[Raphael]

Thanks to the grace of Tony, three of these arrived in my mailbox. Being thoroughly excited about trying them out, I immediately called over to my friend who was badgering me from the other room to hurry up and get dressed for a match of tennis. Leaving him to give these a close look, I ran into the shower, shaved, got dressed, got ready and just put myself in the best state possible to enjoy the Mini. After grabbing my trusty Zippo (yeah I know) I gave lit this guy up. I gave it a few moments, but it didn't help throughout the entire smoke. I was beyond disappointed.

I detected notes of coffee, and a very small amount of chocolate. Unfortunately, most of the flavour was dominated by the taste of burning ash, and we both concluded that it was one of the worst things we had to smoke in a long time. Did anyone else have this sort of experience, or is this just me? I put the tin on top of the bathroom mirror (the only humid place I could think of in the house), and I will give this another whirl tomorrow. But I'm not sure how dramatic of a difference this will make. I cannot clearly recall my previous experience with a real cigar (Romeo y Julieta on Christmas), but it was definitely better than this, even though it wasn't all too appealing. Are cigars just not for me, or is it possible that this was one was just really bad/are mini cigars terrible?