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Have a Cigar: Puro Del Oro Trianglo Extra

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Name: Puro Del Oro Trianglo Extra

Country: Nicaragua

Shape: Parejo

Size: (5 1/2 inches x 62)

Strength: Full

I tried different vitolas of Puro Del Oro cigars — the Grand Churchill, the Toro, the Petit Torpedo, and now the Trianglo Extra.

It is not a very popular brand, I would say, but I see more and more people smoking it in Lebanon. The reason is clear: they’re of good quality, affordable, and taste great. I smoked many of them in 2021. I’ve read many books and wrote many poems smoking them.

The Trianglo Extra is earthy with notes of coffee and cream. It tastes best when paired with coffee drinks or whiskies. It burns evenly and gives a great deal of smoke.

I smoked a Trianglo Extra this Monday while setting up the grill. We were celebrating Independence Day in Lebanon.

Good weather, good friends, good times, and a lot of smoke.

Smoking an Ashton Symmetry cigar while reading Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea

Have a Cigar: Ashton Symmetry Robusto

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Name: Ashton Symmetry Robusto

Country: Dominican Republic

Shape: Parejo

Size: Robusto (5 inches x 50)

Strength: Medium to Full

It was a sunny November morning, and I didn’t want to waste it.
The sea was a dark blue satin bedsheet; the cargo ships stretched and slept on it like newborn babies.
The clouds in the turquoise sky were few, white, and friendly — like floating daydreams.
The fresh air glided into my lungs and filled me with tranquility.
I opened my humidor to choose the cigar of the day.
The robusto vitola seemed right for the occasion.
I paired the cigar with homemade cappuccino and Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea.
It was a morning well spent.

Only I have no luck any more. But who knows? Maybe today. Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.

From Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea