gae9jang2j wrote:ya know, it's normally good practice to let cigars rest after a ride with usps. i like to let em acclimate for 1-2 weeks. although, sometimes, it's just so hard to resist.
i didn't like em fresh either. but those have over a year on them now and have rounded out. and then again, PCRs aren't for everybody. Some prefer the verocu 5s much better.
During the winter I learned not to touch anything rott.
The ones I smoked from my blind review pass were perfectly fine rott. So I figured with the weather change I didn't have to worry much.
I think the problem was I went out there with an expectation of a mild extremely creamy smooth cigar and when I lit it I was met with a slap-your-momma spicy lil firecracker. I don't have a clue where my expectation came from, but for whatever reason that's what I had in my head when I picked it out of my desktop to take out back. So due to the extreme contrast, it didn't work out too well.
I think I have another one of these somewhere in my hybrid that I got from another trade/pib (palama?). Not looking to dig it out just yet, but when I'm ready to try it again (with proper expectations) I might grab that one instead of my desktop stick from gae.
Most of the packages I receive, unless it's something I really wanna try, get bundled with an old receipt or newspaper or paper bags etc (like you see in videos of rolling factories) and I label the wrap with the sender/date/forum thread so I know why and from whom they came. But I don't have a notebook or anything to keep track of what exactly is in the bundles. I'm pretty sure one's in there soemwhere though.
