Room 101 San Andres 213

  According to George Orwell's novel '1984', Room 101 is NOT a place you want to end up. The place where you're to be broken by your worst fears is not something I'd associate with a cigar. Oh well, I guess that Matt Booth thinks otherwise.

 Room 101's street cred extends beyond their custom jewelery to some excellently blended and decently priced cigars, thanks to the wise partnership with Camacho. Camacho, trading on it's acquisition by the cigar giant, Davidoff, has been creating excellent blends incorporating their classic Honduran corojo and newly-accessible supplies of excellent Dominican tobaccos. Couple exciting blends with Camacho's reliably excellent construction, and the Room 101's lines have become go-to cigars for many cigar lovers.

Room 101 San Andres 213

  The San Andres line features a filler blend of Honduran and Dominican tobaccos with a Camacho-signature Honduran corojo binder and San Andres wrapper. They're also noticeably more affordable than previous Room 101 offerings, with the 213 corona Pricing $5-6 per stick. The band is graced with a face that only a mother could love. Or perhaps a West Coast tattoo artist.

  This cigar wastes no time getting started with bold, nutty flavor with leather notes. After the first inch coffee joins the leather in the background, while the nutty flavor dominates. It's definitely an uncommon flavor profile, which is why I've kept enjoying these since they've been released. A subtle spice note drifts in to the flavors nearing departure, but is never obviously "spicy".

  The San Andres is a worthy, and easily affordable, extension beyond Room 101's Conjura and Namakubi lines. After enjoying a few of these, I'm still game to say: Alright, Comrade O'Brien, take me to Room 101!