Green Cigars?

[flat6nut]

ARTURO FUENTE 8-5-8 CANDELA LONSDALE...I came across some of these at Castle Cigar in Tampa yesterday. Curious as to what they may taste like. Has anyone ever tried one of these or something else green?

I spent too much yesterday, but I will pick one up just to try next time. I just have a feeling that i will not like it because I prefer maduros.

[NCRadioMan]

Grassy. A nice change of pace. The Camacho Candela is quite good as well.

[Bax]

Yep, very grassy. A nice morning smoke.

[flat6nut]

Guess this means they are mild.?. Ill pass then.

[NCRadioMan]

Just because a cigar is mild doesn't mean it's not full flavored. I don't think they are any more mild than the natural. Just a different flavor. The Camacho's are a good medium.

[hotreds]

Candela wrappers are not bad at all! They are not very common, but many brands do have a candela wrapper.

[The Poet]

The candela wrapper is the rarest of the breed, and thus coveted by some. Mild? Well, usually milder than the same cigar in a different wrapper, yes. But as has been said, mild does not necessarily mean flavorless. Try it, you might like it.

[SmokeyJoe]

Just because a cigar is mild doesn't mean it's not full flavored. I don't think they are any more mild than the natural. Just a different flavor. The Camacho's are a good medium.

:tpd: I enjoy a nice candela every once in a while...

From some of my research, candelas were once the favorite smoke in the US... Celtics legendary coach and team president Red Auerbach famously smoked candelas exclusively. :ss

[Waynegro1]

I think Candela wrappers are a nice change of pace every once and a while. They used to be very popular, but since the '90s Boom I think they've gone down in popularity (at least there aren't as many brands making them). They can be mild in strength, but have plenty of flavor. I have a box of Fuente 8-5-8 Canela Lonsdale and enjoy them with my morning coffee from time to time. :tu

[stearns]

only had one candela a LONG time ago and it didnt tickle my fancy, maybe i'd like em now that i have a bit of a pallet but im not in a rush to try one.

and side note about red auerbach, in my research he smoked hdm governers pretty much exclusively which are not candelas, but i could be wrong. either way, those are a nice smoke, and somewhat sentimental to me

stearns

[flat6nut]

Then perhaps I will pick a few up next time. Seems like a good cigar to throw in a bomb since I have never seen them anywhere else. But I will have to smoke one first.

[Aldebaran]

I've only ever had one candela and it was some second. I wasnt a big fan but I do have the 8-5-8 candela and the camacho monarch on my to try list

[shilala]

One of the absolute worst cigars I have ever smoked in my life. :tu
There are others out there, like "The Angry Elf".
Candela wrappers were what everyone smoked a long time ago. They just fell out of fashion.

[Dunkel]

I've smoked a few Candelas in my time and they were all pretty awful. I never smoked an A. Fuente Candela though. The smell from a Candela cigar is pretty stinky too. Columbo loved them and everyone else around him did not. LOL

[sikk50]

I've never even seen one in person

[pnoon]

Nice review.

[Savvy]

I've had a few. They're mild, and they do have a grassier flavor than more of the regular lines. It's definitely a little different. I believe I still have one in my cooler. Gonna save it up for next St. Patrick's day, put another year on it.

[SmokinApe]

Just because a cigar is mild doesn't mean it's not full flavored. .

How can this statement be true? A cigar that has is full flavored is "full" and cigar that has a mild flavor is "mild." It doesn't mean it has no flavor just a mild set of flavors... :confused:

[sikk50]

How can this statement be true? A cigar that has is full flavored is "full" and cigar that has a mild flavor is "mild." It doesn't mean it has no flavor just a mild set of flavors... :confused:

Doesn't Mild/Full reffer more to the nic than the flavor?? :confused:

[Aldebaran]

Mild Medium and Full can refer both to the body and strength or so I have read.

[SmokinApe]

Doesn't Mild/Full refer more to the nic than the flavor?? :confused:

Well, you can't taste nic... so I don't know. I would assume that strength refers to nic. I would also assume that the context of this thread is about flavor not nic content...

[floydpink]

I had to check to make sure, but I had always called greenish wrappers double claros, and I guess that's the same as candela previously?

The wrapper is dried quickly with the use of heat, for whatever reason.

I find them a little sweet in flavor and enjoy the Graycliff double claro occasionally, although I wouldn't be in fits if my humidor was void of any light green cigars.

[SmokeyJoe]

and side note about red auerbach, in my research he smoked hdm governers pretty much exclusively which are not candelas, but i could be wrong. either way, those are a nice smoke, and somewhat sentimental to me

stearns

You're probably right... I thought I remembered reading that they made a candela version ONLY for Red. Wouldn't be the first time I "misremembered." :D

[bobarian]

I am not a fan of the Candela wrapper. If you look at catalogs from the boom years, probably 1 in two ads featured candela wrapped smokes. Ligero and oscuro were practically unadvertised 10 years ago. Some like em, just not my cup of tea. :2

[stearns]

You're probably right... I thought I remembered reading that they made a candela version ONLY for Red. Wouldn't be the first time I "misremembered." :D

if this is true, how the hell do i get my hands on one :ss

as for the body/flavor/whatever debate, i usually consider body to be the amount of nic in a cigar, and flavor to be, well, the strength of the flavor of the cigar. example - i consider diablos to be mild-medium in body, but full in flavor, that is theres a lot of flavor coming at you but you dont end woozy at all. perhaps this is just my interpretation

stearns

[Bax]

Truth be told, the B&M's full flavored are a little more full than internet Fulls. I guess some are more Full of it than others.:D

[TanithT]

Me likey candela wrapper, at least on the much older cigars I've gotten my hands on that had it. I have yet to smoke a modern candela.

[Jcaprell]

I have never had a candela I have enjoyed all the way through. Some start out great then go downhill, some start out bad then become okay. They are just not for me.

[SmokeyJoe]

Truth be told, the B&M's full flavored are a little more full than internet Fulls. I guess some are more Full of it than others.:D

Are you sure? I thought that was just a... "legend." ;)