Caldwell Eastern Standard Midnight Express Robusto by Caldwell Cigar

11/28/2021
COVID-19 Day 616:
Vanilla cream, dark coffee, chocolate, and leather… it may have taken me a while, but I am a fan of this Caldwell Eastern Standard Midnight Express by Caldwell Cigar!

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve enjoyed this Caldwell Eastern Standard Midnight Express all along, but it wasn’t until recently that the Bells and Whistles went off… these cigars are now on my “preferred” list!

Moving forward, coffee bean, chocolate, and soft leather tobacco flavors are keeping me company as I sip my way through the second third. This Caldwell Midnight Express is a dream to smoke! I can’t wait to smoke this again… perhaps I should purchase a box?

Smoke Time: 90-Minutes

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05/22/2021
COVID-19 Day 426:
I must be memory-challenged… I was once again amazed at the cigar flavors and quality of this Caldwell Eastern Standard Midnight Express in Robusto… I guess it should be for the MSRP’s price of $13-Bucks or so.

Creamy Rich Dark Earthy Cocoa, Roasted Coffee Beans, Vanilla, and Leather or should I say Suede that wrap all these outstanding tobacco flavors together.

I need to purchase and smoke these more often!

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10/09/2020
COVID-19 Cigar Walk, Day 202: 2.75-Mile Cigar
Oh Yeah! Hit me up one more time, please!

What a treat to be able to take this delicious Caldwell Eastern Standard Midnight Express in Robusto out for my morning Cigar Walk… this was almost a Three-Mile Cigar!

I’ve only smoked a few of these Caldwell Eastern Standard Midnight Express cigars and I’m fast becoming a fan of them… after all, one of my newly discovered favorite wrappers in the Brazilian Arapiraca Maduro is used in this blend… Flavor and Performance beyond compare!

The Caldwell Eastern Standard Midnight Express delivered a perfect draw that didn’t need any maintenance and held on forever, even while I was walking… I’m keeping this cigar around and smoking it more often than I have been.

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02/18/2020
Through a perfect draw off my straight cut a full-bodied smoking experience is ahead of me.

Dry cocoa, earthy tobacco, and black pepper flavors keep me company at the start… this is what I was hoping for and expecting. The retrohale is a pleasant well-rounded soft black pepper spice that didn’t singe my nostrils.
At the second third all my favorite flavors come to me in this fantastic cigar; dark coffee (Expresso), cocoa, leather, and earthy tobacco… I’m lovin’ this Caldwell Eastern Standard Midnight Express. I’m wondering why I’m not smoking one of these a week.

By this time I arrive at the final third, I’ve already fallen in love with this cigar again. As you may know by now, I’m a huge fan of Brazilian Tobacco and this has my signature favorite wrapper in the “hybrid“ Connecticut-Seed Arapiraca Maduro tobacco.

This is a Finger-Burner for sure!

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09/01/2019

07/13/2019
Black Coffee, leather, and wood with an immediate blast of short-lived pepper blast gave me a very pleasant surprise at first puff with the Caldwell Eastern Standard Midnight Express.

Wow!

After smoking the Caldwell Eastern Standard (Brazilian Mata Fina), my curiosity was piqued when I saw that the Midnight Express was wrapped in a hybrid “Connecticut Arapiraca Maduro”. This Connecticut Arapiraca hybrid wrapper had additional fermentation to get the darker color according to Cigar Coop.

I certainly was not disappointed with this cigar and will definitely be on the lookout to acquire more of these cigars. I’m going to gamble that a little more time in the TupperDor will only improve these already flavorful cigars.

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