Astral

Talanga Valley Selection

Consistent review, consistently good budget smoke! Bold, smooth, and full of toasted spice. Good even draw and burn on this smoke session.

A consistently good budget smoke! Bold, smooth, and full of toasted spice. Good draw but a little uneven on the burn, needed a few touch ups. Good smoke for the price!

Well, balance flavor, notes of coffee, cocoa powder, and leather with an earthy finish

Bold yet smooth profile of toasted nutty spice. Good draw but a little uneven on the burn, needed a few touch ups. Good smoke for the price!

A simple profile of nutty spice. A better burn than previously after extra resting.

Much better than the first one of these that I had but still not one I’ll buy again. Draw was very loose, required several touch-ups and a few relights for just a small part of it going out. Taste was good but the touchups were a major annoyance that just made it less than enjoyable.

Got a few of these in a grab bag sampler a few months ago. Hoping the other 1 or 2 will get better with age, maybe a year or so… Started off very harsh (very strong without much flavor and no spice/pepper at all) and had a horrible burn. Slight improvement on both about halfway through but still too harsh for my taste and I prefer a strong cigar. Set it down shortly after getting into the last third. Just couldn’t do it anymore and wanted something enjoyable for my Friday night smoke.

Bold yet smooth profile of toasted nutty spice. Good draw but a little uneven on the burn, needed a few touch ups. Great smoke for the price!