I created a monster!
bigharpoon
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After years of handing out cigars to my friends whenever I'm smoking one and they are interested in trying one, too, I finally sparked an interest in one of my friends that I think will last. Several friends have enjoyed the cigars I've handed them and many have taken me up on offers more than once, but these are the only occasions when they ever smoke, until now.
Last weekend while on a remote canoe trip in northern Maine my friend Andy told me "I think you created a monster. I've been buying cigars and smoking about one a week, sometimes more if there is a social occasion like a fishing trip or something. I can't remember what they were but I like the milder ones." Holy crap, I thought!
I wasn't expecting him to say this since the last cigar I gave him was a 5 Vegas Classic which he didn't really like too much. I immediately pulled out two Padilla '68s and we had a great after-dinner smoke around the camp fire and talked cigars. A little stronger than he was used to, he liked the pepper flavor at the beginning and when it mellowed out he enjoyed the easier flavors that followed and got to experience how good cigars can transition.
This is the first friend of mine who has truly enjoyed a cigar enough to buy them on his own. I feel pretty happy that I was able to introduce him to this great hobby, he has a wicked stressful job and needs some relaxation like nobody's business! Now I need to get together a nice little package and blow his house up!
Last weekend while on a remote canoe trip in northern Maine my friend Andy told me "I think you created a monster. I've been buying cigars and smoking about one a week, sometimes more if there is a social occasion like a fishing trip or something. I can't remember what they were but I like the milder ones." Holy crap, I thought!
I wasn't expecting him to say this since the last cigar I gave him was a 5 Vegas Classic which he didn't really like too much. I immediately pulled out two Padilla '68s and we had a great after-dinner smoke around the camp fire and talked cigars. A little stronger than he was used to, he liked the pepper flavor at the beginning and when it mellowed out he enjoyed the easier flavors that followed and got to experience how good cigars can transition.
This is the first friend of mine who has truly enjoyed a cigar enough to buy them on his own. I feel pretty happy that I was able to introduce him to this great hobby, he has a wicked stressful job and needs some relaxation like nobody's business! Now I need to get together a nice little package and blow his house up!
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Not having anywhere to store them he asked me to try and sell them off for him. I said no problem. He gave them to me and I asked around. No one was really interested (he wanted too much for improperly stored cigars) and he finally said, give me one. I offered him a trade. One of the DCCC's cigars for his.
He said whatever and I got him one and showed him how to cut it. gave him lighting instructions and sent him out. I told him I'd be there in a minute. When I got outside he was sitting there with it like he was clueless. I asked him if he was gonna smoke it. He told me to give him a minute, 'I've never smoked ANYTHING in my life!' So he smoked a kopi and really enjoyed it. Smoked a cigar a night for the first week or two.
Now he has calmed down a bit, 2-3 a week I believe, but it was great getting him thouroghly introduced to cigars!