What percentage of your purchases over the past 24 months have been Cuban Cigars?

[LizardGizmo]

I can't believe it, but it's definitely less than 10%...

[AshMe Nothing]

About 6%. I’m way late to the CC game and prices on BR auctions in the US and abroad are insane right now. Just in time for the BR/FF5 boom though (about 40%). Another 25-30% are boxes of singles that I enjoyed. Espiritu, CLE Mad., Cuesta-Rey, Oliva Serie V Melanio, La Aroma, Liga No. 9, AF, Padron. Then 25-30% long term aging experiments of various bargain/economy sticks and 5er’s/singles I’ve yet to try. Every Cuban I’ve purchased this decade has been plugged. I’ve yet to find one that wasn’t. Even when I went to Mexico the few I purchased were plugged. For me the QC and price don’t equate to something I’m willing to pay for often. It’s like panning for gold. I haven’t stuck in a long time. Hanging on to those 2014 CORO’s for a special occasion.


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[DeeBeezy]

I’d say around 95% Cuban. I’ve been picking up about 2 boxes a week. I will still purchase the occasional box of Davidoff or Plasencia but it has become less frequent in the last couple of years. 

[westg]

100% all of them.

[gormag38]

I think I'd fall into the 60-80% camp. But with the closer number being 80%. But that doesn't really paint the whole picture as my purchasing went from about a box of CC a month to now mostly singles or fivers from trusted BOTLs. I think in the past two years I've purchased boxes of AF Short Story, BRs, BBFs and CoRo. There have certainly been numerous singles purchases in there but all of those have been CC. With the pricing nowadays, people gouging on top of those prices due to scarcity and my two grey market suppliers no longer delivering to the US/midwest for quite some time (FOH and one of the other OGs), my purchasing has really halted. We truly didn't know how good we had it. Smh. 

[Fireball]

50%. Only because I got some late year boxes of my favorites for long term storage. I expect that an end to the embargo will make them near impossible to get. 

The rest of this year and next purchases will be 0%. Too many high quality and readily available NC options anymore. 

[REesq]

Pretty much 100% other than the odd NC picked up when checking out a new cigar lounge that I’ve stumbled across. That was until the last few weeks through. Presently, there are pretty much no reputable means of getting CCs into the States short of in your own luggage. Luckily, I keep a sizable supply, but the current constraints do weigh heavy on the mind and give me pause every time I light one up and makes me less generous in sharing, neither of which is ideal.