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Developing Palates

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Personal #Cigar Review: Macanudo Cafe Hyde Park @macanudo #cigars #cigarreview developingpalates.com/review…
Personal Cigar Review: Macanudo Cafe Hyde Park - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit...

Personal Cigar Review: Macanudo Cafe Hyde Park - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit...

The Macanudo Cafe Hyde Park had an average flavor profile throughout, focused around toasted cedar and earth. The supporting notes didn't really do anything to elevate the profile. The cigar smokes...

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Replying to @squarebale19
We appreciate you checking it out, but cigar scoring has been broken for quite some time. This is a very easy system to understand. It’s middle for the majority and then higher or lower for ones that earn it.
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Look through the site and you'll find some high 7's and 8's. Maybe the scoring system just isn't for you. Once you go through some reviews you get an understanding for the range. If you have to make it correlate to something else, you're doing it wrong.
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Team #Cigar Review: OZ Maracana Robusto @TimOzgener #cigars #cigarreview developingpalates.com/review…
Team Cigar Review: OZ Maracana Robusto - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit Reviews and...

Team Cigar Review: OZ Maracana Robusto - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit Reviews and...

Wonderful sweet and creamy nuttiness up front but the staleness in cedar wood was too impactful and disappointing. Without that, this OZ Maracana Robusto would have been a great desert like cigar...

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Replying to @squarebale19
Did you read through the post or watch the video that explains the scoring system and how the cost per point is derived? That might help you understand a bit better.
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Your example is basically saying use the 100 point system, but that you're not for a 100 point system. The majority of our scores are right around 5 which meets expectations, so I'm not sure how you are saying they are primarily below.
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Team #Cigar Review: Joya de Nicaragua Joya Red White & Blue @joyacigars #cigars #cigarreview developingpalates.com/review…
Team Cigar Review: Joya de Nicaragua Joya Red White & Blue - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and...

Team Cigar Review: Joya de Nicaragua Joya Red White & Blue - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and...

The Joya de Nicaragua Joya Red White & Blue offers a solid progression of sweet tobacco, bread, wood, baking spices and earth, but the profile gradually becomes more dominated by tannic wood and...

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Replying to @squarebale19 @RockyPatelCigar
We'd be very interested to hear why you think it's confusing. The system is simple, 5 is average or meets expectations. Anything higher exceeds expectations, anything lower doesn't meet expectations. Much easier to understand than 100 point systems that only use 5 points.
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Team Cigar Review: Room101 Namakubi Chingon @Room101Brand #cigars #cigarreview developingpalates.com/review…
Team Cigar Review: Room101 Namakubi Chingon - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit Reviews...

Team Cigar Review: Room101 Namakubi Chingon - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit Reviews...

In the end, the Room101 Namakubi Chingon is a cigar that shows flashes of richness and complexity, particularly early, but ultimately settles into a more average experience as it progresses.

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Team #Cigar Review: Rocky Patel Sapphire Toro @RockyPatelCigar #cigars #cigarreview developingpalates.com/review…
Team Cigar Review: Rocky Patel Sapphire Toro - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit Reviews...

Team Cigar Review: Rocky Patel Sapphire Toro - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit Reviews...

While I enjoyed the texture and density of the profile, there wasn't enough fullness in flavors to make it worthwhile. For a cigar to be fuller bodied, it's especially disappointing when the flavors...

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Team #Cigar Review: AVO Expresivo Robusto @AvoCigars #cigars #cigarreview developingpalates.com/review…
Team Cigar Review: AVO Expresivo Robusto - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit Reviews and...

Team Cigar Review: AVO Expresivo Robusto - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit Reviews and...

The AVO Expresivo Robusto is a tasty cigar that has the major factors of a good cigar covered (sweetness, spice, earthiness). The overall good flavors were paired well with an oily/buttery mouthfeel...

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Personal #Cigar Review: Rocky Patel The Edge Maduro Toro @RockyPatelCigar #cigars #cigarreview developingpalates.com/review…
Personal Cigar Review: Rocky Patel The Edge Maduro Toro - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and...

Personal Cigar Review: Rocky Patel The Edge Maduro Toro - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and...

The Rocky Patel The Edge Maduro Toro had a nice start, with the earth driven profile and nice supporting notes. It took a step down in the second third as some of the supporting notes mellowed and...

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Team #Cigar Review: Powstanie Sumatra Grand Robusto @cigarhustler #cigars #cigarreview developingpalates.com/review…
Team Cigar Review: Powstanie Sumatra Grand Robusto - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit...

Team Cigar Review: Powstanie Sumatra Grand Robusto - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit...

Overall, the Powstanie Sumatra Grand Robusto is a cigar that peaks early and then settles into a more restrained and consistent middle before losing some of its balance toward the end. Even with that...

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Team #Cigar Review: Casa Carrillo Deep Blue Limited Edition 2026 @CasaCarrilloCig #cigars #cigarreview developingpalates.com/review…
Team Cigar Review: Casa Carrillo Deep Blue Limited Edition 2026 - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer...

Team Cigar Review: Casa Carrillo Deep Blue Limited Edition 2026 - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer...

Where the cigar started and where the cigar finished was very far apart, and it's hard to find commonality in the flavor profile in those two thirds. Ultimately, the Casa Carrillo Deep Blue Limited...

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Team #Cigar Review: CAO Surplus Shade Robusto @caocigars #cigars #cigarreview developingpalates.com/review…
Team Cigar Review: CAO Surplus Shade Robusto - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit Reviews...

Team Cigar Review: CAO Surplus Shade Robusto - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit Reviews...

Overall, the CAO Surplus Shade Robusto had a solid start with some enjoyable sweetness, creaminess and a touch of chocolate that provided the most interesting part of the smoking experience. Unfort...

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Team #Cigar Review: West Tampa Chef Rick @west_tampa #cigars #cigarreview developingpalates.com/review…
Team Cigar Review: West Tampa Chef Rick - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit Reviews and...

Team Cigar Review: West Tampa Chef Rick - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit Reviews and...

This West Tampa Chef Rick was a bold and rich cigar that felt satiating. The candy sweetness paired with big spice retrohale, earthy, and herbal background was just the right amount of full flavors...

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Team #Cigar Review: Smoke This Trust Me Habano Robusto @cigarhustler #cigars #cigarreview developingpalates.com/review…
Team Cigar Review: Smoke This Trust Me Habano Robusto - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit...

Team Cigar Review: Smoke This Trust Me Habano Robusto - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit...

The Smoke This Trust Me Habano Robusto is a good cigar. The flavor profile is lovely from beginning to end, and the profile itself has nice components. It was balanced and complex. There was not a...

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Personal #Cigar Review: Montecristo Classic No. 2 #cigars #cigarreview developingpalates.com/review…
Personal Cigar Review: Montecristo Classic No. 2 - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit...

Personal Cigar Review: Montecristo Classic No. 2 - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit...

The Montecristo Classic No. 2 had a nice flavor profile through the first two thirds, focused around toasted cedar and earth, but the supporting notes all did a good job of balancing the profile. It...

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Cigar News: Cigar Release List - September 2026 #cigarnews developingpalates.com/news/c…
Cigar News: Cigar Release List - September 2026 - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit...

Cigar News: Cigar Release List - September 2026 - Developing Palates - Cigar, Beer and Spirit...

Monthly, we will put together a list of all of the cigars that were released, or announced to be released, in the previous month. This should give you an easy way to stay in tune with new releases.

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Team #Cigar Review: Joya de Nicaragua Clásico Original Green Room Selection @joyacigars #cigars #cigarreview developingpalates.com/review…
Team Cigar Review: Joya de Nicaragua Clásico Original Green Room Selection - Developing Palates -...

Team Cigar Review: Joya de Nicaragua Clásico Original Green Room Selection - Developing Palates -...

Overall, the Joya de Nicaragua Clásico Original Green Room Selection is a good cigar, capturing a good amount of complexities to never bore the palate. The combination of spice, wood, natural sweet...

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