I've never been more grateful that so many makers of premium cigars have gotten into the smaller cigar market than I was this December, on vacation at my in-laws.
My wife's great-uncle tends to go big rather than small with his smokes, but he happened to have a batch of fresh Arturo Fuente Short Story cigars that had just arrived (they must have been a gift from someone, because they hadn't yet made it to the humidor). He smokes all the time, so his place has become the hangout where the adults feel more free to chain-smoke around the kids, and all of us parents of youngsters indulged.
Let me tell you, the Arturo Fuente Short Story cigars were perfect. Four inches of cigar is about as much as I had time to smoke before a small child had to be fished out of the pool because of chattering teeth or forced inside for time-out as a result of whacking another cousin. The combination of presents and desserts made everyone a little off-kilter, and calmness was a rare treat to find, so I needed some premium tobacco to maintain my sanity.
Obviously, Arturo Fuente cigars are nothing if not premium tobacco wrapped in something outstanding. The Cameroon wrapper is particularly nice here, combining with the Dominican long filler to create an outstanding cigar. Sure, it's not the biggest cigar in the world -- but who has time for that when there are children to chase around? This short story was all I had time for, and it was more than worth that time.
My wife's great-uncle tends to go big rather than small with his smokes, but he happened to have a batch of fresh Arturo Fuente Short Story cigars that had just arrived (they must have been a gift from someone, because they hadn't yet made it to the humidor). He smokes all the time, so his place has become the hangout where the adults feel more free to chain-smoke around the kids, and all of us parents of youngsters indulged.
Let me tell you, the Arturo Fuente Short Story cigars were perfect. Four inches of cigar is about as much as I had time to smoke before a small child had to be fished out of the pool because of chattering teeth or forced inside for time-out as a result of whacking another cousin. The combination of presents and desserts made everyone a little off-kilter, and calmness was a rare treat to find, so I needed some premium tobacco to maintain my sanity.
Obviously, Arturo Fuente cigars are nothing if not premium tobacco wrapped in something outstanding. The Cameroon wrapper is particularly nice here, combining with the Dominican long filler to create an outstanding cigar. Sure, it's not the biggest cigar in the world -- but who has time for that when there are children to chase around? This short story was all I had time for, and it was more than worth that time.
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