Don Tomas Candela

[VoteKinky06]

Ok, Back when I first started buying cigars, I bought a 5er of Don Tomas Candellas... Dont ask why, I guess I knew nothing about cigars and thought they were pretty ...So, now that I know a little...I'm kinda scared to smoke one. Anybody tried one?

[VoteKinky06]

Aww, man.....thought I was in the cigar questions forum..my bad.

[Millow]

I've heard Candelas are an aquired taste. In other words, plain old nasty. You might as well try one and then report back to us.

[VoteKinky06]

I'm going to try one tonight. If I don't post by 10:00 pm, send help

[CrazyFool]

the 18 year old don tomas candela? hell yeah try it out! apparently Don TOmas "mismarked" and then lost a single bale of candela leaves in 1984. The bale was marked Cameroon instead of Candela and then tucked away somewhere in his massive factory. THis is the folk lure anyway... whatever is the truth one thing is for sure that wrapper is 18 years old and i would deffinitly be honored to behold one!

and as for candelas. 'eh'. I had the Camacho candela and the Indian tobac candela. both good, very mild and a little 'just plain smokey' tasting where many other sticks have a distinct personality trait. worth the time and suprisingly good overall. THough there something disturbing about the head once youve been smoking on it... it begins to look like cooked spinach after a while

[Warhorse545]

Never had one myself. But if you have them on hand, why not try it out.


My Lieutenant Colonel in the Army smoked some sort of Candela all the time. He sure liked them. Only thing I did not like was cleaning the ash tray after a rain where they remains had been fermenting for a day or 2. Had a smell I can not quite describe.



Stacey

[VoteKinky06]

Ok, I tried it last night...sorry for the delay. Anyway, the flavor was really impressive, and the burn was even. Didn't really taste a difference in the candela at all. Only problem was the the draw was verry loose, and it didn't produce enough smoke at all. This could be an isolated problem, wont know for sure until I have another, but at $1.20 a stick I dont regret the purchase.

[cquon]

I like the Don Tomas clasico line (nat and maduro), so i might as well try these as well. What's another $ 1.20 gonna matter now, heh? Thanks for the heads up.

[KingMeatyHand]

I like these for a change of pace, but I seem to be in the minority. Mild & clean with that strange, vegetal, candela thing going on. Can't beat the price if you like candela.

Never had a problem with draw or lack of smoke with these. Maybe different prefrences, maybe you got a wild one.. who knows?