Dal chose a Flavours by CAO Karmasutrasplash
Size: Petit Corona
Wrapper: Cameroon
Filer: Dominican
Price: $5.00
Description from cigar.com: an exotic concoction of sweet Hawaiian mango nectar and mint chocolate chip ice cream. The Grade 1 Cameroon wrapper and mellow Dominican filler leaves issues a sweet citrus flavor backed by rich, chocolate. Refreshing and smooth.
Perhaps it was a little too smooth. Dal and I can't really remember anything about this cigar. Both of our notes just say "was okay".
Overall: Wouldn't buy it again. Wouldn't refuse it if we were offered. Very ambivalent cigar.
I decided we should just get the Flavours by CAO collection out of the way and picked Eileen's Dream.
Size: Petit Corona
Wrapper: Cameroon
Filler: Dominican
Price: $5.00
Clearly, CAO has their basic mild cigar formula down since all of their Flavours collection have the very same wrapper and filler. Not that I'm complaining, it's definitely a combination that works.
From cigar.com: quite possibly the most unique of CAO’s Flavours. Comprised of a smooth Cameroon wrapper and mild Dominican filler that have been infused with an explosion of ingredients including Irish whiskey, cream, coconut milk, hazelnut, white chocolate, almonds, cocoa, and vanilla bean. This is a must-try.
Well, I agree with that last statement, this is a really fun cigar. It was sweet enough to appease my sweet tooth yet doesn't go overboard, like Swisher Sweets.
Overall: I definitely plan on buying it again. So far, from what I've seen of the Flavours of CAO collection they're definitely approachable and are turning out to be good introductory cigars. The smoke isn't too heavy, the cigarillos and petit coronas are of course smaller and therefore less intimidating. You could almost consider them practice cigars, you get the chance to go through the motions of cigar smoking without wasting good cigars on undeveloped palates.
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