Has anyone else noted a change in the cigars preferred over time ?
At first I started smoking anything to keep from going back to cigarettes. Then came a bunch of machine made crap which led to various CT valley wrapped machine mades with the favorite being Topstone bouquet colo claro. I also smoked the early natural versions of Backwoods around that time. All during this time I was also smoking a pipe and gradually settled into smoking black cavendish while sometimes trying something different. Topstones got harder and harder to find, so I started smoking handmades and primarily the established big name brands such as Punch, Partagas, Sancho Panza, El Rey, Hoyo, Fonseca, Fuente. Then I tried some newer stuff like Pinar Del Rio and found flavors and then the Gurkha line and found more flavor. Now, aside from a large collection of Gurkha and PDR, I've been trying and finding other enjoyable and flavorful cigars, but I still desire the old Topstone flavor and somewhat rediscovered it with a Topstone Director I had about a month ago. How has your journey through the leaves been ?
At first I started smoking anything to keep from going back to cigarettes. Then came a bunch of machine made crap which led to various CT valley wrapped machine mades with the favorite being Topstone bouquet colo claro. I also smoked the early natural versions of Backwoods around that time. All during this time I was also smoking a pipe and gradually settled into smoking black cavendish while sometimes trying something different. Topstones got harder and harder to find, so I started smoking handmades and primarily the established big name brands such as Punch, Partagas, Sancho Panza, El Rey, Hoyo, Fonseca, Fuente. Then I tried some newer stuff like Pinar Del Rio and found flavors and then the Gurkha line and found more flavor. Now, aside from a large collection of Gurkha and PDR, I've been trying and finding other enjoyable and flavorful cigars, but I still desire the old Topstone flavor and somewhat rediscovered it with a Topstone Director I had about a month ago. How has your journey through the leaves been ?