Touching again on the theme of summertime cigars, I wanted to share of
of my favorite smokes. There are a ton of good cigars out there, and
some are still priced for us to enjoy them more often. When I began
working in our store, Low Country Pipe & Cigar, there were a lot of
choices and I didn't know where to begin. Even after I did a great
deal of research, limited funding and enormous choices still made
tasting less frequent than I would like. Sure, it's great to help
customers pick out a cigar, but it's equally nice when an enthusiastic
patron suggests something to me.
Enter Rocky Patel cigars. These have always been a great seller in our
store and on our website, but there was about to be a huge spike in
sales. The customer, a doctor, enjoyed these with his buddies while
golfing, and explained how they are mild and flavorful. Well, needless
to say, my interest increased. When I would work the store on
Saturdays, I would arrive about 45 minutes early to prep a pot of
coffee (many times two) and fire up a cigar. While walking through our
humidor and taking in the sweet-cedar aromas, the
Edge
Lite was calling out. I do enjoy rich maduro smokes later in the
day, but they are too bold for the morning. Taking the torpedo in
hand, and cutting the tip, I could tell good things were to come. It's
probably something all of us do, actually. We clip the cigar and take
a draw to make sure it's going to smoke well. No problems there. Every
single Rocky Patel stogie is hand-rolled and test-drawn with a machine
designed to only pass cigars that have a specified resistance. It's no
surprise that I've never come across a more consistent smoke. Funny
thing, but the sweet taste drifting through the leaves and upon my
lips made me not want to light for a few minutes. Briefly toasting the
foot with a wooden match, and taking one delicate puff, the smoke
drifted around my head in plumes.
It's no surprise why these became the #1 cigar sold in our stores for
a year. Whenever someone would want to try something new, this was an
easy direction. Actually, I believe these are still in the top 1 or 2.
Even though I have a humidor full of good smokes, I picked up four of
these to have after dinner with friends last Thursday. A wonderful
fish fry and mahi-mahi roasted with butter and salt during a
thunderstorm was capped with four embers on the front porch facing the
Atlantic. My three buddies had never had one of these before, but all
thoroughly enjoyed them. In fact, multiple sticks sold to them the
next day. Even if you're a maduro-hound, trying one of these is
something that just might bring you back for more.
Rocky talks about the new Fifteenth Anniversary Cigar
