Each brand and kind of cigar tastes different. While the wrapper does not wholly identify the flavor of the cigar, darker wrappers tend to produce a sweetness, while lighter wrappers usually have a “drier” taste. Whether a cigar is mild, medium, or full bodied does not correlate with quality. Different smokers will have different preferences, some liking one good cigar better than another, others disagreeing. Some words used to describe cigar flavor and texture include: spicy, spicy ( red or black ), sweet, vicious, burnt, green, earthy, woodsy, cocoa, roasted, aged, nutty, creamy, cedar, chewy, fruity, leathery and oak. If you would like to try a sweet cigar that is not being offerred by many cigar sites out there anymore, go to Top Hat and get some Tampa Sweet Cigars. They are a great yard-working smoke which thankfully we in the midwest are starting to need again!
I just want to thank Top Hat Cigar. For several years I smoked Swisher Sweets. One day I tried a Tampa Sweet Perfecto and even my wife liked it…she said it smelled more like pipe tobacco. Since then I’ve smoked mostly nothing but Tampa Sweets Perfectos. However, in Idaho and now Colorado they are getting harder to buy. I finally got my local tobacco shop to special order them. That worked for several months. Recently they told me that they no longer made them. Thankfully, I found them at Top Hat Cigar. I certainly hope they are still being made and will be for quite sometime.
I second Mike’s response. Smoked Swisher’s for a while. O.K. smoke but the taste of Tampa Sweets is more pronounced. Nice creamy smoke great w/ a cup of coffee. Order 100 at a time.