Cigarillo Recommendations

[Tombstone]

If you enjoy flavored I liked the gurkha tins and the CAO Cherry bombs. DE Acid c-notes are enjoyable as well. If you like a little bigger the CAO Brazilia tins are great.

[Shaun]

I also have a 20-30 minute commute and occasionally like to bring a smoke for the drive home. One I like is the CI Cohiba Knock-Off. If you pick the bundle of 30 of the smallest size, they're around $1 apiece. I think they're about a 4 X 32 and they're a pretty decent little smoke for the commute.

[CamoSutra]

I buy AF Cubanitos now and then; pretty nice mild-medium sticks. Macanudo Ascots (I prefer the Robust) are good too. My favorites in this size and packaging are Romeo y Julieta, but my local store doesn't carry them regularly. All three brands come in tins of 10 cigarillos each, around 4.25"x32rg.

If you want mild and cheap -- like 60 cents apiece -- try the Old Fashioned Chicos from Mike's Cigars. These used to be marketed as Macanudo Ascot seconds, and perhaps they were at the time; now I think they're just cranked out to fill the demand, which apparently is considerable. The Connecticuts come close to Macanudo flavor, but the wrappers are wrinkled and not very pretty. The Cameroons are a bit tastier, just a skosh more powerful, and usually better looking. They come cello-wrapped, no bands, in a white cardboard box like half a carton of generic cigarettes, and you will find one or two that are so badly made you'll have to toss them; but at 50 sticks for around $30 plus shipping an occasional bad one isn't worth worrying about. I still buy them occasionally, they're actually tasty if you like Macanudos and good enough for a mosquito smokescreen while fishing.

[steelman]

AF Exquisitos Natural and Maduro
CAO Brazillia tins

If you need a 10 minute puff the CAO Brazillia Minis are exceptional at $10 for 20 of them. Lots of flavour for the size.