Which cigar sent you down the slippery slope

[Private Yesman]

La Flor Dominicana Cameroon Cabinet

After about 20 cigars, this cigar set me off. What's ironic is after a few years later I smoked another one of these and did not care for it as much as I did before so I put them down. I'd rather remember enjoying it.

 

[Alwayslit]

Padron 1964 Anniversary Diplomatico and Bahia Gold churchill.

 

[scottYDucati]

A Tat Taino in '06 got me hooked on buying more than singles and five packs. Those were my first box purchase.

 

[GoingPostal]

would have to be the AF chateau Maduro, funny how i really don't care for them all that much now but used to be my go to poker night smoke.

 

[mbell]

Ashton 898. Given to me on the golf course. I accepted it to be polite not thinking I was expected to smoke it right then. Next thing I know he had cut it and was torching the foot telling me how to properly light it. I figured I'd puff on it a little and then set it down when nobody was looking. I wound up smoking most of it. The next day I noticed I was craving the taste and wanted another.

 

[tehhorror]

hand rolled savannah classic. they roll it on the same tables as they made their candy, so they always had a nice nutty flavor

 

[Eddy]

CAO Brazilia/ AF Short Story.

The CAO got me started but the Fuente is the one that set it off. If I get a part time job, I'm gonna treat myself to a box.

 

[BoSox55]

Camacho Liberty 2007. Good friend offered me one after we had both stopped smoking cigarettes. I enjoyed so much he send me a box. Never looked back and now have about 500+ sticks aging away.............

 

[rduke10]

I think my first "real" cigar was a Bering Casino many years ago. Many fivers and quite a few years later I was introduced to BOTL and the newbie bomb and the slope got much steeper from there!

 

[r3db4r0n]

For me it was the PAM 1926 #6, this lead to a Padron sampler from Shuckins after I won one of his contests ... 8 months later and I've been digging a hole ever since.

 

[Thegreekone]

The Tatuaje Havana Nobles sent me down the slope...

Ditto, bingo, exactamundo! Same exact smoke.

Then the nail driver.......Tatuaje Reserva J 21 Robusto.

Done, stick a fork in me, I'll be smoking till I'm 80, etc.


Those two smokes, back to back, changed everything. :stretchgr

 

[TheRuckus13]

For me it was the Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real Churchill. I know it's not the fanciest cigar in the world. However, it was the first cigar that I had that burned even, produced great smoke, didn't have a overly tight draw, and tasted great even for how mild it was. After that I have been in full pursuite of a cigar in that price range that gives me the same feeling of joy. So far I have become really attached to the RP Vintage 1990 I don't know why. I've only smoked it once and I ruined it with a bad cut. Yet I know I will go back to it, possibly this weekend at the cigar lounge.

 

[coastalgriff]

H. Upmann petite coronas did it for me back in the late 80's.

 

[38-50]

DPG Padilla 1948 Corona Gorda. Still the most perfectly constructed cigar I have ever smoked and it was part of my first online cigar purchase.

 

[MC808]

I had a Cohiba Siglo V in 1992 that sent me down this path.

 

[Nuckz23]

It was the Tat Frank for me. When I heard all the buzz on this cigar I had to get my hands on them.

 

[earful]

Unbranded cigarillos from northern philippines. A grand aunt brought them with her to vancouver in the 1970's. she smoked 'em with the lighted end in her mouth. Intrigued me 'til no end ...

 

[Andytex]

Ashton esg.

 

[JP8]

A Cohiba robusto sealed my fate.

 

[ryan35um]

Arturo Fuente Flor Fina 8-5-8's. I've had much better cigars since but that started me down the path of cigar smoking.