TX Duo Review - Tatuaje HCS no1 (2017)

[Çnote]

@Capn_Jackson I know you wanted to smoke this one soon!

Unfortunately, mine didn’t cooperate. Wonderful chocolate scents on the wrapper. Definitely some construction issues, hard touchup to burn through tunneling. Was already well past 1/2 way before this mellowed out into some spicecake, but still on the harsh acerbic side of the spectrum. I'll dig for another.

Photo just after touchup, more mortician than surgeon on this.

Jackson, hopefully yours smoked better, I had one a few months ago that was certainly worth trying again for Duo.

[Capn_Jackson]

Cold draw, coffee, nutmeg, cashew.

Light-up, pepper and nuts.

Settles very quickly, nice soft cocoa and coffee, bright citrus on the finish. First third has tons of sugary vibes. A little saccharine, but without the bitterness. Nice donut glaze on top. 

Around the middle, getting candied Bavarian nut, and some apple peel, but mostly the same vibe as before. Not much complexity, just good tobacco. Speaking with @Çnote as I smoke, as we had the chance to meet up today. Apparently his smoke had massive construction problems. I’m getting none of that here. Solid construction, good burn line, great flavor, just no change. Linear, straight through. Not that that’s a bad thing, just not very exciting.

The flavor of this gives it a 88-90 from me, because I will tend to take flavor over complexity, but I would’ve liked some variance here and there.