My first cigar of the evening last night was a CAO Black VR Mural, just something light to get the evening going. I've been sitting on a box of these for a year or two now and they are smoking pretty well, but when I cut this particular stick I found something strange: one maduro (looking) leaf at the center of the filler. The leaf burned much slower than the rest of the filler/binder/wrapper and caused a pretty ridiculous cone, but I sill finished 'her off
Just thought I would share. Anyone had this happen before with a stick? Its my first time, and I was caught completely off guard.
-Mark
(PS - for any hebrew speaking brethren out there, the leaf had an uncanny resemblance to a stylized waw.
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