Papas Fritas disappoints

jadelt

gio164

I agree, love the no.9 but Papas Fritas is not even close.

The Kid

christian1971

Gray4lines

The price kinda kept me away from those. I would give them a try though, sad to hear it was a disappointment to you! I have heard Lp quality control has suffered, but Ive never smoked enough to run into ta problem (except for some kind of foreign object in an Undercrown).

jadelt

catfishbluezz

JHewey

catfishbluezz

Vision

catfishbluezz

My B&M fell into the Gurkha trap...as in new blends not sold online, probably just rebanded... We've seen at least half a dozen blow up in 6 months and give customers new cigars. When we cut them open, 7x70 stems are all over the place. That company is terrible, save the cellar reserve.

Gray4lines

catfishbluezz:

My B&M fell into the Gurkha trap...as in new blends not sold online, probably just rebanded... We've seen at least half a dozen blow up in 6 months and give customers new cigars. When we cut them open, 7x70 stems are all over the place. That company is terrible, save the cellar reserve.

I think it was a Gurkha Titan that I just had a couple of weeks ago that I pulled a huge string out of before lighting.. Come ON!

Rhamlin

Personally I think Drew Estates is starting to get greedy with the prices. I can't see how they charge so much for a cigar that let's face it is just filled with scraps. And the 9, though it is a very good smoke doesn't warrant the price tag. Not to mention how they manipulate the supply.

The Kid

madurofan

The Kid

madurofan

Rain

Jim, I just smoked one you gave me. Good smoke? Yep. Worth the price? **** no.

Hayblet

what I think is funny is I've never had a problem with Gurkha's or any Drew Estate product, well ok only one Gurkha: Crest I've yet to get one lit or find one smokeable

jadelt

Rain:

Jim, I just smoked one you gave me. Good smoke? Yep. Worth the price? **** no.

Glad you liked it ! I will have to try again. I think I still have one.

kingdavid5

When the papas fritas hit my local shop I jumped on them right way bought the tin of 4 very over prices but I was a huge UC fan so I went for it. It was a decent smoke but for the smoke time and size it wasn't worth the price. I have been steering away from DE stuff cause lately the stuff I have been buying has been terrible burn issues I find myself always relighting and just terrible smoke output. So I'm looking for another go to stick still waiting to try some new stuff

jadelt

blurr

I'm glad this community isn't still in the Liga hype phase. Something fishy going on over there at DE, with the initial love interest and "major smoke output" of Ligas early on. Maybe some enhancing or infusing was going on with the wrappers and fillers. I've smoked 3 lp 9s in the last year and was just like what is the price point for and hype in these? Ymmv but its not for me.

Amos Umwhat

madurofan:

Finally I used to LOVE the MX-2 its a different cigar than it was, since CAO was bough by the evil empire I believe most of their cigars have lost something. Maybe it's my changing pallete but the MX-2 used to have something more, I could taste the coffee and chocolate over a nice bourbon, now the bourbon drowns them out.

Oh, OK, now this makes sense! I've only had a couple MX-2's, but they were great, a couple years ago. I didn't know CAO had been bought out.

Cigary

There seems to always be a lot of chatter when these "smaller" cigars hit the shelves and while I wish they were as good as many believe I tend to be disappointed with them as well. Yes, they have something to them and some taste ok but at the end of the day these smaller cigars just don't seem to have the flavor and profile of their larger brothers ( vitolas ) and therefore to me it's a waste of money. I know a lot of those who like them because they can smoke them in about 15 or 20 minutes...to me that is just asking for trouble that you have to feel the need to get them smoked in a matter of time. Cigars are to be enjoyed and take your time and when you feel that you have to manage your cigar smoking time...you've already got one foot in the hole. JMHO

Rain

Coronas rock. Fact. One PF I had was good, one bad. I would try another.

Rain

Necro. As I've not had either as of late, how do you guys think the PF and Liga 9 compare? Do you smoke the PF and say "I can taste the Liga"?

Jetmech_63

Interesting. I bought into some of the reviews expecting to basically get an undercrown corona with some slightly different tobacco when i tried a PF. I got them for lower than what you can normally buy them for but still overpaid(price of curiosity). I have had two. On their own, i like them and like their flavor. The taste, for me, somewhere between a 9 and an undercrown. I didnt get much pepper but a lot of damp tobacco flavor, creamy leather and i swear i could taste some cinnamon vanilla notes. I dig em, but i dont think they are a baby brother to a 9 or undercrown.

alienmisprint

dennisking

I'll just take this one step further. I have only smoked the LP9 and Undercrown and don't care for either. I respect the brand and what they are doing, just don't like the smokes, or at least I haven't found one that I do like. If I'm going to pay for a Liga Privada, I'd rather get a My Father, Tat, Fuente, or LFD. I just haven't had a good Liga Privada

No_one21

Guess I'm gonna go the other way on this one guys. I haven't had a PF yet, and likely won't pay to try them. However, the T52, 9, and UC have all been great smokes to me and none have had any issues in the last 6 months. Great burn, smoke output, flavors seem consistent stick to stick (though I don't have a very developed palate). Just got a box of the UC for a good price actually. I agree on the price point of the T52 and 9 though... dayum.