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Boro_Bandito:
The only cigar that I've ever really enjoyed are these little dollar cigars that they keep in a big jar at the front of Westminster Cigar Co. in Reisterstown, MD. I forget what they are called, but they look nasty as hell and you can get like 12 for 10 bucks. Some local dude makes em.

I don't really have anything else helpful to contribute to this conversation.

Dollface:
Now you are just confusing dope dealer to cigar maker.

Patrick:
Jussi, am I to gather that Swishers are used for blunts even in Finland? We're not all as different as we like to think.

My favorite cigar to date was a Cohiba Siglo VI. Big ol' fat motherfucker, lush and chocolatey with a few notes of spruce and oak. I don't know how consistently they make their cigars, but that was one satisfying cigar.

As a generalization, I haven't met a Dominican that I didn't like. Honduran... I haven't had enough experience with them to generalize. Brand-wise, I am a proponent of Romeo y Julieta (I'd say Cohiba but let's be real, nobody talks about the consistently high quality of Cuban cigars anymore, and I'm pretty sure I just got real lucky with my Siglo). They're pretty consistent, and to my taste they're of reasonable quality in spite of the fact that they pretty much come from an assembly line.

I just hope I'm not the only one in this thread who was lucky enough to know the glory of Peterson cigars before the company died and they went out of production.

Elysiana:
AWH - I guess what I meant with my wine analogy is that I couldn't walk into a cigar store and say, "I'd like a nice selection of X's, please," and have them hand me 10 cigars that are all similar enough that he'd probably at least not hate them. There doesn't seem to be any naming procedure with cigars and they don't keep similar types together, they usually group them by brand from what I've seen.

I think the most difficult thing at this point is that he hasn't really gotten to branch out and try a bunch of different ones because honestly that's a rather expensive undertaking, so all he has to go off of is, "Well, I liked these two..." He's pretty good at picking flavors out of things like beer/coffee/mead though so that will help.

Do you have any cigar forums you recommend?

Also thanks for all your help so far, this is definitely getting us somewhere!

Noctem:
W Curtis Daper is a block away from the Metro Center metro stop in DC. They have a massive selection of their own blends. Georgetown tobacco on M street also has some great blends they make.

As for trying out Cigars, in DC anyway I know JR Cigar has their own brand where they make cigars 'equivalent' to many brand names. They do samplers of multiple cigars so you can get a sense of taste, strength, etc without having to buy the full priced brand name cigar. This is an excellent starting point in terms of branching out, and on my college budget it is really a lifesaver.
Hope that helps!

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