Fake Habanos

jsnake

My brother-in-law went to Cozumel and of course bought "Cubans" from some guy on the beach. He isn't into cigars like my other brother-in-law and father-in-law our so I guess he didn't know any better. All the classic signs of a counterfeit. The box of 5 had a glass lid, the tobacco stamp was a smooth sticker and not well done, the band colors bled together and instead of dots on the band in the logo there were solid lines (Romeo Y Julietta). Didn't want to make him feel like crap so I told him I just didn't know and I put the one he gave me in a case and separate from all my other cigars. While the cigar smells good, isn't Cuban, I am not so sure I would let my dog smoke it. A cigar is a cigar but where and under what conditions are these rip offs made?

fla-gypsy

My brother brought me a couple of sticks from mexico (he is a smoker, not as astute as I would like) and they were nice looking fakes but they were fakes. The dots on the Cohiba label were a little off. The fake Cohiba actually smoked well and had good flavor but it did not taste like the legit Cuban Cohiba's I have smoked in the past. The RYJ fake was awful and I did not make it half way through.

poypoyking

phobicsquirrel

Fake Habanos are like fake boobs, most are horrible but a few are just as good as the real ones!

sightunseen

KCW

phobicsquirrel:

Fake Habanos are like fake boobs, most are horrible but a few are just as good as the real ones!

+1. I learned this lesson. Some were'nt so bad. Others were aweful. I would tell him though. Just so he knows.

kuzi16

Amos Umwhat

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