Because of that boom and the bust that followed it we are now smoking some of the highest quality cigars that have ever been produced. Only the best survived the bust of the late 90's early 2000's.
Because of that boom and the bust that followed it we are now smoking some of the highest quality cigars that have ever been produced. Only the best survived the bust of the late 90's early 2000's.
My point exactly.. Cigar producers realized they better improve the quality and keep the price reasonable in order to remain in business . Production was cut way back. cigar were not available, and the " fashion smokers " left.. making more product available for the dedicated.. I remember paying 5 bucks for a Curly Head back in the late 90's. Everything was right around 8-10 bucks for what was considered good, and Macanudo was the GOLD STANDARD.. Times are so much better now.
Urbi, I'm actually not a huge Davidoff fan as they are typically too light bodies for me but even as a mild bodied cigar they are ALWAYS full flavored. Pick up a millenium blend small perfecto.
The fact that you put Macanudo and GOLD STANDARD in the same post makes me want to cry. Truly it is a sad, sad thing.
Now I never claimed they were the gold standard but people talked about them like they were hand made by God himself.. No kidding..if you didn't have a mac you were smoking s..., in others opinion..
The fact that you put Macanudo and GOLD STANDARD in the same post makes me want to cry. Truly it is a sad, sad thing.
Now I never claimed they were the gold standard but people talked about them like they wer hand made by God himself.. No kidding..if you didn't have a mac you were smoking s..., in others opinion..
They're just too expensive for me to live with a 50% dud rate.
i just havent had that problem. out of all the gurkhas ive had only one was ever a dud. and i let that one sit and it was better. the closest thing to a "problem" that i had was a centurian that had to have a corrective light or two.
I can't say I blame you there Urbi. I've got a buddy who is a big Gurkha fan(although he agrees with me on their price and also laughs at their being compared to Rolls) and he hasn't mentioned having construction issues. As long as this guy has been into cigars I imagine he's smoked more Gurkhas than the 3 of us combined. I haven't had enough Gurkha's to truly comment on this but I've never had a dud. The perfectos(I believe all centurians are perfectos right kuz?)are always going to have burn issues. I've never smoked a perfecto from any brand that didn't require some corrective lights.
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