Cuban Cigars

[billfromlaketravis 11640]

Please teach me how. I was given two Cuban cigars at NAPE in 2018 and they remain the best thing I've ever smoked. 

The hype is real. Cuba is to cigars as Kentucky is to bourbon. The climate, latitude/longitude is just right for what they're trying to do. 

[futureman 22566]

teach you what?  and your bourbon analogy is just misinformed and wrong.  the whole post is questionable, to be honest. 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

7 hours ago, futureman said:

teach you what?  and your bourbon analogy is just misinformed and wrong.  the whole post is questionable, to be honest. 

So the best bourbon isn't coming from Kentucky ?

[52-80 19287]

There's a service where you can pay $2000 for some cuban-american guys arriving at your house and hand roll dominican-tobacco cigars for you

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4980]

A good Balkan pipe tobacco or Perique Blend is where it is at. 

[thrillhammer 684]

agree with the op, Cuban cigars do live up to the hype.  not many things do.  Cubans are the absolute best cigars made.   I don't agree with you about Kentucky bourbon, but do agree with you about this.  get them whenever you travel overseas.  I had a scuba diving friend that brought them back every time he went to the Caribbean, so was well stocked in them for a decade or more.  I lost that connection but always have a couple in my humidor.

[Deej 77293]

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Edited May 27, 2019 by Deej

[Dutchrudder 11162]

I had my first Cuban cigars at a Mexican restaurant in Nigeria. It was fantastic, best thing I ever smoked, and it was only $20. Well worth the money, but I don't know where or how to get them in the states. Anyone have a good way to order them?

[hornimal 80]

12 minutes ago, thrillhammer said:

agree with the op, Cuban cigars do live up to the hype.  not many things do.  Cubans are the absolute best cigars made.   I don't agree with you about Kentucky bourbon, but do agree with you about this.  get them whenever you travel overseas.  I had a scuba diving friend that brought them back every time he went to the Caribbean, so was well stocked in them for a decade or more.  I lost that connection but always have a couple in my humidor.

you'd be a fool if you blindly follow this advise.  always check before you buy: for authenticity and for storage conditions.  two weeks ago I visited a la casa del habano in an eastern european capital and the humidor smelled like a gym sock.  I quickly made a face and headed out, I guess the nice girl thought I was having sticker shock, she showed me a big of box of discounted cosmetic seconds cigars; all had swollen and cracked feet.

[conVINCEd 21474]

You need a mule.

[midtown 3348]

These were the last ones I bought in Colombia.  I paid $125 which I think is pretty fair.  Smoked one while there.  Brought the other two back and gave one to my friend who is afraid to travel and didn't go on this trip.

 

Edited June 7, 2019 by midtown

[Macanudo 13102]

You paid $125 for a three pack of Siglo VI.    Wow.   Prices have really gone up.    

[billfromlaketravis 11640]

2 hours ago, midtown said:

These were the last ones I bought in Colombia.  I paid $125 which I think is pretty fair.  Smoked one while there.  Brought the other two back and gave one to my friend who is afraid to travel and didn't go on this trip.

 

So  basically you need a friend traveling to Latin America. Got it. 

[Macanudo 13102]

44 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

So  basically you need a friend traveling to Latin America. Got it. 

Or not.  

[Anastasis 23517]

1 hour ago, Macanudo said:

You paid $125 for a three pack of Siglo VI.    Wow.   Prices have really gone up.    

Yeah, I am totally out of that pricing loop. Can't remember the last time I bought a box, but still got a little stash in the humidor.  Some sentimentals (last couple out of a box given to me by my uncle, now deceased, at graduation 15 years ago), a partagas 150 from same said, various bolivars R&Js, and an unlabeled rolled on the inner thigh of a 18yo cuban virgin.  I should probably burn these mofos as they are past prime.      

[Parliament 14410]

Cuban cigars are SOOOO good.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

9 minutes ago, Parliament said:

Cuban cigars are SOOOO good.

If they've been cared for properly.  So many great cigars out there now. Cuban and otherwise.  

I will say the best cigar experience I've ever had was a Cuban.  That whole I tasted, chocolate, cinamman, coffee, and leather, etc.  thing people write about happened, and hasn't since.

[hornimal 80]

18 hours ago, Macanudo said:

You paid $125 for a three pack of Siglo VI.    Wow.   Prices have really gone up.    

they are tubos AND cohibas

[Macanudo 13102]

22 hours ago, Anastasis said:

Yeah, I am totally out of that pricing loop. Can't remember the last time I bought a box, but still got a little stash in the humidor.  Some sentimentals (last couple out of a box given to me by my uncle, now deceased, at graduation 15 years ago), a partagas 150 from same said, various bolivars R&Js, and an unlabeled rolled on the inner thigh of a 18yo cuban virgin.  I should probably burn these mofos as they are past prime.      

I have not bought a cigar in almost a decade by the end table humidor is still almost full with full boxes of stuff.    I have a couple full boxes of stuff that is 15+ years old.   

[CHIEF 5104]

CHIEF Jr.  and I smoked a Cuban every night the last time we went to Cozumel. Box of Siglio IIIs was $135, we each bought a box. Don't think I'll do it again. They were wonderful, but an Arturo Fuente Maduro curly leaf for a dollar isn't enough of a step down to pay that difference. My unrefined palate can't justify it.

CHIEF

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

9 hours ago, CHIEF said:

CHIEF Jr.  and I smoked a Cuban every night the last time we went to Cozumel. Box of Siglio IIIs was $135, we each bought a box. Don't think I'll do it again. They were wonderful, but an Arturo Fuente Maduro curly leaf for a dollar isn't enough of a step down to pay that difference. My unrefined palate can't justify it.

CHIEF

There are plenty of $6-7 sticks out there as good as a $20 advertised Cubano.....