Why are Cubans so Much Better.

RaschNuts

so there are 2 guys at work that buy some cuban cigars on a website it clearly states on the site that they can get stopped and if so your loss. The question that my partner at work and i where wondering is what makes a cuban so much better then other cigars. obviously there are legal cigars that can come close.

rossdavey2

I think its the whole forbidden friut thing. Some Cubans are great, some are good, some are bad. Just like any other cigars. From the cubans I have smoked I wouldn't go spending a whole lot on them and just get great legal sticks. IMO

j0z3r

The short answer is that they're not better, just different. There is a certain mystique surrounding them due to the status of all Cuban goods thanks to our ridiculous embargo, but that's neither here nor there.

The Cank

I smoked one on Saturday night, It was a Cohiba La Habana then smoked a Cohiba Black the next night. While the La Habana was great I found the Black to be much much better. The black had a bit more age on it so I am sure that had a hand in the flavor

cabinetmaker

I like the tobacco, but the curing/fermenting/blending/rolling leaves a lot to be desired. No matter how good the tobacco is, if the cigar is plugged, it's not worth a dime.

TatuajeVI

laker1963

cabinetmaker:

I like the tobacco, but the curing/fermenting/blending/rolling leaves a lot to be desired. No matter how good the tobacco is, if the cigar is plugged, it's not worth a dime.

While I am NOT a person who believes that Cubans are always the best. However I have yet to run across an AUTHENTIC Cuban which had the problems you mention Cabbie. Cubans didn't get their reputation through selling *** sticks with the problems you mentioned. If you have experienced the problems you mentioned... then I'm betting you were smoking a fake Cuban. That said there are great sticks from everywhere. Cuba is the standard, that's all. Whether some of the guy's around here like that fact or not.

sightunseen

laker1963

Lasabar

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sightunseen

laker1963

pnaylon

pnaylon

Krieg

Over the past few years, Cuba has been turning out less than great cigars quality wise. But recently it seems that they have been trying to get back to where they used to be. I remember reading something about it on CA's webiste. As for why a Cuban is so much better...etc...etc...wouldn't say that...Cuba's tobacco just taste so much different than rest.

RaschNuts

Is anyone familiar with Cubanlous.com?

Diamondog

I'll tell you what, I smoked a Bolivar Canadian Regional Ed. last night with a few weeks in the humi and it was mind blowing, after some good time on it, I am sure it will be one of the best sticks I have ever had, that being said I fired a Padron 1964 a week or 2 ago and it was mind blowing had maybe 9 months or something on it...for me sometimes it just needs to be a Cuban and sometimes it just needs to be something other than Cuban, I NEED both in my lineup because both offer something completely different...and the sh1t that'll go down once things open up will be scary, in a good way lol

Russ55

laker1963:

cabinetmaker:

I like the tobacco, but the curing/fermenting/blending/rolling leaves a lot to be desired. No matter how good the tobacco is, if the cigar is plugged, it's not worth a dime.

While I am NOT a person who believes that Cubans are always the best. However I have yet to run across an AUTHENTIC Cuban which had the problems you mention Cabbie. Cubans didn't get their reputation through selling *** sticks with the problems you mentioned. If you have experienced the problems you mentioned... then I'm betting you were smoking a fake Cuban. That said there are great sticks from everywhere. Cuba is the standard, that's all. Whether some of the guy's around here like that fact or not.

I have. I've bought Cohibas out of a Habanos SA shop that had lots of draw issues. I agree with both of you more or less, just passing on my experiences.

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kuzi16

laker1963

camgfs

kuzi16

laker1963

Krieg

Hey Cam...u got a PM

MBISON

I am currently deployed to Kosovo and it has been a great opportunity for me to try cuban cigars. I tried cuban cigars before but did not have the time to sit down and truly appreciate their charasteristics. It have been 4 months now and IMHO non-cuban cigars are as good and most of the time better than cigars made in Cuba. Specially those from Nicaragua and Honduras. I think the tobacco variety in the blends has a lot to do with it. Many non-cuban cigar blends are made with tobaccos from all over the world whereas cuban blends are just made from cuban tobacco. Only San Cristobal de la Habana has been worthy enough to get my attention. I still have to try the Cuban version of Punch but they want 16 Euros for those. F*#CK That!!!!

fla-gypsy

Lasabar

Unthought_Known

My feeling is that they're considered to be better because as recently as 10 years ago they were vastly better than cigars from anywhere else. Over the last decade the blends have changed quite a bit and they're putting out some fantastic cigars from legal countries so they're catching up, but the casual smoker thinks of cubans as the top dog because of their reputation. That's not to say that they're not still great - PSD4's are up there with some of the top cigars in the world - but the rest of the world has caught up to them.

Lasabar

Unthought_Known:

My feeling is that they're considered to be better because as recently as 10 years ago they were vastly better than cigars from anywhere else. Over the last decade the blends have changed quite a bit and they're putting out some fantastic cigars from legal countries so they're catching up, but the casual smoker thinks of cubans as the top dog because of their reputation. That's not to say that they're not still great - PSD4's are up there with some of the top cigars in the world - but the rest of the world has caught up to them.

I like this statement!