Have a Quintero

[madandana]

I have one of those weekends coming up where I’ll be hanging out with a bunch of non smokers who will want a stick, so naturally I’ll be bringing a bunch of Quinnies.

Who has a good way for me to play off the fact that I’m smoking a Partagas or something else and I’m giving them Quinnies?

[Namisgr11]

Yours is too strong for them. 😉

[TacoSauce]

Just swap the Partagas band for a Quinteros. Then you only have to explain why the size is different.

[jakebarnes]

You could just unband all of them. 

[99call]

16 minutes ago, madandana said:

Who has a good way for me to play off the fact that I’m smoking a Partagas or something else and I’m giving them Quinnies?

Just say. "with Cuban and construction, you really need to avoid the long-fillers at all costs, they will always be plugged.  With Quinnie confetti you get that smooth open NC wind tunnel every time"

[riderpride]

Easiest way for me is to always smoke what I give my guests. 

Experiences are best when they're shared. 

Cheers

[dominattorney]

2 hours ago, riderpride said:

Easiest way for me is to always smoke what I give my guests. 

Experiences are best when they're shared. 

Cheers

True. You bought them and presumably smoke them sometimes too. Why not this time?

[loose_axle]

5 hours ago, madandana said:

I have one of those weekends coming up where I’ll be hanging out with a bunch of non smokers who will want a stick, so naturally I’ll be bringing a bunch of Quinnies.

Who has a good way for me to play off the fact that I’m smoking a Partagas or something else and I’m giving them Quinnies?

Done this a few times. To date they've never noticed the difference in bands and are absolutely delighted with the Quinteros. 

[Wookie]

I sympathize with both sides of this argument. When I’m with people who won’t finish a cigar, I bring and smoke NCs.  When I’m with people starting to learn about Cubans, I decide how big do I want to go. 

[LordAnubis]

“I will be happy to give you this 40 dollar cigar, but if you don’t finish it you pay me 40 bucks”

[El Hoze]

With cigars I typically smoke whatever I’m giving out. I have a cheap brother in law with more money than he knows what to do with that has enough awareness of wine but will bring cheap thoughtless regifted wine to my house and I intentionally go to the liquor store now to buy cheaper wine to serve him and sneak myself and my wife something else as he’ll easily take down a bottle plus when he comes over. Fun guy to hang out with but like come on man. 
 

I’d blame nicotine levels if I needed an excuse!

[Ford2112]

I would repeatedly point out how much better my cigar was then theirs. 

[Chibearsv]

I’d quote Alec Baldwin:

to you, they're gold. And you don't get them. Why? Because to give them to you is just throwing them away.

[JohnS]

Well said, @Chibearsv!

[El Presidente]

Nice one Mike........my plan was to pass out Quinnies at the wedding.

.....throw that plan out the door 🙄

[Bijan]

6 hours ago, El Presidente said:

Nice one Mike........my plan was to pass out Quinnies at the wedding.

.....throw that plan out the door 🙄

I handed out Super Partagas at mine 🙂

(that's me smoking one at the time in my profile picture)

[KCCubano]

Youngest son stopped over to watch Lakers Grizzlies. He is not a cigar smoker but asked for one to smoke during 2nd half of game. Broke out a couple 2006 Q Brevas. Pretty darn good! 

[Kaptain Karl]

On 4/18/2023 at 2:09 PM, LordAnubis said:

“I will be happy to give you this 40 dollar cigar, but if you don’t finish it you pay me 40 bucks”

Ahhhh at my buddy's place on Friday he gave a guest a Monte 2016 EL, guy smoked 1/8th of the cigar. A part of me died inside 😂

[DaBoot]

Great plan. If they wonder why your stick is different or better, refer them to Foh. They can every day be available at release time with an email ready, carefully store and age stock, and take those financial risks. 
Until then, they can be the guest who puts an unknown object of origin in their mouth. And pays it no attention.

[Rhinoww]

On 4/20/2023 at 3:05 PM, Kaptain Karl said:

Ahhhh at my buddy's place on Friday he gave a guest a Monte 2016 EL, guy smoked 1/8th of the cigar. A part of me died inside 😂

This. 
 

I will give anyone who asks a minuto. Usually a party short. I’m up front that these are hard to get and expensive. I’m not going to hand out $20-30 stick to see them unsmoked in an ashtray after being lit. Prove that you like CC or commit to smoke a whole cigar and you can have what I’m smoking.
First stick at my house, start w a smaller cigar. 
Funny thing is that none of the casual smokers want a farm roll, and I currently have some fantastic customs. Folks want the band that says Cuba. They get that w the party short. 

[LordAnubis]

Anyone who asks me for a wedding smoke I always recommend Quintero. Nice red and gold band with habana written on it. Most people will take one puff and bin em. 
 

The sad part is people have delusions of grandeur. People think they’ll have a nice smoke. Seasoned smokers. Then the nieces and nephews or kids or grandmother starts crying and they gotta go attend to that. There’s always interruptions from my experience. Either a throw away stick or something small is the best way in my opinion.