17. La Diferencia Cubana
This was a 7” churchill from the Po Boy II pack. It is available from CI in packs of 40 for $65, so this is not your bottom of the barrel .99 stick It had a light brown wrapper with some wrinkles down the length and on the side of the cap. There were two large veins but it was well filled with a solid foot and no soft-spots. The foot had an odor of tobacco and maple syrup. The punch exposed a tight draw with a slightly acidic tone as if it had been sprinkled with a bit of lemon juice.
I don’t have a whole lot to say about this cigar. It was quite unremarkable, both in regards to the good and the bad. The burn was fine, almost razor sharp through the first half when I began to slightly stray but it corrected itself. It had a very mild profile and tasted of tobacco and burning grass. Nothing spectacular, but void of anything to mock. It was on the mild side for my preference, but that is subjective. The flavors didn’t develop or morph along the way and you finished with the same reasonable and passé taste with which you began. If you smoke because you’re compelled to have something on fire hanging out your mouth and are satisfied by mild, uncomplicated flavors…let me introduce you to your dream cigar
The single best part of the cigar: There was nothing that rose notably above the rest
The single worst part of the cigar: There was nothing that stood out negatively against the other parts.
Overall rating on a scale of 1-10: 7.5 (I almost fell asleep while smoking it, but it was pleasantly absent of some of the characteristics that have jarred me from my boredom while smoking these budget sticks.)