Cigar smoking has become trendy once again and tobacco smokers are venturing into the aromatic world of the stogie. Many cigar labels provide a wide range of sizes, flavors, shapes and accessories to enhance the smoking experience. In this article, we’ll show you how to choose cigars that have a great taste at a reasonable price.

There are three things you should consider when choosing cigars: flavor, body and aroma. They can be sweet, bitter, salty, and acidic. Bitter and sweet flavors are easy to detect but determining the level of saltiness and acidity can be a matter of personal taste. Aficionados use terms like fruity, nutty, herbal, spicy and floral to refer to the combination and balance of tastes.

They identify such flavor notes as pepper, wood, nut, cream, coffee, nutmeg, cinnamon, citrus, cedar, chocolate and leather. The degree of flavor is classified with the terms mild, medium and full and the aroma should be one that you find pleasing.

Cigars come in a variety of sizes, but the world’s finest cigars vary from about a 9X64 to approximately 4X30. The first number refers to the cigar’s length in inches. The second number represents the ring gauge, which is the diameter or the thickness.

Larger ring gauges allow manufactures to blend different types of leaves to produce unique flavors and when evaluating a cigar, check its smoothness by rolling it between your fingers. The wrapper should have a slight shine and it should not be too dry or too firm. Aroma is a reliable indicator of a great cigar. If it doesn’t have a wonderful, rich scent, it’s not a well made stogie.

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