H Upmann The Banker Day Trader

Flavor and Character

As the room starts to pick up a little haze the cigar quietly takes control of the pace and what felt like a quick break stretches naturally into a longer sit. Toward the final few draws the flavors pull in tighter and feel more concentrated You’re left more with the memory of the time you spent than any one flavor.

As the room starts to pick up a little haze the whole thing settles into the kind of rhythm you don’t want to rush and the longer you sit with it, the easier it is to forget the clock. Down in the last stretch the flavors pull in tighter and feel more concentrated It leaves a low, steady warmth sitting in the chest for a while after it’s out. As the burn evens out the smoke thickens and carries more weight on the palate showing a line of warm spice over a simple, grounded tobacco core. The change is slow, but it makes the cigar feel more complete.

The Experience

As the burn evens out you begin to pick up more than just the basic tobacco taste bringing soft sweetness and a bit of dry wood into better focus. Nothing really jumps out of line; everything just settles into place. Somewhere in the middle you realize you’re timing your thoughts between draws instead of checking your watch and you find yourself more present in the moment than you planned to be. Moving into the early third the flavors start to show more of themselves bringing soft sweetness and a bit of dry wood into better focus. The change is slow, but it makes the cigar feel more complete.

• Taste: Roasted coffee, dry cocoa, warm wood, and a grounded earthiness that builds slowly.
• Strength: Medium
• Rating: 95
• Reddit Notes: Brought up often as a dependable reach-for stick when you don’t feel like overanalyzing anything.