If you are just starting to smoke cigars then you probably have not yet figured out which cigar brands you prefer, or even what characteristics you are looking for in a cigar. It takes time and experience to refine your cigar smoking palate. In order to figure out what you like to smoke, you need to smoke a wide range of cigar brands, flavors, shapes, sizes, and strengths. Below is a short list of cigars that every beginning smoker should try. This list represents a good assortment of cigars that will expose a new smoker to a spectrum of cigar characteristics.
- Iguana Candela
- Padron 1964 Anivarsario Principe Maduro Corona
- Punch Gran Puro Sierra Sungrown Lonsdale Grande
- Havana Honey Del Sol Sumatra Corona – Peach
- Romeo y Julieta Vintage V Connecticut Double Corona
The Iguana Candela series is a very mild, almost weak series of cigars featuring a candela (light green) wrapper. If you are overpowered by these cigars, you will probably be overpowered by every cigar you ever smoke. This is a good cigar to smoke to test the waters of cigar smoking.
The Padron 1964 Anniversary series are universally renowned as great cigars. This specific offering from padron has received 90+ ratings from several cigar publications. Trying this cigar will give you a sense of what experienced cigar smokers regard as a great cigar.
The Punch Gran Puro Sierra series features an extra-dark, extra-bold Havana-seed sungrown wrapper. The result is a full bodied puro with natural spicy flavors. This is a bold taste no smoker should miss.
Havana Honey is a popular national brand, and probably the most popular brand of flavored cigars. As you might guess, this is a peach flavored cigar, and it is a great cigar to try to see if you enjoy flavor infused tobacco.
This is a highly sought after cigar from a renowned brand. There are endless reasons to try any vintage series cigar from Romey y Julieta. The tobacco used in this line of cigars is aged three years, the Connecticut wrapper is delightful, and the pyramid shape causes the smoking experience to evolve and change as the cigar is smoked. If you can find one of these brilliant cigars, do not hesitate to buy one.
Of course, as was stated at the beginning of the article, the best way to figure out what kind of cigars you like is to smoke many different brands and types of cigars. Cigar samplers are the best way to do this.
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