I am still struggling with my approach to blending. I have read the blend threads with interest. I have blended a few very serviceable cigars. I have blended a few cigars I would not want to smoke again. I have rolled a total of about 200 cigars batched into 16 different blends. For me the whole process is hit or miss.
A thought occurred to me: can leaf be sorted broadly by country of origin? Is there a Nicaragua "taste" that is common to all leaf from that region?
It seems most commercial cigar companies have common taste elements across their whole cigar line. Is that consistency achieved by using common binder and seco filler, for instance, varying only the Ligero, visio and wrapper between blends?
A thought occurred to me: can leaf be sorted broadly by country of origin? Is there a Nicaragua "taste" that is common to all leaf from that region?
It seems most commercial cigar companies have common taste elements across their whole cigar line. Is that consistency achieved by using common binder and seco filler, for instance, varying only the Ligero, visio and wrapper between blends?