Camacho Habano
Posted By ironmeden on June 14, 2009
This week Congress passed legislation that would put tobacco products under the authority of the FDA. Our faithful President has said he is more then happy to sign the legislation. What makes this whole thing weird is that Phillip Morris was all for the legislation. I’m not sure why, but from what I read, the smaller cigarette makers saw this as an attempt for the 800 pound gorilla (Phillip Morris) to snuff, pun intended, out the compitition.
What this honestly means for us as a cigar smoker is yet to be seen. The legislation looks to take control of what goes into a cigarette. Since most of the premium handmade cigars in the industry have no chemicals added, I would hope to see no interference from the Federal Government when it comes to enjoying new lines in the future.
I’ve been using this line a lot lately, “I wish I could be my current age, but live 20 years ago”. Everywhere I turn the government in some fashion are looking to stop us from smoking cigars or taxing us out of our hobby. I’m not sure of the quality of the cigars 20 years ago, but I would certainly trade the quanity of cigars on the market for less intrusion from the goverment in my life. If it meant not having Rocky Patel, Gurkha, CAO, Arganese, Perdomo to smoke, I would enjoy that cigar 20 years ago just that much more knowing I didn’t have Big Brother looking over my shoulder. Now at times I feel under the current administration that every cigar I smoke could be my last.
Camacho Habano
This cigar came this past winter in a Secret Santa package. I’ve tried looking this cigar up online, but couldn’t find anything on it. I’m calling it the ‘Habano’ since that was the only name on the label that let me know what I might be smoking. If anyone has a better description of what this cigar is, please pass it along.
The cigar is a robusto size and is boxed press. The band is shiny with primary colours of Orange, Yellow and highlights of Gold.
Tonight I’m smoking from my patio. It was a glorious warm day here in Minnesota and the evening is just as wonderful. Its a little more quiet then usual in the neighborhood. I have my trusty smoking cat Shnook and a bottle of Talisker Distillers Edition for later in the evening.
I punched the head of the cigar and lit it with my Colibri Triple Flame Lighter. The first puffs on the cigar were quite smooth, but the aftertaste left a slight bitterness in the back of my throat. There were hints of leather and vanilla.
At the 1/4 mark of the cigar it was still smooth with a rich overtone, with still a slight bitterness at end of the draw. The draw was tighter then what I usually get from a Camacho cigar.
The halfway point was pretty much the same, but I did slow down my smoking due to feeling a lot of heat coming from underneath the wrapper.
The 3/4 mark found the cigar adding a little twist, I started getting a pepper note on my tongue. It wasn’t strong, but it was noticable.
The Camacho ‘Habano’ was a nice medium bodied cigar. It was relaxing to smoke, anything longer then this robusto and I probably would become bored with cigar. I give this cigar a 3.5 out of 5.
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