FOH has ruined me

[capnshazam]

So after going through the Robusto sampler, and a couple of Monte 2's and RA Extra's, I lit up my second NC this week.

It's just not the same anymore...while still good, it was like driving a Honda civic in NYC traffic after taking a few laps around Monaco in a McClaren F1 car.

NC's are never going to be the same again

Looks like Rob and the gang will be getting a new order or 5 soon

[Blackham]

It's not hard to go back to NC again

order the Guants sampler from me

[Jason55555]

LOL I feel you decided I'd been smoking to many CC since I got my PSD4 from cigar czar I know crazy talk...but I decided to dig into my NC stash and pulled out out a Rocky Patel Old World Res Maduro I really tired to love it but I couldn't it just wasn't the same complexity and Cuban tobacco taste.

[riazp]

Welcome to the Dark Side

[CigarAsh]

Welcome to the Dark Side

I think we've all been through this. I have 2 or 3 drawers of NCs still in my humidor that is now stuffed with CC boxes. Fortunately I still like the NCs I bought in quantity - they're still good, but just not AS good.

I'll smoke the NCs occasionally but I always have that lingering guilty feeling that I'm missing something by not smoking a CC.

[TexAg]

The same has happened to me. After getting my first order and trying them out, I can't simply pick a NC from the humidor and enjoy it like I used to. I'm looking to the future and it laden with Cuban cigar boxes and CC's a far as the eye can see. It's a shame (not really) because I have a few boxes worth of NC's and I'm clueless as to how to rid myself of them (if anyone knows a method please PM me).

[Orion21]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_gQOfF0Ymo

[esse]

man, should I have gone with 46s instead of fuente fuentes I bought last week?

[88keys]

Hey -- I was driving a Honda Civic in NYC traffic just last week. It was kind of fun.

But I haven't had a NC in years.

[Ginseng]

NC's are never going to be the same again

Welcome to the Dark Side

Yeah, what he said.

Well, I used to have a decent collection of NCs and over the years, sold off all but a handful of Padrons and Ashtons. As Tom Jones said..."It's not unusual!"

Wilkey

[cigcars]

Oh, you'll eventually ease back to NC's just to try the equivalent of a hot dog and mustard every now & then as opposed to filet mignon steak ALL the time!!

[Ophidion]

I will keep smoking certain NCs as I really enjoy them from time to time (Padron, Tatuaje and a few others). My biggest problem with NC cigars is the marketing behind them. When I look at the marketing behind brands like Gurkha, which is basically "our cigars retail for 30 dollars each but you can get an amazing deal on them online for 2 dollars each" it makes me insane. The only brand marketing I don't dislike is that of Padon. They basically don't advertise and they let their product do the talking.

I don't know what CC marketing is like because they aren't legal here and as such they aren't marketed. But I can't see it being as flashy and over the top like NC marketing in the US.

...aaaand I went totally off topic.

[Len]

As mentioned, pretty much a CC smoker these days. I have a tray full of some "nice" NC's (Opus, Davidoff, and a few others), but each time I go to the foot locker to grab a smoke I just reach passed those and start opening boxes of cubans to grab what I REALLY want. Eh, what can you say...cuban tobacco is superior in flavor. Proof is in the pudding, i'll happily let those NC's age away or give them away while I enjoy the forbidden fruit.

[cigcars]

I will keep smoking certain NCs as I really enjoy them from time to time (Padron, Tatuaje and a few others). My biggest problem with NC cigars is the marketing behind them. When I look at the marketing behind brands like Gurkha, which is basically "our cigars retail for 30 dollars each but you can get an amazing deal on them online for 2 dollars each" it makes me insane. The only brand marketing I don't dislike is that of Padon. They basically don't advertise and they let their product do the talking.

I don't know what CC marketing is like because they aren't legal here and as such they aren't marketed. But I can't see it being as flashy and over the top like NC marketing in the US.

...aaaand I went totally off topic.

If you'll notice, CC's don't really do or have to do that much marketing. There's an old African saying; "A good thing sells itself...a bad thing wants advertising". Cuban Habanos have such a centuries long track record of flavor, excellence and enjoyment that they rarely have to do any flash and dance marketing. Their very name says it all, no?

[isa]

I have just tried a few NCs and i feel, that once i tried some NCs, i realised that even an ordinary CC has some complexity to it. Its like taking salt for granted in food - once you have tasted food without salt, you realise what a little salt does to your food, even though its taste is not obvious.

[Ghabanos]

I have no sympathy. Absolutely none!!!

Coz in the end you would enjoyed life and ended up with a great stash of cigars... Cheers to now being enlightened... lol

[jpn]

I'm in the same boat. The NC's just aren't the same. I still enjoy a Padron once in a while but not as much since I've been smoking CC's. The only problem is safely acquiring the forbidden fruit without paranoia.

[Rider1]

I enjoy my CC's but have way too many NC's to give up on them. I find that when I switch back and forth daily between CC's and NC's, I don't appreciate the NC's so I try to smoke all NC's for a few weeks & then just CC's for a few weeks, etc.. This helps use up my NC stock (and enjoy them) and gives my CC stock more aging time.

[Dbone]

I'm in the same boat. My brother calls me a Cuban cigar snob, but hey... I like what I like. Some things I just won't settle for anything but ____ Cigars are of them.

[thechenman]

I still continue to smoke both CCs and NCs and generally enjoy the both. It really depends on my mood. I don't ever see myself being an exclusive CC or NC smoker...there's just so much out there to try.

[Skitalets]

man, should I have gone with 46s instead of fuente fuentes I bought last week?

Hope you wind up enjoying them, to be honest I've had seller's remorse. :-) But I was not smoking enough of my Opus stash for exactly the reason the OP mentions.

[maverickdrinker]

I'll be happy to take anyone's unwanted opus X, anejo or tat blacks. LOL

I enjoy NCs for a change of pace. Maybe I just have a cigar addiction.

[capnshazam]

Boss try the A.Fuente Gran Reserva Natural, price point is great and the smoke

is smooth, creamy, and lush.

Haven't tried that one...I still love my avo and fuente opus x though...actually I like anything fuente