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Send your worst, Rokkitsci; kill the incurious cat.
However, we all ought to keep in mind that the Cat perhaps can't help it. Think of the rough tongue, the preference for foul tasting foods that smell of rank tuna, and the fact that he cleans himself unflinchingly with his own mouth; these would suggest a certain inability to appreciate subtlety.
So, finally it happened, I lost my 'Nub' cherry today! (Cameroon)
I guess I didn't know what to expect.
Having read so many reports on how wonderful an experience it can be, I confess I found it something of a . . . (dare I say it?) . . . let down.
After opening up the 'box' and slipping off the protection, I inhaled its fragrant aroma, enjoying the promise of things to come, before 'punching' a hole in it and firing it up.
It's true that these babies are beautifully put together and burn like a dream, but. . . I just couldn't love it.
I think I should make it clear from the outset (in order not to offend any 'Nub lovers' out there), it's not you (the Nub), it's me.
I'm a Cuban boy through and through. They're what I started out on, my first love if you like.
It's difficult to put my finger on the problem, other than to say it's the 'after-taste' I found strange. Like someone had added a couple of Darjeeling tea leaves to the blend for a bit of fun.
This odd 'after-taste' persisted right through to the final third, I kinda got used to it, but just couldn't enjoy it.
Though I will say, in the interests of balance, I can totally understand why others love these - precisely because of their very distinctive taste.
Anyhow, to cut a sad story short - I remain unconverted.
I'm sorry, truly sorry!
The (I fear hopeless) search for an NC that can compete with a Cuban for my affections continues.
God, don't say that.
It's not that I wouldn't appreciate the gesture mind, it's just that (at my present rate of consumption), I've already got enough NC's to last nearly a year!
I enjoy a hearty Cuban as well as the next bloke; however, I cannot, in all fairness, say that they -- and they alone -- are the cat's meow, as it were, and, apparently, as it is, for our resident tabbyman. There are multitudes of NC's which I enjoy every bit as much as an earthy, barnyard Cuban.
Thus, I don't know about The Shuckster (although I have my suspicions), but I feel as if the gauntlet has been thrown down, the glove slapped 'crosst me face, the challenge issued, as it were.
... I think you may have opened the floodgates to being bombed by NCs..
God, don't say that.
It's not that I wouldn't appreciate the gesture mind, it's just that (at my present rate of consumption), I've already got enough NC's to last nearly a year!
Now, if you were sayin' . . . some peanut-butter M&M's, or a sexy Cuban. . . well ... (as I said to the postman the other day) . . . my 'flap' is always open*. . . xx
*Oh God - Now I sound like eggy! (Umn, no offence, 'O Great 'Cheek' Master!!).
Hmmm i quite enjoy a Nub, but i think perhaps had you had one then, the Nub Habano might have been the best of the Nubs to sample its the one i enjoy the most. That said i also like Cubans but hey you know me, i also like 'anything' lets call me eggie diverse lol...
Shame you didnt like it, or maybe you liked it, but didnt fully enjoy the experience?
Nice write up about the experience too Mr cat... I think you may have opened the floodgates to being bombed by NCs.. lol Mr Shuckins.. you reading lmao
So, finally it happened, I lost my 'Nub' cherry today! (Cameroon)
I guess I didn't know what to expect.
Having read so many reports on how wonderful an experience it can be, I confess I found it something of a . . . (dare I say it?) . . . let down.
After opening up the 'box' and slipping off the protection, I inhaled its fragrant aroma, enjoying the promise of things to come, before 'punching' a hole in it and firing it up.
It's true that these babies are beautifully put together and burn like a dream, but. . . I just couldn't love it.
I think I should make it clear from the outset (in order not to offend any 'Nub lovers' out there), it's not you (the Nub), it's me.
I'm a Cuban boy through and through. They're what I started out on, my first love if you like.
It's difficult to put my finger on the problem, other than to say it's the 'after-taste' I found strange. Like someone had added a couple of Darjeeling tea leaves to the blend for a bit of fun.
This odd 'after-taste' persisted right through to the final third, I kinda got used to it, but just couldn't enjoy it.
Though I will say, in the interests of balance, I can totally understand why others love these - precisely because of their very distinctive taste.
Anyhow, to cut a sad story short - I remain unconverted.
I'm sorry, truly sorry!
The (I fear hopeless) search for an NC that can compete with a Cuban for my affections continues.
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