Popular Post El Presidente Posted July 15, 2015 Popular Post Posted July 15, 2015 I was doing a little inventory in my section of the humidor the other day and came across a special cigar. This particular cigar (Dalia size) was generously gifted to me many years ago. He acquired it from an estate sale as a presentation humidor given to the former leader of China, Chiang Kai-shek (ruled China for 22 years and Taiwan for 30 years) from the former president of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista. Circa 1953 from memory. I love holding cigars like this while reading/researching the history of that particular period. Cigars really are time capsules. It also reminds me of the immense generosity of people If you have something special in your humidor you would like to share, post a pic and tell the tale. 7
OZCUBAN Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 wow thats a real special one there Rob The most special one that i still have in mine are the the customs you had done way back "The Presidente "and the "Tampa " 1
El Presidente Posted July 15, 2015 Author Posted July 15, 2015 wow thats a real special one there Rob The most special one that i still have in mine are the the customs you had done way back "The Presidente "and the "Tampa " They were cracker cigars. Very proud of them, mostly because the Tampa was named after our departed friend Chuck Vaughan LLoyd....Tampa1257. The Tampa was the shaggy foot Dalia "ish". 3
cabaiguan juan Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 I have a tray in my cabinet humidor which has a bunch of Opus, Anjeos, davidoffs, some special release NCs and Cubans. I try to look into that tray every so often and smoke one in order to enjoy them. Cigars are meant to be smoked
Popular Post Puros Y Vino Posted July 15, 2015 Popular Post Posted July 15, 2015 That is something else Rob! Do you think you'll ever smoke it? As for me. This "box" of two La Escepcion Coronas Extra Largas from 1975 does it for me. I found this in an old B&M in Montreal a few years back. Ever since then, I've been slowly trying to revive them in this contraption (below). I've been steadily increasing the RH every month. And just recently it seems they are ready. The cigars are pliable and the aroma is far more noticeable. I'm thinking this summer I am going to light one up. 6
El Presidente Posted July 15, 2015 Author Posted July 15, 2015 That is something else Rob! Do you think you'll ever smoke it? As for me. This "box" of two La Escepcion Coronas Extra Larges from 1975 does it for me. I found this in an old B&M in Montreal a few years back. Ever since then, I've been slowly trying to revive them in this contraption (below). I've been steadily increasing the RH every month. And just recently it seems they are ready. The cigars are pliable and the aroma is far more noticeable. I'm thinking this summer I am going to light one up. Superb work Frank..what a brilliant find I will smoke it one day...I think. It will take a very special moment and I am sure I have a few special moments left
Fuzz Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Hey Rob, Jason used to have some very special CoRos. They were the ones he won off you in the World Cup tipping comp years ago. Every time we smoked one, we thought of you, and how he beat you by one little point!
El Presidente Posted July 15, 2015 Author Posted July 15, 2015 Hey Rob, Jason used to have some very special CoRos. They were the ones he won off you in the World Cup tipping comp years ago. Every time we smoked one, we thought of you, and how he beat you by one little point! ......one day I will stop betting
phreedh Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Nothing exceptional in my humidors. I did however come across something quite interesting a few years back. My wife was going through the attic at her parents' place, where her dad have stashed everything from his parents and his uncle who all passed away within a few years of each other in the 80s. With no siblings or cousins, he had to handle it all and he just couldn't cope emotionally. Thus everything got neatly tucked away in boxes in the attic. In one of said boxes, my wife found these lovelies: It's a box of five Åhus Havanna, grown and manufactured in Åhus, Sweden and released in 1949 to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the town of Åhus! The box contained two perfectly preserved cigars (albeit very dry). I donated them to the Swedish Tobacco Museum in Stockholm, so I don't have them any more. What's funny about these sticks is that they're the last cigars to be made of Åhus tobacco. In 2008, Carlscorona Cigars together with a public museum in the region tried to recreate the cigar from another (not mine) old, dry one. There's a short article here, unfortunately in Swedish, but a few cool pics of the old cigar being smoked: http://www.carlscorona.com/carlscoronacigars/ccckristianstad2008.html Since a few years, a friend of mine is once again growing that very same tobacco (now called Mother Alida, from the woman who saved the last few seeds in the 1960s), which in turn wound up being a commemorative cigar for the 600th anniversary of the city of Landskrona a few years ago. How about that for full circle? =D As Rob said, cigars are indeed time capsules! It was great fun reading up on the history of the Swedish tobacco industry. 4
bugman78629 Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Bundle of Custom Rolls from Pinar Del Rio....... 1
Ryan Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Any Hamlets I have left. I've one or two others. I'll get pictures later. 1
Guest rob Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Any Hamlets I have left. I've one or two others. I'll get pictures later. Good call, Andy.I have a box worth left, and look forward to smoking them with some good friends one day who could appreciate them as being more than just a cigar. Hamlet rolled customs, produced on Cuban soil, with Cuban tobacco is now a long way off, if ever again. I feel honored that he was generous enough to gift me some of his 109's the day before I left to go home last November. I'll definitely cherish them. I will also bring some with me the next time I go to the US, and look forward to sharing some with the man himself.
DoubleDD Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 I have a pre-embargo Upmann PC that I'm waiting to try but I don't consider it special. What is special is the box of PSP Monte 2 Rob hand selected for me 8 months ago that I'm going to open this weekend to celebrate the birth of my daughter. So with that said, I guess it's the events that are special and the cigars just add to it. 2
Popular Post Ryan Posted July 15, 2015 Popular Post Posted July 15, 2015 Late '60s Por Larrañaga Fox Selección No. 4. Last one. It's interesting to have a cigar with the family name of people I know. I'll have a hard time smoking this one. 6
Lant63 Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 All my hamlets, and two cohiba gran reserva. I will smoke one cohiba gran reserva when I finish my masters in physician assistant studies and officially become a PA. And the other I will save for my wedding day. Sent by telepathic super powers -Stogie Boy 2
El Presidente Posted July 15, 2015 Author Posted July 15, 2015 Late '60s Por Larrañaga Fox Selección No. 4. Last one. It's interesting to have a cigar with the family name of people I know. I'll have a hard time smoking this one. I love the thought of you smoking a cigar whose father of a great friend was instrumental in bringing to fruition 1
Ryan Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 I love the thought of you smoking a cigar whose father of a great friend was instrumental in bringing to fruition I think it was grandfather, Freddie, but close enough. It would take a special day for that to be smoked alright.
rckymtn22 Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 wow thats a real special one there Rob The most special one that i still have in mine are the the customs you had done way back "The Presidente "and the "Tampa " A correction on "The Presidente" it was called the "Czar". Mine are aging nicely!
Lasabar Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 This thread is amazing... and it also sucks since I have none of these gems! 1
kwsaw63 Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 A Cohiba 1966 that my kids bought for my 50th birthday a couple of years ago. Will probably save it for my 60th birthday! 1
Guest rob Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 I love the thought of you smoking a cigar whose father of a great friend was instrumental in bringing to fruition And what a great moment that was! Foxy, Nate, El Pres, Yiorgos, and myself at Azucar
Ken Gargett Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 I was doing a little inventory in my section of the humidor the other day and came across a special cigar. This particular cigar (Dalia size) was generously gifted to me many years ago. He acquired it from an estate sale as a presentation humidor given to the former leader of China, Chiang Kai-shek (ruled China for 22 years and Taiwan for 30 years) from the former president of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista. Circa 1953 from memory. I love holding cigars like this while reading/researching the history of that particular period. Cigars really are time capsules. It also reminds me of the immense generosity of people If you have something special in your humidor you would like to share, post a pic and tell the tale. aren't they the cigars we bought from the street vendor on our first trip to havana? but we had no doubt they were real because his uncle was batista (or possibly chiang kai shek). he told us so.
El Presidente Posted July 16, 2015 Author Posted July 16, 2015 aren't they the cigars we bought from the street vendor on our first trip to havana? but we had no doubt they were real because his uncle was batista (or possibly chiang kai shek). he told us so. you are in a mean mood today.... aren't you. .......just itching for a good gun or pope thread to let loose
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