The purpose of this thread is for us FTT brothers to post reviews of WLT blend kits, what they taste like, so a fellow may know what blend may suit him.
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Here's a picture of two cigars. The one on the left is a Carlos Torano Colosseum. This cigar sells for seven bucks a pop; tho I picked up my bundle of twenty for eighty bucks on sale. The one on the right is an Uppowoc Perfecto rolled from a Whole Leaf Tobacco Sabroso Medio cigar blend kit. This kit will make you about thirty cigars for 24 bucks; so they go for about eighty cents apiece. Carlos Torano is a master renowned blender of premium cigars. The Sabroso Medio was blent by our own brother DeluxeStogie here at FTT. Take a real real close look at both these cigars:
Got a good mental picture? Now close your eyes. Light both up. Stick them in your mouth. They are dead ringers. Same fine flavor exactly.
I love the Colosseum. I love all Carlos Torano's work. Gotta say I love this WLT blend just as much. Start handing out these home made cigars, your friends might think you actually know what you're doing.
Differences? The Colosseum appears to sport a wrapper which is more saturated with oil. I still have to discover how to get the oil to travel out on the skin and make a sheen. The Colosseum gives you a smooth waxy feeling on the tongue; while the Uppowoc Perfecto gives you more of a velvet feeling. Another difference is the Colosseum gives you a rich mulchy odor at the foot. The perfecto has a tiny foot, so you don't get that. The Colosseum is probably a 54 gauge. Too fat for my taste. A darker color. Those are the differences.
Similarities? Both are the same smoking experience. Both have a mild mulch odor on the wrapper. A faint salt and bitter taste. Tight wrapper. Firm pack. The draw, free and easy. A single Diamond kitchen match toasted the foot. Tremendous volume of smoke right off the bat. Thick, heavy, clinging smoke. Great for smoke rings. A great burn, with a nice round cherry.
Somnolent spice, earth, and muted glove leather.
That's the flavor in a nutshell. Muted, sleepy, distant, and bite-less. This SabMedio is an extremely well behaved flavor. Absolutely clean finish. Soft cedar retro. Spewed smoke at rest. Barrels of smoke on the draw. But no stink in the garage. Smoke just traveled out the back door. Amazing how clean my mouth felt. No coating; hardly any stinkage. Sabroso Medio, ay que sabroso.
I was in the garage. PBR bull riding was on the toob. Lemonade in my mug. I settled in and really enjoyed this cigar. It's a softer version of the moody spice flavor that suits me so well. Medium grey ash not real strongly put together. A real relaxing experience.
Tell you how I got this cedar flavor: I stuck these in a Nat Sherman box after rolling them, and tucked a strong smelling hunk of cedar in with them. Very nice.
I tell you what, though, these are a real good smoke.
The rest of the night I had an excellent stinkfinger. I was loving these digits all into the night. Much more of a morning mouth than I got from the Toranos. Excellent with morning coffee. Zero wheeze.
What this country needs is a good eighty cent cigar. Here's how you get one.
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Here's a picture of two cigars. The one on the left is a Carlos Torano Colosseum. This cigar sells for seven bucks a pop; tho I picked up my bundle of twenty for eighty bucks on sale. The one on the right is an Uppowoc Perfecto rolled from a Whole Leaf Tobacco Sabroso Medio cigar blend kit. This kit will make you about thirty cigars for 24 bucks; so they go for about eighty cents apiece. Carlos Torano is a master renowned blender of premium cigars. The Sabroso Medio was blent by our own brother DeluxeStogie here at FTT. Take a real real close look at both these cigars:
Got a good mental picture? Now close your eyes. Light both up. Stick them in your mouth. They are dead ringers. Same fine flavor exactly.
I love the Colosseum. I love all Carlos Torano's work. Gotta say I love this WLT blend just as much. Start handing out these home made cigars, your friends might think you actually know what you're doing.
Differences? The Colosseum appears to sport a wrapper which is more saturated with oil. I still have to discover how to get the oil to travel out on the skin and make a sheen. The Colosseum gives you a smooth waxy feeling on the tongue; while the Uppowoc Perfecto gives you more of a velvet feeling. Another difference is the Colosseum gives you a rich mulchy odor at the foot. The perfecto has a tiny foot, so you don't get that. The Colosseum is probably a 54 gauge. Too fat for my taste. A darker color. Those are the differences.
Similarities? Both are the same smoking experience. Both have a mild mulch odor on the wrapper. A faint salt and bitter taste. Tight wrapper. Firm pack. The draw, free and easy. A single Diamond kitchen match toasted the foot. Tremendous volume of smoke right off the bat. Thick, heavy, clinging smoke. Great for smoke rings. A great burn, with a nice round cherry.
Somnolent spice, earth, and muted glove leather.
That's the flavor in a nutshell. Muted, sleepy, distant, and bite-less. This SabMedio is an extremely well behaved flavor. Absolutely clean finish. Soft cedar retro. Spewed smoke at rest. Barrels of smoke on the draw. But no stink in the garage. Smoke just traveled out the back door. Amazing how clean my mouth felt. No coating; hardly any stinkage. Sabroso Medio, ay que sabroso.
I was in the garage. PBR bull riding was on the toob. Lemonade in my mug. I settled in and really enjoyed this cigar. It's a softer version of the moody spice flavor that suits me so well. Medium grey ash not real strongly put together. A real relaxing experience.
Tell you how I got this cedar flavor: I stuck these in a Nat Sherman box after rolling them, and tucked a strong smelling hunk of cedar in with them. Very nice.
I tell you what, though, these are a real good smoke.
The rest of the night I had an excellent stinkfinger. I was loving these digits all into the night. Much more of a morning mouth than I got from the Toranos. Excellent with morning coffee. Zero wheeze.
What this country needs is a good eighty cent cigar. Here's how you get one.
