La Casa del Habano house rolled cigars

[Devo15]

I was wondering what everyone thought of the Cuban tobacco that CdH sells as a cheaper alternative to the expensive Cubans? We were recently in one store in Mexico and near the Epicures they had an unbanded option for about 30-40% of the cost. They said the leaves were the same, but rolled in house instead of in Cuba. They had a few of these unbanded options, one H Upmann option and I think a Cohiba. $16-$30/cigar is quite a bit better than $40-$80, but I was wondering if this was truly the same tobacco and what you thought about them in general? We did try a few and they were very nice, maybe a little loose on the roll but really nice flavor and draw. 

[El Presidente]

7 hours ago, Devo15 said:

We were recently in one store in Mexico and near the Epicures they had an unbanded option for about 30-40% of the cost. They said the leaves were the same,

They straight out lied to you. 

They may be very good cigars. They may even be using 100% Cuban leaf. 

There are a lot of strange things happening in mexico re cuban cigars currently 

[BrightonCorgi]

Just take those cigars for what they are with no pretense of being something else & enjoy.

[NSXCIGAR]

23 hours ago, El Presidente said:

They straight out lied to you

If they were referring to HU Epicures it might be true. 

In all seriousness if you ask them they'll tell you it's Behike leaf too. I've heard it. Anything said in a Mexican LCDH should be taken with a giant boulder of salt.