I was driving through Cuba, Missouri. Decided to stop and pick up a couple cigars.
Closest thing I’ll get to actually smoking a Cuban Cigar.
Just finished an Onyx Belicoso. Not great, but an ok way to spend an hour.
Long car rides suck.
[quote]LoRez wrote:
I was driving through Cuba, Missouri. Decided to stop and pick up a couple cigars.
Closest thing I’ll get to actually smoking a Cuban Cigar.
Just finished an Onyx Belicoso. Not great, but an ok way to spend an hour.
Long car rides suck.[/quote]
Ever try any Arturo Fuentes?
CS
If you get a chance, try Hoyo de Monterrey’s “Le Hoyo de Gourmet”.
My personal favorite.
smoke a blunt. Not a cigar. Makes car rides better. Get some good tunes. Good to go.
I have quite a few Cubans I have brought back on different trips. I like them better, they seem smoother, but it could just be the placebo effect of having smokes average joe can’t get.
I was in a Habanos shop in Curacao several years ago, they had this one massive cigar, probably 10 inches long at least. It was rolled from one single leaf, which supposedly makes it a great cigar. I never found out, since they wanted $50 for one. I can go as high as $10ish, but that’s just crazy.
[quote]bignate wrote:
smoke a blunt. Not a cigar. Makes car rides better. Get some good tunes. Good to go. [/quote]
I agree, and when I’m cruising at 60 mph on the freeway nothing can be better.
But at 150 mph on the Autobahn, you better not have anything burning in your hands.
[quote]Cuso wrote:
[quote]bignate wrote:
smoke a blunt. Not a cigar. Makes car rides better. Get some good tunes. Good to go. [/quote]
I agree, and when I’m cruising at 60 mph on the freeway nothing can be better.
But at 150 mph on the Autobahn, you better not have anything burning in your hands.[/quote]
ha! my dad visits germany quite a bit for work, always telling me of how the guy driving them around would be a real talker, but one of the ones that has to look at you while they talk, and theyd get on the autobahn and hed be going 120+ chit chatting turning around in the car looking at everyone in the back seat haha, dad was freaking the fuck out.
But yeah, a nice 60-70mph cruise on nice straight freeways…mmmmm…blunt…music…a delicious drink. Maybe even some road head to top it off. Yum.
One word:
Cohiba
I don’t think you guys can get this brand in the US, but it’s the best fucking cigar in the world. And you end up looking like Duke Nukem, well at least I do.
[quote]DeltaOne wrote:
One word:
Cohiba
I don’t think you guys can get this brand in the US, but it’s the best fucking cigar in the world. And you end up looking like Duke Nukem, well at least I do.
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Sorry, two words:
Cohiba Robusto
Duke smokes a churchill or double corona format. When I burn one of those, I look like a little guy with a big cigar in his mouth. Maybe it’s the hair.
OP, I smoked a lot of cubans, they are very good cigars for them most part. There are two problems with Cubans. First, there are a lot of counterfits “out there” that are total crap. Second, Cuban producers don’t age their cigars like other producers. You have to assume that they need to sit for 6 months or more before they’ll get truly tasty and become worth the price…but when you get a good one, they are absolutely as good as you think.
Cubans were readily available in Japan when I lived there, and being in Canada now you can buy them pretty much anywhere. I’ve been lucky to try a ton of them.
I’ve never smoked a bad Cuban Cigar, but I seem to prefer the readily-available (and usually cheaper) Dominican ones.
deltaone - We can get Cohibas in the States, but it is a completely different brand. The American Cohibas have nothing to do with the Cuban company, they are just trading on the name with a different logo design. THe Cuban company filed suit against them for trademark/copyright infringement, but were unsuccessful.
I think the ones you can get in the States are Dominican, but they are still a good smoke.
I generally like Nicaraguan cigars. But probably my favorite is CAOs Cameroon Anniversary Reserve. It’s probably $8 or so, but has nice sweet caramelly notes.
I don’t think I’ve had any Fuentes. One of these days, like if I’m ever back in Mexico, I’ll see if I can track down some Cohibas. I think I just need to own some property outside the US.
[quote]DeltaOne wrote:
One word:
Cohiba
I don’t think you guys can get this brand in the US, but it’s the best fucking cigar in the world. And you end up looking like Duke Nukem, well at least I do.
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I buy cohibas every time I go to Cuba. Grab about 20-25…runs between $200-300 depending on what No. I get. My buddy was telling me how he bought 20 for 50 bucks…I told him they weren’t real. He then said ‘the guy on the beach had a certificate’. I lol’d
I find that Cuban cigars don’t have the acidic bite or lingering after taste. Its mostly the soil. The native Cuban tobacco seed is the smallest of all tobacco seeds. The “10in.” cigar you described is the Montecristo “A”. I believe it’s 9 1/4in long with a 47ring. Only the master rollers can construct one that burns evenly with no plugs or hot spots. It also requires an immense leaf for the outer layer. In 1997 their were only three rollers qualified to make them.
Phileaux
[quote]TheKraken wrote:
OP, I smoked a lot of cubans, they are very good cigars for them most part. There are two problems with Cubans. First, there are a lot of counterfits “out there” that are total crap. Second, Cuban producers don’t age their cigars like other producers. You have to assume that they need to sit for 6 months or more before they’ll get truly tasty and become worth the price…but when you get a good one, they are absolutely as good as you think. [/quote]
I have run into this several times. I will get some Cubans and keep them for at least 6 months in my humidor. I really like the Dominicans for something to smoke right away.
So what are good Dominican brands? Or specific cigars.
[quote]LoRez wrote:
So what are good Dominican brands? Or specific cigars.[/quote]
For Dominican cigars: Cuesta Rey, Arturo Fuente, and Davidoff are all good.
Gurkha cigars are very good also, and from India of all places.
Don’t know the origin, but I have smoked some Camachos which were good, then others of the same type which sucked. When I buy in the US, I usually stick to Romeo y Julietta or COhiba, though I just looked in my humidors(I have two) and I also have Arture Fuente, Cifuentes, and a couple which lost their rings(my sone got into them). I also have a Padron 1964 Anniversary which smells awesome but I have been holding onto for a couple months now, and an Oliva that got in there somehow-I honestly don’t recall where it came from.
I need to branch out more, but I hardly ever smoke them anymore. We are working on setting up a fire pit in the backyard at the new house, so once it cools off and is worth sitting outside at night, I’ll probably start smoking them more often.
Cohiba Robusto… Awesome.
A friend of mine got 25 from Cuba, he’s coming to visit in 10 days. Definitely bringing some.
Pretty much any airport in the world sells cubans. Awesome.