"Cohiba Cuban" ...

ScottU

brsmith21

rwheelwright

They could be real. years ago I got a bunch of Cohiba ISOMs from a reputable source and I hated every one. Same thing with the R&J. I did however like the Hoyos. They looked and tasted greated. Looked like they were wrapped with leather. It was so smooth and shiny. I have a newer cohiba at home and a R&J that I just got but have yet to try them. They couldn't be worse then the ones I had years ago. I also got 3 Monti #2 Torpedos. Those, I can't wait to have.

ScottU

Well... Out they go! I didn't think they were legit, but I figured it was worth a try. At thispoint, if it is legit, I don't want them anyways unless I can somehow get some flavor, and that awful chemical taste off the wrapper...

phobicsquirrel

I've had 2 cubans, can't remember what they were a few years ago. My x GF's stepdad use to live in Brazil. He had a box of several different kinds. He did have them humidified. I think one of them was a R&J, but I like the cigars I smoke now much more. yeah, could be a lot of reasons why. Until I actually pick some up myself or get them from a trusted BOTL, I won't know for sure.

kuzi16

phobicsquirrel

ScottU

havanaal

I have had Cuban Cohibas from Mexico City, to Caracas, to Toronto, and 3/4 of them were pure cigar heaven. A number were bad however, I presumed fakes. Ironically, the worst one I had was purchased in Cuba (by a Canadian friend). From everything I've heard and read, there are so many counterfeits out there that you're really rolling the dice when you buy one. Too bad. I'm sure once the embargo is lifted there will be so many fakes out there, no one will dare waste their money!

benski

If you buy from a reputable dealer (or directly from the factory shops in Cuba) then the chances of getting a fake are very much reduced. I have bought dozens of boxes of Cohibas (I live in the UK half the time and the US the other half), and thanks to careful choice of retail outlets have been restricted to a single fake (a disgusting Siglo II - a curious cigar to fake in my opinion - from an outlet in East London). Much of the rest of the world considers Cubans the de-facto cigar. In fact, it is largely the American market which drives cigar production in the central and south american countries. Nicaraguan and Dominican cigars are barely known in many European and Far Eastern countries, due to the predonderance of Cubans. In large duty free shops all over the world you will see 80% + Cuban product on the shelves. CAO, AVO and Davidoff's non-cuban brands do make some sales impact over here. On the matter of "not all they are cracked up to be" - I regret that I must respectfully disagree. An aged Cohiba robusto or Esplendido is a marvellous, life-affirming smoke. Cohibas have an immediately recognizable flavour (just read James Suckling on Cohiba in Cigar Afficionado for confirmation). My personal favorite is the Coronas Especiales - a long, pigtail-ended Laguito no.2 (38 ring gauge, 152 length) a gorgeous, slender thin white duke of a cigar; The smoking equivalent of a blow-job on your birthday.

benski

FYI, Cohiba don't make a regular issue cigar in a pyramides (torpedo) vitola - so seeing a torpedo with a cohiba band (unless it is accompanied by a special edition band too) should be an immediate alarm bell.

phobicsquirrel

benski:

If you buy from a reputable dealer (or directly from the factory shops in Cuba) then the chances of getting a fake are very much reduced. I have bought dozens of boxes of Cohibas (I live in the UK half the time and the US the other half), and thanks to careful choice of retail outlets have been restricted to a single fake (a disgusting Siglo II - a curious cigar to fake in my opinion - from an outlet in East London). Much of the rest of the world considers Cubans the de-facto cigar. In fact, it is largely the American market which drives cigar production in the central and south american countries. Nicaraguan and Dominican cigars are barely known in many European and Far Eastern countries, due to the predonderance of Cubans. In large duty free shops all over the world you will see 80% + Cuban product on the shelves. CAO, AVO and Davidoff's non-cuban brands do make some sales impact over here. On the matter of "not all they are cracked up to be" - I regret that I must respectfully disagree. An aged Cohiba robusto or Esplendido is a marvellous, life-affirming smoke. Cohibas have an immediately recognizable flavour (just read James Suckling on Cohiba in Cigar Afficionado for confirmation). My personal favorite is the Coronas Especiales - a long, pigtail-ended Laguito no.2 (38 ring gauge, 152 length) a gorgeous, slender thin white duke of a cigar; The smoking equivalent of a blow-job on your birthday.

now see, why did you have to end it like that. Now I'm going to be haunted by not having tried it.. nor in any fore-see-able future.. damn...

benski

Sorry. I actually re-wrote the ending of that piece three times. I wanted something with a sting in the tail. Wait. No. She's doing it wrong....

rusirius

brsmith21

rusirius, I was joking about the horrible flavor he mentioned on the lips, not the actual act of smuggling. I understand that they're not that hard to get. All in fun.

rusirius

brsmith21:

rusirius, I was joking about the horrible flavor he mentioned on the lips, not the actual act of smuggling. I understand that they're not that hard to get. All in fun.

OHHHHHHHH LMAO! I completely read that a different way... I read it as you were stating that it was practically impossible to smuggle them into the states! Now I see the satire... LOL!

brsmith21

Unfortunately, my odd humor doesn't always translate in my typing. Not the first time I've been misunderstood.