2019 Habanos EL Releases

[NSXCIGAR]

New Punch just announced:

https://halfwheel.com/habanos-s-a-adding-punch-short-de-punch/294483/amp

[aphexafx]

  On 2/19/2019 at 4:45 PM, NSXCIGAR said:

New Punch just announced:

https://halfwheel.com/habanos-s-a-adding-punch-short-de-punch/294483/amp

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HSA needs a better photographer.

[KavalanWhisky]

I'm excited to try the QD and RA. The QD 50 & 54 have been a real surprise to me and so worth a shot.

Annoyingly it's probably going to be another 10-11 months before they release so guess I'll try to forget about them. 

Someone mentioned the Upmann 2018 LE. Are they still being released?

[Markspring1978]

  On 2/19/2019 at 5:34 PM, KavalanWhisky said:

Someone mentioned the Upmann 2018 LE. Are they still being released?

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Should be any day. 

[oliverdst]

  On 2/19/2019 at 4:50 PM, aphexafx said:

HSA needs a better photographer.

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photoshopper

[aphexafx]

  On 2/19/2019 at 6:43 PM, oliverdst said:

photoshopper

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Probably that too.  But they could definitely up the ante on the front end.  A lot.  ?

[Salomones]

http://www.habanos.com/en/noticias/primicia-mundial-en-paris-de-la-edicion-limitada-2019-quai-dorsay-senadores/


This Price its a Bit to high for me.

Still waiting for Ramon Allones...



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[CanuckSARTech]

  On 2/18/2019 at 6:01 PM, aphexafx said:

??????  What are they doing?????  That's just ridiculous and embarrassing....

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  On 2/18/2019 at 8:55 PM, gojira said:

I hate the boxes!...

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What in the gawd awful hella beans is going on with THESE BOXES!??!?!!?  As Ray / "pigfish" likes to say, H S.A. - building better boxes!!!

That Monte looks grotesque.  I want to give the QdO and RA ones a try, because I do love those brands generally.  Would definitely like to try them out.

Anyone have eyes on these in Cuba at all, or know listed prices??

 

  On 2/19/2019 at 2:54 PM, bundwallah said:

Those boxes are starting to look like NC boxes.  A bit too gaudy for my tastes.  A plain, wood box with burnt in logos works for me.  These painted boxes introduce potential issues for storage if the paints/materials they use give off odors.  There have been a few NC releases where the fancy painted boxes smelled so much the manufacturer recommended removing the cigars and leaving the box outside of the humidor as to not contaminate the stock.  I do understand the use of fancy boxes for stuff like BHK, R, GR, etc.  It'd be a shame if design changes spilled into the regular production lines.  Habanos' IMO doesn't need eye popping box designs.  Unlike NC's, they don't compete on the shelf of American B&M's where a fancy box screams for attention.  

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Frank, yes, I remember some of that.  IIRC, that was the case with the original / early releases of the BHK line, were the black lacquer and/or the velvet material imparted a chemical smell into things that people were noticing.

I can deal with fancy bands and boxes.  But if it sucks up 50% of the cost of a box, and/or if it gives off chemical odors that permeate everything, then there's drastic issues with that!