Wow! Had a cigar with a candela (green) wrapper the other day .

[JCinPA]

And it was TERRIFIC! It was a Fuente gifted to me by a resident in my parents' apartment building when I remarked on how rare they were these days.

When I was a teen back in the 70's, almost ALL cigars were green. They used to be sold out of glass cases under the cash register at just about every local restaurant, if you can believe that. Before the anti-smoking Nazis gained power. But they were almost all green.

Then, almost overnight, they all but disappeared. When I started doing cigars in my early Air Force days, they were almost all brown--Natural (light), English Market Selection (just a little darker) and the occasional Maduro. By the 90's it seemed cigars were almost all EMS or Maduro, with the occasional light brown Natural wrapper. I don't remember seeing many green cigars since then.

I remarked on that when this guy was smoking one, "Wow, a Candela wrapper, I haven't seen one of those in years! How is it?" I thought it was an oddity he found somewhere. He thrust one at me saying he got them from some Internet seller I don't remember but that they were all he smoked. It was FANTASTIC!

Stumbled across this article on the Candela wrapper today.

http://www.cigaraficionado.com/webfeatures/show/id/Its-Not-Easy-Being-Green_8220

Funny how tastes change so completely and in such a relatively short time, isn't it? From almost all green when I was a kid, to all brown today. I have to find more of those, they were great. The wrapper is back at my apartment I don't have it at the moment.

Anyone else smoke green cigars?

 

[Commander Quan]

I've had a couple different candela wrapped cigars and enjoyed them. However, I do not recommend the Thompson Iguana, it was probably one of the worst cigars I've ever had.

 

[Stevew443]

When I smoked cigars, at least half my humidor was given over to candelas. I guess that I am old enough to remember them being sold everywhere I was a youngster.

 

[HLS]

After I read this thread I bought a five pack of these: http://www.cigarsinternational.com/proddisp.asp?item=CS-9DA&stext=candela

 

[JCinPA]

Cool! Please let us know what you think about those!

 

[NeverOne99]

The Fuente Candela is awesome. So is this one. All the others I have smoked either taste like lawn grass or green bananas.

 

[JCinPA]

I located the cigar I had...

http://www.famous-smoke.com/arturo+fuente+churchill+cigars/item+13744

The rate at which I smoke these days, a box is a ridiculous thing to purchase, but it was good! Apparently, according to the article, these are pretty much a love/hate thing with about equal number (35%-35% roughly) either loving them or calling them dog turds. So beware about buying a box. Try to find 5 or so.

I loved it!

 

[HLS]

Will do and soon. CI has always been fast shippers.

Jim

Cool! Please let us know what you think about those!

 

[Slash McCoy]

I don't like those "mean greenies". Too much chlorophyl taste. I do like a nice Connecticut shade grown wrapper like what they used to use on the Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur series and the nearly identical Punch Grand Cru's. Don't much care for Maduro wrappers though I will have a Fuente Hemmingway Short Story occasionally after dinner with a Tawny Port.

 

[HLS]

After I read this thread I bought a five pack of these: http://www.cigarsinternational.com/proddisp.asp?item=CS-9DA&stext=candela

They came in guys...My first candela. Real nifty green color. Has a faint pungent odor. Flavor is different and hard to describe, if green had a flavor this would be it. I'm gonna show my southern "upbringing" here a bit. The smell/scent reminds me of stink bug on a tomatoe plant full of green tomatoes mid summer, but in a good way if that's even possible. I was undecided about this cigar for the first five minutes, but it really grew on me after embracing the taste and aroma without applying my notions about bugs and such. I will be buying more......

Jim

 

[Argonaut]

JR has the largest variety I've found. Do a search for "Double claro" or "claro claro" for wrapper type. The Fuente is the best I've had, the JR Alternatives are nice for the price. I did not care for the Baccarat one, that one was pure lawn clippings.