dondford
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Have any of you guys rolled any puro's from WLT offering? Any recommendations?
Son
Son
Have any of you guys rolled any puro's from WLT offering? Any recommendations?
Son
MarcL said:As you may know, puros usually refer to all the leaf used coming from the same country. but I don't think that's what you meant. .
I have two favorite puros that come to mind.
1) Nicaragua Habano Seco. The leaves are the best condition I've ever seen Seco's in, and easily make a great binder and wrapper. Nice medium bodied (maybe mild-med) with plenty of notes of wood, etc.
2) Dominican Seco: A medium bodied beauty! (Binder is better, but is currently out of stock). It will be a little harder to find a binder and wrapper than the Nicaraguan, but this is a nice straightforward smoke! One of my favorites. Add Liguero for the classic Cohiba taste in a 3:1 ratio (Is that right Bob?)
Piloto Cubano Seco is often added to "Cool down" a blend, and highlight other flavors, but can be one dimensional in a puro. Nevertheless it is my favorite filler to add to any of these to enhance their flavors.
All great leaf, depending on your flavor profile.
earlier this week I rolled my last of my WLT supply leaf , just rolled a petite corona with dominican (binder leaf) I guess its not a true puro since I still wrapped it in Habano 2000 but its still resting. I may light it up today while doing some yard work. Before I started rolling anything I had this idea to roll puros to get each individual tobacco leaf taste so I could get a good idea how to construct a blend before I plant my crop next year . I rolled one small cheroot of my habano 2000 scraps and got a wonderful tasting stick. I will go through my dominican pile and roll a true puro and see how that is.Have any of you guys rolled any puro's from WLT offering? Any recommendations?
Son
Can I assume you have a cob reserved for this so you don't have any seasoned carry-over from your pipe blends? (Latakia I am looking at you... you know what you do... this is why we cant have nice things.)I haven't smoked many puro cigars but I do sample each leaf by itself in a pipe. A cob pipe is cheap and is nice to use in the patch to smoke stalk cured mud lugs.
Can I assume you have a cob reserved for this so you don't have any seasoned carry-over from your pipe blends? (Latakia I am looking at you... you know what you do... this is why we cant have nice things.)