Actually, unless I'm way off, I think most cigar rollers use the entubado style of rolling, that would be the individual bunching of each leaf. I don't know what the other method is known as, so I'm going to call it the pancake method. If what I recall is correct, the pancake method isn't really used anymore by reputable manufacturers because the burn and draw are less reliable, and surely for other reasons as well. Someone correct me if I have my info wrong, I do have a tendency to make things up as I go sometimes.
I know the new RP (15th Anniv) is rolled via the old Cuban Tubo method. The robusto is a good 1.5hrs. I am a huge fan of this method since it helps make the cigar last longer and help keeps it cooler.
There is the Berger & Argenti Entubo cigars that are rolled and named after this style. Not sure if there is a difference between what you are talking about and they style they roll them with, except for the little tube that sticks out at the foot, which to me is just a sales gimmick. The B&A entubo quad maduro is good smoke though, but a little overpriced.
I smoked one hand rolled at a Toyota event in the Cayman Islands , actually I smoked 2 , one right then and one the next day. It was supposedly cuban tobacco , although I don't know anything about the blend as the event was crouded and one-on-one time with the roller was impossible. The cigars were very very tasty and best of all everything to do with the trip was paid for by Toyota !!!
Have you guys smoked a cigar right after it was rolled? Was it good?
Supposedly freshly-rolled cigars have a "chicles" taste, whatever that is; some like it, some hate it. I think CI sells some freshly rolled Perdomo wheels of 50.
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