Andy04

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  1. The curing process for cigarette tobacco is usually either fire curing or flue curing, whereas tobacco destined for a cigar should be air cured. Fire and flue curing reduced nicotine content and rapidly breaks down sugars in the tobacco. I wouldn't say that tobacco destined for cigarettes is of a lower quality, but rather that smaller leaves can be used (meaning that the suckers from the plants don't need to be removed during growing), and the entire plant (including stalk, leaves and veins) will be used.
  2. It may sound dumb, but as shipment and port cleaning times are not easy to predict, to guarantee that your stock isn't exposed to excessively high temperatures, is there any reason you cant ship the cigars LCL in a reefer container?
  3. RV rental with a different pick-up/drop off can be insanely expensive and impractical. What I would recommend, decide which side of the Sierra Nevada range you want to see. If you are after accessible forest, go on the west side (Sequoia / Kings Canyon / Yosemite). Personally I would go up the east side in a normal vehicle and find suitable Airbnb options at places like Lone Pine, Bishop, Lee Vining and South Lake Tahoe / Carson City before heading to SF via Sacramento. The east side of the Sierra Nevada range gives you a bunch of great day hiking options (if follows somewhat nearby the Pacific Crest Trail), a wide range of scenery - crazy that from the highest point in 48 states (Mt Whitney) from the lowest point (Death Valley), and provided that its snow free hopefully you access to Yosemite via Lee Vining. If you really like hiking, try putting your name down for the Half Dome lottery and hope for the best.
  4. So you have never driven on a public road? You don't support government education?
  5. There are a lot of fantastic bourbons for USD $40-60 per bottle. There are some brilliant NC cigars for less than $8 per stick. The current mentality makes those that like to partake find alternative options, of which there are plenty.
  6. Australia does have some weird place and street names.
  7. It would require a nuclear warhead to take out 4/5th of the world's population for Cuba to produce enough cigars to consistently meet the demand. As its highly unlikely for Cuba to ever increase supply, a reduction in the worlds population is the only way for supply and demand to reach equilibrium.
  8. It is bad for us, but it seems that Habanos is getting smart and learning their high worth niche their market. They could release 888 boxes of 88 sticks for RMB 28,888 and they would be sold out immediately.
  9. Russell Coight is an outback legend.
  10. Claim that it is "plume"
  11. Doesn't matter which brand: 1. Make 5 sizes. Determine RG and length by determining how much wrapper leaf you have available, and put as much filler inside to maximize size and length. 2. Make all boxes into a gift like presentation format. Use a heavy expensive wood. Put many bands on each cigar in gold color. 3. Name each of the 5 sizes after a Chinese Celestial Animal. 4. Make it Chinese market exclusive only. 5. Determine what you think is a fair selling price. Multiply that by 5 fold. 6. Watch the Chinese market buy you out the next morning. Spend that afternoon drinking mojitos whilst regretting that you didn't multiply the fair selling price by 10 fold.
  12. A few days in HK is entertaining, but a Junket in Macau is far more fun.
  13. I would say that less than 5% of Australians have ever left a tip in Australia, and would never encourage anybody to tip a country where the minimum hourly wage is AUD $23.23 and tipping is not the normal.
  14. I did exactly the opposite and created a facebook account with the sole purpose of trolling those with strong right and left beliefs. Never had so much fun in my life. Once you realize how easily people can become triggered by small things and especially by matters that they can't ever control, it makes you recognize and appreciate the choices and decisions that are within your control.

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