Dominican Sweets: Vanilla

This is one of the cigarillos I bought the other day that I refer to in the last entry. For 2 bucks I didn't expect much, and as you can see, theres not much to this. Although it looks like its been hand rolled there was no form used. Thats why it has that lumpy look. There's nothing wrong with that in a super cheap cigarillo like this especially when a real tobacco leaf is used for the wrapper and not tobacco paper. A key sign of this is the folded over cap. Crappy swishers, for example, have smooth caps with a hole or open end premade for you where no cutting is necessary. This cigarillo need to be cut.

After the cut and an unlit draw test I noticed an immediate tipped vanilla flavor. That's exactly what is sounds like: the tip of the cigar has a strong sweet vanilla flavor. More quality flavored cigars actually flavor the filler through various methods producing a nice tasting smoke. This cigarillo seems to use one of those methods to also very slightly flavor its filler or at least the wrapper. I can tell this at the aroma of the light. The first puff also gives away a somewhat sweet aftertaste like slightly sweet macadamian nuts. Not a bad beginning and definately more than I expected from this cigarillo. The flavor continued until I finally put it down with a good 2.5 inches left.

*As a note, and for your education, there are reasons that I don't usually smoke cigarillos. It's obvious that smoke from cigars is not good for you but cigarillos are even worse. And of course highest on the list are cigarettes which I've never touched in my life. Cigars are notably wider or have a bigger ring than cigarillos. Not only does that allow better air flow, it also produces a cooler smoke with far less tar. Tar is the biggest cause of lung cancer. A narrow cigarillo sucks air through a narrow foot causing the foot to burn very hot because of the lack of surface area air has to pass through. This produces darker smoke when taken in the mouth and can be seen if you do the toilet paper test. Take any cigar, cigarillo or cigarette and hold a mouthfull of smoke in your mouth. Then quickly take some toilet paper and make a good seal around your lips with your fingers. Blow out through the paper. With a cigarette or cigarillo you're likely to get a nasty brown spot. Keep in mind though that you're not supposed to inhale cigar or cigarillo smoke. If you just did that test with a cigarette, do it again but this time inhale like normal and then blow out through the paper. Not so brown this time? Guess where all tha tar got left behind? Yep, in your lungs. Even cigarillos which aren't meant to be inhaled have a less significant risk of giving you mouth cancer. It's important t moderate no matter what you smoke. buy 1 of each and compare the 3 pieces of toilet paper if you don't believe me.

Long note, yeah? But anyway as far as cigarillos go this gets a 6 out of 10.

It would have been better if it was properly humidified.