Cuban cigar, is it all that? (updated)

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: new2AMD

Originally posted by: MonkeyK

Originally posted by: new2AMD

Originally posted by: Jzero
There isn't really any way to verify if they are fakes, either. Cohiba is probably the most well-known Cuban brand.

Sure there is. There was an article in Cigar Aficinado about 4 years ago that showed you what to look for on the bands. I have had to break the news to a few people that there so called cubans were indeed fakes.

This will weed out a small percentage of the fakes. The counterfiters have had a chance to look at the CA article already too.

I think you are giving counterfitters a lot of credit.

I also read that article a few years back. I don't think it's unreasonable to believe that the counterfeit cigars are harder to spot now.

 

[new2AMD]

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: new2AMD

Originally posted by: MonkeyK

Originally posted by: new2AMD

Originally posted by: Jzero
There isn't really any way to verify if they are fakes, either. Cohiba is probably the most well-known Cuban brand.

Sure there is. There was an article in Cigar Aficinado about 4 years ago that showed you what to look for on the bands. I have had to break the news to a few people that there so called cubans were indeed fakes.

This will weed out a small percentage of the fakes. The counterfiters have had a chance to look at the CA article already too.

I think you are giving counterfitters a lot of credit.

I also read that article a few years back. I don't think it's unreasonable to believe that the counterfeit cigars are harder to spot now.

Thats also assuming the cigar makers themselves dont take countermeasures on their bands.

 

[toy4x4]

Cuban Cigars are over-rated if you know what you like. However, my favorite cigar is the Montecristo #4 Cuban if that tells you anything.

 

[new2AMD]

Originally posted by: toy4x4
Cuban Cigars are over-rated if you know what you like. However, my favorite cigar is the Montecristo #4 Cuban if that tells you anything.

oooooo so close to my favorite, the #2

 

[JulesMaximus]

Yes, as long as they haven't been exposed to extreme heat or cold and they are not dried out they are excellent. I had a Romeo y Juliet cuban a few months ago that my neighbor's wife brought back from Canada. It was very very good.

 

[MonkeyK]

Originally posted by: new2AMD

Originally posted by: MonkeyK

Originally posted by: new2AMD

Originally posted by: Jzero
There isn't really any way to verify if they are fakes, either. Cohiba is probably the most well-known Cuban brand.

Sure there is. There was an article in Cigar Aficinado about 4 years ago that showed you what to look for on the bands. I have had to break the news to a few people that there so called cubans were indeed fakes.

This will weed out a small percentage of the fakes. The counterfiters have had a chance to look at the CA article already too.

I think you are giving counterfitters a lot of credit.

Nope, I hang out on a couple of cigar BBs. I'm only passing on what I've learned.

 

[MonkeyK]

Originally posted by: new2AMD

Originally posted by: toy4x4
Cuban Cigars are over-rated if you know what you like. However, my favorite cigar is the Montecristo #4 Cuban if that tells you anything.

oooooo so close to my favorite, the #2

#2 and #4 are good, my favorite Cuban is the H. Upmann Sir Winston. My favorite non-Cubans would be Perdomo Reserve 'X', Sancho Panza Dulcinea, and Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Robusto.

 

[Shockwave]

Anyone know of any good cigar websites or E-tailers?

 

[MonkeyK]

Originally posted by: Shockwave
Anyone know of any good cigar websites or E-tailers?

I can't recommend any Cuban sellers, 'cause I've never bought from them. Otherwise check out:
atlanticcigar.com
cigarsinternational.com
jrcigars.com

these guys are the biggies

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: MonkeyK

Originally posted by: Shockwave
Anyone know of any good cigar websites or E-tailers?

I can't recommend any Cuban sellers, 'cause I've never bought from them. Otherwise check out:
atlanticcigar.com
cigarsinternational.com
jrcigars.com

these guys are the biggies

'Prreciate it 😎

 

[Mo0o]

If you've never tried a cigar before, a) you wont like it b) you wont be able to tell the difference. Even if you smoke cigarettes, smoking a cigar is much different. I would say take it and give it to someone who knows something about cigars and would appreciate it, or let the guy keep it. They are 100 a piece after all.

 

[MonkeyK]

They are nothing close to $100 cigars though (and some do exist). There is a web retailer based in Spain that will guarantee shipment to the US. Their most expensive Cohiba (a Cohiba Ltd Ed 2001) goes for about $30, guaranteed shipment costs $13 if you are buying only one cigar.

So the most expensive single Cohiba cigar they sell is about $43 shipped to your door.

 

[DeeKnow]

Originally posted by: richardycc
why are they so expensive? is it because they really do taste like a $100 cigar should, or becasue they are illegal in the US?

nope. simply because some twit is willing to pay that much for them...

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: MonkeyK
They are nothing close to $100 cigars though (and some do exist). There is a web retailer based in Spain that will guarantee shipment to the US. Their most expensive Cohiba (a Cohiba Ltd Ed 2001) goes for about $30, guaranteed shipment costs $13 if you are buying only one cigar.

So the most expensive single Cohiba cigar they sell is about $43 shipped to your door.

Is that one of the links you gave me. Sorry, been busy with my website (And looking like a fvcktard!) and havent checked them yet 🙁

 

[Shelly21]

I smoked it... and amazingly, I started to spit after a couple puff just out of instinct. It is really, er "spicy", I guess that would be the good way to describe it.

People were looking at me funny, don't know if it's me smoking or spitting. 😕

 

[mcveigh]

$100! too much even for a cuban...which I love BTW...I still have a couple from a few years ago.

 

[Shockwave]

DAMNIT PEOPLE!! Put your updates in the original post!! :|

Thats probably my one other pet peeve, aside from all caps.

 

[BullyCanadian]

Originally posted by: Aquaman
Last time I went to Cuba I bought a box of 25 Romeo Y Julieta Churchills and a 25 box of Cohiba Siglo V. They worked out to be around $11 Cdn ($8 US ) each. When I looked at the local shops they sold them for $40-60 Cdn ($29-44 US). I got my buddy who works in Seattle to sell them down there and got $80 US ($110 Cdn) each 😀 Needless to say ........... I paid for my Cuba vacation 😀

Cheers,
Aquaman

ya i know a guy who yearly takes his ENTIRE FAMILY, about 28 of them altogether go, and he makes each hold at least 7 cigar boxes in their suitcases on their flight home, and generally he makes money on the trips to CUBA lol