The Electron Cafe Ion
IrishAJ
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This is my first review guys. I don't rank cigars I'm more of would I recommend this cigar and to who kind of girl. So here's my first SOTL cigar review: The Electron Cafe Cubano Ion. I was gifted a fiver of these cigars along with a humidor from MTuccelli, thanks buddy I hope you like it!
Cigar Review: Electron Café Cubano Ion
By: IrishAJ
Wrapper: Beautiful milk chocolate brown color with a lot of tooth.
Nose: Very strong hints of vanilla, chocolate and sweet cream.
Lick: Heavy on the sweet cream with a touch of caramelized sugar.
Draw: No tightness detected, like breathing through a straw.
Initial light up: Strong ground red pepper. It has a lot of kick, a mixture of more subtle tones are present but hard to make out.
First quarter: After the initial light up, sweet raspberry flower honey are at the forefront, with touches of grape and sweet cream. As it progresses to the half way point the ground red pepper returns and brings the bite of extremely dark chocolate with it, accompanied by flavors of raw pecans.
***Notes so far: The first half almost made me think of Jykle and Hyde with all of the changing back and forth between sweet and peppery. The burn is razor sharp and is still currently holding its ash.
Second half: The flavor has changed into the sweet zone; sweet Bing cherries and ground white pepper. Strong notes of the raw pecans are still present, it almost reminds me of my Grandma Dorothy’s garden fruit and nut pie; sweet, crunchy and spicy! The burn had some waves in it for a short while, but evened it self out to razor sharp in just a couple of draws.
***Final thoughts: The Ion is a great smaller ring gauge cigar, but it has one big flaw that smaller cigars have in common; about one inch from the band it starts getting so hot that all you taste is the heat and none of the remaining flavors. Overall a wonderful experience, well balanced flavors, sweet smelling smoke, razor sharp burn and holds its ash very well for it’s size. I would recommend this cigar to more intermediate cigar smokers only because of its powerful peppery taste which could numb the taste buds of any beginning cigar smoker.
Wrapper: Beautiful milk chocolate brown color with a lot of tooth.
Nose: Very strong hints of vanilla, chocolate and sweet cream.
Lick: Heavy on the sweet cream with a touch of caramelized sugar.
Draw: No tightness detected, like breathing through a straw.
Initial light up: Strong ground red pepper. It has a lot of kick, a mixture of more subtle tones are present but hard to make out.
First quarter: After the initial light up, sweet raspberry flower honey are at the forefront, with touches of grape and sweet cream. As it progresses to the half way point the ground red pepper returns and brings the bite of extremely dark chocolate with it, accompanied by flavors of raw pecans.
***Notes so far: The first half almost made me think of Jykle and Hyde with all of the changing back and forth between sweet and peppery. The burn is razor sharp and is still currently holding its ash.
Second half: The flavor has changed into the sweet zone; sweet Bing cherries and ground white pepper. Strong notes of the raw pecans are still present, it almost reminds me of my Grandma Dorothy’s garden fruit and nut pie; sweet, crunchy and spicy! The burn had some waves in it for a short while, but evened it self out to razor sharp in just a couple of draws.
***Final thoughts: The Ion is a great smaller ring gauge cigar, but it has one big flaw that smaller cigars have in common; about one inch from the band it starts getting so hot that all you taste is the heat and none of the remaining flavors. Overall a wonderful experience, well balanced flavors, sweet smelling smoke, razor sharp burn and holds its ash very well for it’s size. I would recommend this cigar to more intermediate cigar smokers only because of its powerful peppery taste which could numb the taste buds of any beginning cigar smoker.
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