Montecristo Especial SEA SEP 16 (CCCCRW) vespa scooter

[Bucky McSwensen]

This has quickly become my favorite cigar.  The especial no 2 is amazing and I cant help but compare this to it.  Rich rich rich.  Lots of coffee, espresso, cream, and chocolate.  I occassionally get little kicks of pepper and baking spices that pair great with the other flavors.  It is never overpowering or bland and fluctuates between all the flavors in wonderful fashion.  I've had some good LE and NC sticks that are heavy on the chocolate and coffee flavors but they dont offer this kind of complexity.

I smoke it slow and it pays off.  No crazy smoke output but very consistant and satisfying draw for a long and skinny.  Did I mention rich?  Good lord this is rich.  Smoke it down to the nub where it never gets hot but kicks in heavy pepper for the finish.1

This was paired with grading papers on the porch.  I hate grading, its monotonous and often disappoints me that I failed to teach the students.  This cigar reaffirms that none of that matters and my spirits are lifted back to a relaxing afternoon.  Delicious, flavorful, and emotionally satisfying.  What more could I want?

This is an affordable stick and the especial no 2 is even cheaper.  These have never come short of blowing me away.  If I didnt crave variety I'd stick to this only.  It's fun, fancy, and brings me to relaxing with a macchiato and some chocolate.

So it's a vespa.  Not a car but I'm not a car guy.  Affordable, makes me look pretentious, but also a joy to ride.  Italian coffee breakfast in a stick.

I value this at 25 bucks

Cost ratio 1.67

Cuba ratio 2.40