What is the current supply situation in havana stores?

[kevpro]

9 hours ago, Habana Mike said:

Trinidad Fundadores/Coloniales. Cohiba Robustos/Coronas Extras boxes. Esplendidos, Siglo V & Siglo VI singles. All available and some stateside now.

Monte Linea 35 everywhere.

Plenty of RA Superiores 74CUC. No Q'dO of any sort.

Alex, Reynaldo, even La China had good stock available.

Not much time so didn't hit other shops aside from those.

Looks like a huge price increase on the RA Superiores compared to what Yulcigars had in Feb. Did you notice any other price increases in effect?

[MPS]

Imagine flying to Havana and not being able to buy a box of Espléndido. Shameful when you can just press a button an order. 

[Corylax18]

10 hours ago, nKostyan said:

My friend the flight attendant, for whom cigars to order is an extra income, says that it has become difficult to find Cohiba large formats.

Yes, roughly 2 or 3 years ago. 

4 hours ago, kevpro said:

Looks like a huge price increase on the RA Superiores compared to what Yulcigars had in Feb. Did you notice any other price increases in effect?

I'm pretty sure they are the same ~56 CUC's as before. Give @Habana Mike a break though. He @madandana and myself had just finished up an all morning drinking contest with our Boat Captain/First Mate. Sun, Sea and Buccaneros. Everybody Won. 

I'll add some photos and more info about what I saw in the next post. 

[kevpro]

8 minutes ago, Corylax18 said:

I'm pretty sure they are the same ~56 CUC's as before. Give @Habana Mike a break though. He @madandana and myself had just finished up an all morning drinking contest with our Boat Captain/First Mate. Sun, Sea and Buccaneros. Everybody Won. 

I'll add some photos and more info about what I saw in the next post. 

Thanks, I thought there might have been a "re-release" at a higher price like the Upmann Royal Robustos. Sounds like like a fun trip!

[Corylax18]

We visited Comodoro,(twice) Hotel Nacional, Conde Villenueva, and Partagas. All 4 shops were stocked to the ceiling with cigars, nearly at capacity. But, there wasn't mush "special" stuff to be found. Excuse the blurry photos, I just got a new phone. I did see about 12-15 bottles of Isle del Tesoro though. It was easier to find than Santiago 11. There were a lot of jars, Both Noellas and Torreons. I may have seen more Monte opens than any other cigar, I just realized as I was putting this together, they are in almost every photo. I didn't check any box dates, I don't really remember seeing them in person. 

 

Partagas - 

Huge amounts of stock, staggering really. Some Trinidad Fundies and Coloniales, stacks of Punch 48's Connie A's and B's. 50s of PLPC and HdM Epi 1s. Otherwise, nothing "rare" or really hard to get on the shelves. 

 

Commodoro - 

Very good stock here as well, most of the cabinets were 90% full. I found Trini shorts here for the first time in the wild. If my memory is correct, none of the other shops had them. A nice Selection of Upmann Tubos, Some Siglo 3, Maduro 5 and CORO, Hoyo AND Punch DCs, Stacks of Monte Especiales. Alex continues to be a magician with the leaf. In about 45 minutes he fixed some badly damaged cigars. You would have had no idea. I'll let @Habana Mike elaborate, but it was amazing. This batch of Puntilla are also the tastiest I've gotten yet (fresh off the table), I'm happy I was able to grab some.

  

 

Conde Villenueva - We saw all three sizes of the Monte Linea 35 here. The best Cohiba selection I saw, lots of CORO, 3 packs of Espies, Siglo 3 and 5. Only 1 of the picture I took turned out (too much Sun and Buccanero/Rum before we visited)

 

 

Hotel Nacional - 

The biggest find (for me) was 15-20 H. Upmann Noellas Jars, I had been looking to pick one up for the last couple years and seemed to just miss the "runs". Timing was perfect this time around, these and Torreon Jars were everywhere, I would say I saw 50-60 jars, just at the shops we visited. The cigars are tasty too, we smoked several during the trip and the consensus was that they were stronger than expected, but very flavorful. Hopefully perfect cigars for aging. 

This humidor was also stocked from floor to ceiling, but I didn't see anything worth writing home about.

[Corylax18]

45 minutes ago, kevpro said:

Thanks, I thought there might have been a "re-release" at a higher price like the Upmann Royal Robustos. Sounds like like a fun trip!

It was a Great Trip! Actually, it may have been the RR's going for 74 CUC's, I remember that price, just not what it was attached to. ?

[HDGSN]

Ahh, I miss those stores. Hard to believe it has been 4 months already!

[ElJavi76]

Thanks for the update Cory @Corylax18

[SmokinNukie]

I was in Cuba this weekend and 2nd Corylax’a post. I went to all of those same shops as well as Hotel Meilia Habana and each one of them had a very healthy stock. I saw more Cohibas this trip than I did 4 months ago.







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[La_Tigre]

I will be there in two weeks. Hoping both of those jars survive! With an Alex and a Reynaldo that leaves us 100 on the limit. Plan to grab a 50 cab and a variety of the 3 packs; man that 200 goes fast.

On the rum front, Did you see Santiago 25 or Siglo y 1/2? @Corylax18@SmokinNukie

[SmokinNukie]

I will be there in two weeks. Hoping both of those jars survive! With an Alex and a Reynaldo that leaves us 100 on the limit. Plan to grab a 50 cab and a variety of the 3 packs; man that 200 goes fast.
On the rum front, Did you see Santiago 25 or Siglo y 1/2? [mention=28746]Corylax18[/mention][mention=33233]SmokinNukie[/mention]

I saw Santiago 25 my last trip at the Melia Cohiba. I wasn’t looking for Rum this trip and didn’t pay much attention.

Not sure it would hurt much if you went over by a few assorted 3 packs....just saying.


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[Corylax18]

6 hours ago, La_Tigre said:

I will be there in two weeks. Hoping both of those jars survive! With an Alex and a Reynaldo that leaves us 100 on the limit. Plan to grab a 50 cab and a variety of the 3 packs; man that 200 goes fast.

On the rum front, Did you see Santiago 25 or Siglo y 1/2? @Corylax18@SmokinNukie

I wasn't really looking for either, but I remember seeing the Siglo and 1/2 somewhere. 

[La_Tigre]

5 hours ago, Corylax18 said:

I wasn't really looking for either, but I remember seeing the Siglo and 1/2 somewhere. 

Thanks! This is gonna be an expensive trip!

 

10 hours ago, SmokinNukie said:

 

I saw Santiago 25 my last trip at the Melia Cohiba. I wasn’t looking for Rum this trip and didn’t pay much attention

 

Thanks!

10 hours ago, SmokinNukie said:

Not sure it would hurt much if you went over by a few assorted 3 packs....just saying.

 

?‍♂️???? 2xx...? how’d that many get in there...?????‍♂️

???

[Habana Mike]

On 4/30/2019 at 9:29 AM, kevpro said:

Looks like a huge price increase on the RA Superiores compared to what Yulcigars had in Feb. Did you notice any other price increases in effect?

My mistake. The RA Superiores were 53.50CUC/box per factura.

Coloniales 158.40/box, Fundadores 261.60/box.

 Esplendidos 23.50 each, Siglo VI 19.60 each - still in line with Yul's list from 9/17

 

[kevpro]

16 minutes ago, Habana Mike said:

My mistake. The RA Superiores were 53.50CUC/box per factura.

Coloniales 158.40/box, Fundadores 261.60/box.

 Esplendidos 23.50 each, Siglo VI 19.60 each - still in line with Yul's list from 9/17

 

Good to know, thanks! I’m hoping I can find some fundys when I’m there. Seems like one of the better island deals

[Derboesekoenig]

17 minutes ago, Habana Mike said:

My mistake. The RA Superiores were 53.50CUC/box per factura.

Coloniales 158.40/box, Fundadores 261.60/box.

 Esplendidos 23.50 each, Siglo VI 19.60 each - still in line with Yul's list from 9/17

 

Ahh that is very good to hear. That means I still have a chance before any price increases are implemented. I figure Cuba will take forever when they decide to actually implement this. Hopefully another year or two lol