I’ve always believed that in order to get to know a person you first examine his passions. So in the spirit or camaraderie and openness I would like to have my own personal “passion week” as it were, and share with you some of the joys in my life.
Today’s Topic: Cigars
For those of you brothers of the leaf, relax and recall those intoxicating aromas and flavors of that last Oliva, Rocky Patel, or Ashton you enjoyed and forgive my brevity. For everyone else, enjoy.
::Anatomy::
A cigar consists of three major parts: the filler, the binder, and the wrapper. Each of these components contribute to the overall flavor and strength profiles of the cigar.
::Flavor::
There are many factors which contribute to the flavor profile of a cigar. Just a few of these include the temperature, humidity, soil, whether the leaves were grown in the sun or in the shade, whether the leaf is from the crown [top of the plant] or from the lower portions of the plant, how long the leaves were aged, or whether they were aged individually or with different types of tobacco to allow the flavors to “marry.”
::Love::
I realize that for some of you It is difficult to imagine burning fermented plant matter to be enjoyable but bear with me as i explain..
Aside from the flavor and aromas that I love, there is something about tending to a cigar that occupies your attention, freeing your mind. With the chaos of everyday life and the distractions of TV and internet, private introspection has changed from something commonplace to something intentional to be sought.
Watching the embers crawl down giving way to ash and every once in a while having to speed or slow the burn line is incredibly freeing for me. A British politician and poet once described that “…a good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman”
The therapy in sitting down with nothing but your cigar, your libation, and your thoughts is not something i will not soon give up.
“When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed,and calm refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God, and have blessed His name”
- Charles H. Spurgeon
wear your seat anyone?
i love how they pose this guy all cool and nonchalant but there is most definitely nothing cool or nonchalant about wearing a pink turtle shell cushion on your back..
interesting..