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LFT Double Ligero Chisel at Fidel Cigars in Antelias

Have a Cigar: La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Chisel

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Name: La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Chisel

Country: Dominican Republic

Size: 6 inches x 54

Strength: Full

It happened that the owner of the cigar lounge and I were in the humidor at the same time. After asking me what I felt like smoking, he suggested the LFD Double Ligero Chisel. He also suggested that I pair it with a Cuban rum that he liked. And I followed his advice.

Sometimes, even if you consider yourself an expert in something, you have to accept that there may still be people out there who know more than you. You can always discover something new.

The LFD Double Ligero Chisel and the aged rum paired magnificently well together, and I had an amazing smoking experience.

Have a Cigar: El Septimo Sacred Arts Botticelli

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Name: El Septimo Sacred Arts Botticelli

Country: Costa Rica

Size: (7 1/2 inches x 58)

Strength: Medium

The El Septimo Botticelli is a beautifully constructed medium-strength cigar that is easy to fall in love with. I paired the first half with a glass of Teeling whiskey and the second half with a cappuccino. Every draw tasted like celebration. It was nothing short of excellence.

A wonderful place.

A place where philosophy is paired
with fat cigars,
full-bodied, aromatic cigars
that produce a lot of smoke,
creamy, thick, slithering smoke.

Poetry, here, is not read;
it is drunk from tumblers and highballs.
And time is measured by drams and draws
and vitolas.

Sometimes, I come here to forget
work-related stress.
Other times, I come here for a game of chess.
But most of the times, I’m here simply
for the slow-burning cigars and fireside chats.

To sink in these leather armchairs
is to enter a world of —
How can I put it?
I’ll have to think about it.
But later.
Now, it’s time to enter the humidor
again
and pick a cigar that will take me there
again.

*****
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Chris Khatschadourian smoking the La Vieja Habana Brazilian Maduro Bombero

Have a Cigar: La Vieja Habana Brazilian Maduro Bombero

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Name: La Vieja Habana Brazilian Maduro Bombero

Country: Nicaragua

Shape: Parejo

Size: (6 inches x 54)

Strength: Medium

Somewhere far in the mountains, I smoked Drew Estate’s La Vieja Habana Brazilian Maduro.

The size I smoked was the Bombero, which is 6 inches long and has a 54 ring gauge. I paired it first with a Cabernet Sauvignon and then with Lebanese arak. It tasted better with the arak. I believe it would have paired well with blended 12-year-old whiskies, too.

The Bombero burned evenly but relatively fast. So, I enjoyed it until there was nothing left of it.

Medium-strength and medium-bodied, it’s a good stick to light up while feasting on Lebanese mezze.