Sver Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Good day fellow leaf enthusiasts. About a month ago i was fortunate enough to find a Montecristo A in the tobacco shop at the restaurant El Aljibe in Miramar, Havana (i'm sure many here have had the pleasure of stuffing their faces with the delicious chicken there, but that's another matter). Upon inspection i noticed a little hole near the foot of the cigar but thought nothing of it, i was buying that stick no matter what. When i got back home i put all the cigars i bought on the trip in a -15°c freezer for 72 hours as i do with any incoming cigars. I wanted to share 2 photos of the hole with more experienced smokers than myself and ask if your opinion on wether this hole is simple wrapper damage or if maybe a while back a little bugger dug it? http://imgur.com/a/ceQvA - i tried to get the images to appear in the post, but my computer knowledge is not what it used to be :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZCUBAN Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 looks like a beetle hole to me mate ,but since you froze it it should be OK ,but to be sure I would smoke as soon as possible cheers OZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaDisco Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I concur. Very neat and tidy beetle hole. Discovered something similar in a PSD4 a while back. While that cigar, like yours, had also be frozen by Habanos SA, for whatever reason one beetle and one larvae barely survived the freezing process enough for the beetle to chew his way out and then collapse in the aluminum tube. I guess something similar with your stick. Likely that little bugger (pun intended) in your stick is a goner. Smoke away! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallclub Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I concur. Very neat and tidy beetle hole. Discovered something similar in a PSD4 a while back. While that cigar, like yours, had also be frozen by Habanos SA, No. Habanos sold in the cuban domestic market are not frozen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginseng Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 It certainly looks like a beetle hole. It's round and it appears to penetrate the binder as well as the wrapper and into the bunch. That's the tell tale. Well, if you find beetle poop, that's the clincher diagnosis for an active infestation. Wilkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaDisco Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 No. Habanos sold in the cuban domestic market are not frozen. au contraire my dear Smallclub: http://www.friendsofhabanos.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=96623 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushman Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 as you have already been told that is a beetle hole. Wouldn't stop me from smoking it - its protein after all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernardini Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 You killed him, smoke away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rob Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 There are plenty of beetle infested cigar shops in Cuba. This includes some very well known LCDH shops. Saw them with my own eyes, scampering across the tables and countertops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rob Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I should clarify though - they didn't necessarily originate from the Habanos stock on sale, and very likely came into those shops as a result of catching a ride in on the tobacco used for custom rolled cigars. I had never seen tobacco beetle damage in person until I was in Havana. When I got back home from this last trip, I thoroughly inspected all the cigars I had brought back home with me. There were no fewer than 5 (out of about 50) customs that had beetle damage. Needless to say I froze all my sticks, and quarantined the customs from my other stock when they went into my cigar storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sver Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 Thanks for the response guys. Then this is the first beetle hole i've seen glad i froze the bastard, was probably long gone anyways but better safe than sorry, especially as i brought in customs as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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