Smoking the Big Daddy

Well, I have always thought that a culebra cigar was the top of the top as far as sophistication goes.  I have to report that other than a slightly higher price tag, it is really no big deal... unless you get a 50 dollar one from Davidoff perhaps.  That said, I tried a 17 dollar culebra from La Flor Dominica Today.  I am new to this and perhaps you are as well.  A culebra is actually three cigars in one braided appearance rolled together into one seemingly big cigar.  I was wrong.  You untie each end and then you get three small cigars.  They actually smoke fast and perhaps 15 minutes each or less.  That said it was fun and I enjoyed the play with a tied cigar and all that.  The reason cigars come this way is that in days gone by, the cigar makers had to deal with stolen cigars and if they had three tied together, there was much less theft.  So thats that.  I say it was a good cigar and I had fun.  But I think thats the last of my culebra endeavors.  I had actually thought that you smoked all three at the same time.  No Go.  Here's a photo of a culebra for the interested: