My wife and friends are mad at me!

[kgoings]

Several times a week my wife and I sit down with another couple and drink in the backyard. I have been taking a stick with my lately since they dont mind. Rewind to my 12th anniversary a couple months ago the other couple took us to the fancy black tie affair and there was a local cigar maker there and I bought them a cognac flavored cigar with a sugar dipped tip and they loved it.

Now the last couple times I smoked they have been like where is ours? LOL I dont mind buying them some sticks to get them started but the local maker here is charging $9 a stick and I am sure there are some better beginner cigars out there, flavored. So what should I get them to try?

[z3ro]

black n milds.... lol

just dont get them to expensive or your gonna dig yourself a hole thats gonna be super hard to get out of

[Coz77]

CAO makes some good ones.

[Don Fernando]

try Flor de Oliva maduro sticks, they are quite sweet as well as the wrapper is glued to the binder with sugarwater..

[travclem]

Kahlua cigars are sugar tipped and I really like them They usually range from $3 to $5 a stick.

[BigGreg]

I recently tried a Java By Drew Estate. It was like smoking sweet coffee I literally had sugar on my lips. Definitly an after dinner smoke. Im not really a flavored cigar smoker but someone who is in the cigar business for a living and markets for the largest cigar company in the world gifted me one @ the B&M he owns after I bought dinner and I was quite suprised. While smoking he even explained to me the whole process on how they sweeten the cigars it was pretty interesting. Dont think ill be picking up one for a while but im sure one day I may have the urge again after such a positive experience.

[MarbleApe]

You could try Isla Del Sol from Drew Estate. The sales line states "mellow blends infused with an array of coffee flavors and also sports a sugar dunked tip."

Looks like they can be picked up for 1.75 or less a smoke.

[kgoings]

Thanks, those are some good leads!

[FriendlyFire]

Why do you have to buy him Cigars? he is getting used to it.

I would ask him to come with you for a little ride to a B&M and once your there you walk around the cigar room, and you say to him, oooh i'd get that one thats good, and then another cigar ooohh thats a great one you should try it. once he will get the hang of buying cigars he wont be so dependent on you. And then lets hope you get him hooked. hey yah never know.

[4thtry]

Originally Posted by FriendlyFire

Why do you have to buy him Cigars? he is getting used to it.

I would ask him to come with you for a little ride to a B&M and once your there you walk around the cigar room, and you say to him, oooh i'd get that one thats good, and then another cigar ooohh thats a great one you should try it. once he will get the hang of buying cigars he wont be so dependent on you. And then lets hope you get him hooked. hey yah never know.

that's exactly what i was thinking

[Gargoyle]

Originally Posted by FriendlyFire

Why do you have to buy him Cigars? he is getting used to it.

I would ask him to come with you for a little ride to a B&M and once your there you walk around the cigar room, and you say to him, oooh i'd get that one thats good, and then another cigar ooohh thats a great one you should try it. once he will get the hang of buying cigars he wont be so dependent on you. And then lets hope you get him hooked. hey yah never know.

Excellent idea there! The B&M experience was a bit overwhelming for me at first... it wasn't until I started buying online that I got more comfortable. Some help with the first B&M visits would have definitely been helpful and exciting!

If they like the flavored cigars, I really enjoyed Tatiana Waking Dreams, Nightcap or Groovy Blue. You don't hear much about them, but I found them much more enjoyable that CAO flavors and less weird than Acids.

[volum]

I enjoy the Java's as well.

[kgoings]

Its not that they want me to buy them some, I just never knew they wanted to smoke and they are interested. I have no problem buying them some nice smokes. But it will not be an ongoing thing. Once they have a couple and are more interested I plan on taking them to the B&M.

[tobychu]

Originally Posted by travclem

Kahlua cigars are sugar tipped and I really like them They usually range from $3 to $5 a stick.

My brother-in-law is not much of a cigar smoker, but loves the Kahlua's. Can't go wrong with them.

[Kaisersozei]

Originally Posted by kgoings

Its not that they want me to buy them some, I just never knew they wanted to smoke and they are interested. I have no problem buying them some nice smokes. But it will not be an ongoing thing. Once they have a couple and are more interested I plan on taking them to the B&M.

I keep a handful of Acid Blondies (in separate storage) for this kind of occasion. Nice sweet taste, short enough and inexpensive enough that if the "experimental-smoker" wants to quit early, they don't feel so bad and I'm not out $$$. Or, I just finish it for them! They're $3 each at my B&M.