnson, and then he would ship you a […]
Oh damn… here I go with another Tatuaje variation. I swear I don’t mean to focus on them, but it seems to be a trend lately. On first light the first thing to mind is “damn this is light”. It just didnt announce itself at all. Yeah, I know it’s a figurado tip, so it’s […]
The annual Halloween Cigar is here. It’s got a bit of an odd shape as it’s one of the longer style of torpedo tips. throw in th fauz shaggy foot, and it;s a little odd. Of course it lights easy, and then it jumps off with a pretty ‘new’ tasting tangy bloom. The first impression […]
La Casita Criolla from TatuajeThis little guy has some oddball notes of pumpkin and cedar on first taste. It starts off slow, and seems to draw pretty well (after some assistance from the trusty drill bit). Over time it got some decent cedar notes that about halfway through turned a touch sour. Physically it […]