Reserva Miraflors Losing Kick??

[SteelCityBoy]

Originally Posted by kelmac07

I've noticed that the last few (Belicosos/Toros/Robustos) Reserva Miraflors that I've torched have lost that "slap in the face" spice kick that they once had from the beginning. They have mellowed out a TON. Lit another one last night to confirm and the spice didn't hit me until the last third of the stick. Still a very good stick, but damn how I loved that kick in the teeth right off the bat.

Anyone else experiencing this?

Mac, was spending some time going through some threads and came across your thread a while back. IMHO the one that I just smoked was from you and me being a newer smoker I must say it didn't contain much spice to it. I was able to easily exhale through nostrils (snorkle, I think it is sometimes called) multiple times without much burning sensation. I enjoyed the smoke quite a bit, but thought it was relatively mild. My guess is like you mentioned already, they might just lose their spice as they age.