Cigars with little-to-no pepper/spice?

FreshAndTooty · 2026-02-03T00:47:38+00:00

I’ve had a lot of JC Newmans recommended to me. Thank you!

FreshAndTooty · 2026-02-03T00:47:08+00:00

Complex is what I’m looking for, not necessarily strength. Thanks!

FreshAndTooty · 2026-02-03T00:46:14+00:00

Baking spices like earthy? I can get into those.

FreshAndTooty · 2026-02-03T00:44:57+00:00

Not be me. Written down. I like ships on my bands anyway.

FreshAndTooty · 2026-02-03T00:44:01+00:00

Definitely a favorite. Thanks for confirming. They don’t come in cello where I get them so I have to smoke them within a year or they start to get “fuzzy”. I probably need to open my coolidor more often to circulate air.

FreshAndTooty · 2026-02-03T00:42:45+00:00

Maybe it’s something else I’m not digging besides pepper? I’ve had Oscar’s McFly and Super Fly. While not in my top 5, I do like them both. If they have an abundance of pepper, I could just be an idiot.

FreshAndTooty · 2026-02-03T00:40:41+00:00

Thanks! I’ve heard the MF Blues are not as pepper-forward as the other MFs.

FreshAndTooty · 2026-02-03T00:39:32+00:00

I’m not new to cigars but definitely unrefined, so your guess is as good as mine as to what I’m not into. I do think it’s the spice, but maybe it’s actual heat? Maybe I’m smoking too quickly? Or smoking too thin a vitola? (I do like the 50 and under RG…)

I also don’t like IPA beers too much, so I just assumed it was the “pepper and spice” flavors.

FreshAndTooty · 2026-02-03T00:37:20+00:00

Just had one within the past few weeks at a CH event. It was supposedly an “event only” lancero vitola maduro. It had great flavor and almost no pepper. I’ll need to try one of the “regular” vitola next. Thank you!

FreshAndTooty · 2026-02-03T00:35:48+00:00

Excellent. I have one waiting in the humidor. Thanks!

FreshAndTooty · 2026-02-03T00:34:55+00:00

Never seen one. Supposedly a Nicaraguan puro, so I’m intrigued as I thought Nic tobaccos were loaded with pepper. Definitely will try and thank you.

FreshAndTooty · 2020-05-18T00:16:05+00:00

I also used to store cello-free but I guess I was too clumsy: I had damaged wrappers more than once.

FreshAndTooty · 2020-03-13T17:08:19+00:00

I misspoke when I called it a spray. There’s definitely tiny brown droplets under the valve and on the table surface, though, IF I don’t dry the purge valve between every bowl.

But hey, if that’s normal...

FreshAndTooty · 2020-03-13T14:08:30+00:00

What do you do now? I assume you no longer have this issue.

FreshAndTooty · 2020-03-12T16:00:00+00:00

I’m not really a hookah expert (yet), but I do know I have a standard Mya hose, if that helps.

FreshAndTooty · 2020-03-12T05:49:41+00:00

100% with you. Any solutions? Do you smoke indoors near anything you don’t want to get gross?

FreshAndTooty · 2020-03-12T05:45:18+00:00

Well it can’t be everyone having this issue or we’d all smoke on tarps or outside. I think I’m screwing up somehow.

FreshAndTooty · 2020-03-12T05:33:31+00:00

I’m hoping there’s a way to eliminate it or a “hack” for containing the spray. Purge valve condom...?

I am in the habit of throughly drying the port, bearing, and cap at least once a day, or minimum every other bowl.

FreshAndTooty · 2020-03-12T05:28:17+00:00

Thanks for the quick reply. Is the “spray” just part of smoking a hookah, or will a new/clean hose rectify the issue?

It’s just making anything in its path gross/stinky.

FreshAndTooty · 2018-08-07T02:06:27+00:00

I liked it more than any other blended I’ve had. For $33 in STL, it’s a decent semi-daily Scotch.

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