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After smoking a My Father Le Bijou 1922 before heading to work tonight it hit me- Senor Pepin (and I guess Jaime as well) blends cigars backwards.
Most Habanos start out creamy or grassy or muted and head towards spice.
Most Pepins start out spicy and head towards creaminess.
This flies in the face pf pretty much everything I was taught about Habanos, and cigars in general. I was told that they get progressively spicier as the oils of the cigar retreat from the flame and towards your mouth. I was told that there is more ligero and 'strong' leaves near the head than near the foot.
...well...
Sr. Pepin had a hand in so many Cuban vitolas and blends and obviously rolled hundreds/thousands of Habanos...why and how do the Pepins smoke so differently than Cuban cigars? It's as if the Pepins decided to make their cigars the exact same as Habanos...while being simultaneously the opposite. Either way, I like it.
Most Habanos start out creamy or grassy or muted and head towards spice.
Most Pepins start out spicy and head towards creaminess.
This flies in the face pf pretty much everything I was taught about Habanos, and cigars in general. I was told that they get progressively spicier as the oils of the cigar retreat from the flame and towards your mouth. I was told that there is more ligero and 'strong' leaves near the head than near the foot.
...well...
Sr. Pepin had a hand in so many Cuban vitolas and blends and obviously rolled hundreds/thousands of Habanos...why and how do the Pepins smoke so differently than Cuban cigars? It's as if the Pepins decided to make their cigars the exact same as Habanos...while being simultaneously the opposite. Either way, I like it.
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