Monte Edmundo EPM MAR 18 (PRRRW)

[slowsmoke]

My first Edmundo and I was really looking forward to it.  From a PSP/HQ quarter box that has rested a good 6 months. They appear to be "chocolate soldiers" as Pres calls them.

Wrapper was wet hay, and a bit of barnyard.  Cold draw was sweet hay, very Cohiba-ish.  But, the draw was light.  Very light.  I tried to stay optimistic even though in the back of my head I knew where this was going.

First puffs are great cocoa, and a strong nutty, maybe hazelnut.  But it immediately starts tunneling and dying.  I gave it a few life support touch ups, which brought some really good cocoa flavors, but the damn thing was just suicidal.  It tasted so good that twice I clipped it and tried giving it a fresh start.  Each time the tunneling was painfully obvious.  After who knows how many relights it tasted like arse and I pitched it.  Pretty disappointing, especially because even as I dug around deciding what to light next, I had a really nice cocoa finish.  For what it's worth, I gave one to a friend who lit it at the same time, his also tunneled, but he was able to salvage it after one clip and relight.  He said he enjoyed it after that.

I immediately lit a trusty Secretos.

[lovethehaze]

Too bad the tunnel is the worst.  Better luck next time. 

[Islandboy]

More time down will hopefully help. Edmundo is a favorite of mine, currently smoking through a GOA Feb 16 box that’s fantastic. Tastes like molten chocolate soufflé. 

[BuzzArd]

Edmundos are a bit bigger RG than I really like....  50RG is tops.

  That said I do have a box of these in the humi and they've been there three years.  Wonder if I should give one a try..... ?

Too bad this one fought you. I’d say being so young may have been some issue due to humidity.  What are your humi conditions?  Maybe a week or more in a dry box for the next time?

[slowsmoke]

7 hours ago, BuzzArd said:

Edmundos are a bit bigger RG than I really like....  50RG is tops.

  That said I do have a box of these in the humi and they've been there three years.  Wonder if I should give one a try..... ?

Too bad this one fought you. I’d say being so young may have been some issue due to humidity.  What are your humi conditions?  Maybe a week or more in a dry box for the next time?

These came out of a wineador at about 68deg/65RH.  Not my preferred condition, but plenty of other sticks come out of this wineador and burn fine.  Outside conditions were about 68deg/70RH.

I have another wineador sitting at about 70deg/62RH and those sticks do smoke more to my liking.  But I live in an area where the ambient RH is often well over 65%, so dryboxing, or  bringing RH down in a wineador, can be difficult.

Hopefully more rest, and slowly bring down the RH another few percent, will help these out.