suggestions...

[mailman]

i'm going to my buddy's annual labor day blast, which usually turns out to be a smoke fest. anywho, i'd to give out some kick ass cigars this time around. thanks for your time.

[Professor Twain]

Tell us about your buddies, their experience and taste in cigars, that would help. If they are novice cigar smokers that is a different matter than if they are connoisseurs with lots of experience with the Habano leaf.

[habanohal]

If they are not seasoned cigar smokers, I would had out some cheaper ones. Like SP Non Plus, RG CE.

I have learned that giveing what we would call our cigars of a lifetime to just anybody that doesnt really appreciate them, a waste.

[BigSlick]

I tend to agree with Hal.

I bought a box of RyJ no2 tubos for situatuions like these. They have a great presentation being in a tube, smell great with the cedar lining and have a name that is well known with just about anybody. At the same time they aren't bad cigars, so if your friends do have some cigar experience they will appreciate the Habano. Hope this helps. TD

[n2advnture]

» i'm going to my buddy's annual labor day blast, which usually turns out to

» be a smoke fest. anywho, i'd to give out some kick ass cigars this time

» around. thanks for your time.

Punch Punch always go over well

~Mark

[mailman]

» i'm going to my buddy's annual labor day blast, which usually turns out to

» be a smoke fest. anywho, i'd to give out some kick ass cigars this time

» around. thanks for your time.

my buddy is a seasoned smoker, he always hooks me up when i got his shindigs.

gives me $8-15 cigars. the others i guess not that seasoned. all suggestions are welcomed. thanks again.

i should explain, that i've only had one cuban in my life time and absolutely loved it. and i was checking around and was thinking about doing what noah did, grab two of everything and go trial by error, is this a good idea?

[Professor Twain]

» i should explain, that i've only had one cuban in my life time and

» absolutely loved it. and i was checking around and was thinking about

» doing what noah did, grab two of everything and go trial by error, is this

» a good idea?

I suggest that you do what my mentor in the fine art of the habano leaf suggested--get a sampler pack with 4 or 5 each of a variety of cigars. One or 2 isn't enough to tell whether you really like a cigar. Don't think that you have to try everything at once. Also, if possible get some aged singles.

IMHO, here is a good starter sampler pack.

Looking at First Lady's aged singles, I would suggest you get 4 or 5 each of:

San Cristobal La Punta – KMM SEP 03

Montecristo 3 – PUL MAY 01

then from regular stock:

BOLIVAR PETIT CORONAS

PARTAGAS SERIE D NO.4

RAMON ALLONES SPECIALLY SELECTED

VEGAS ROBAINA FAMOSOS

TRINIDAD REYES

Be sure that you have enough humidor space, that you keep them at proper humidity, and don't smoke them right off the truck, wait until they have rested in your humidor for 30 days.

[mailman]

» » i should explain, that i've only had one cuban in my life time and

» » absolutely loved it. and i was checking around and was thinking about

» » doing what noah did, grab two of everything and go trial by error, is

» this

» » a good idea?

»

» I suggest that you do what my mentor in the fine art of the habano leaf

» suggested--get a sampler pack with 4 or 5 each of a variety of cigars.

» One or 2 isn't enough to tell whether you really like a cigar. Don't

» think that you have to try everything at once. Also, if possible get some

» aged singles.

»

» IMHO, here is a good starter sampler pack.

»

» Looking at First Lady's aged singles, I would suggest you get 4 or 5 each

» of:

»

» San Cristobal La Punta – KMM SEP 03

» Montecristo 3 – PUL MAY 01

»

» then from regular stock:

»

» BOLIVAR PETIT CORONAS

» PARTAGAS SERIE D NO.4

» RAMON ALLONES SPECIALLY SELECTED

» VEGAS ROBAINA FAMOSOS

» TRINIDAD REYES

»

» Be sure that you have enough humidor space, that you keep them at proper

» humidity, and don't smoke them right off the truck, wait until they have

» rested in your humidor for 30 days.

thank you for the insight.

i have a question, my buddy sold me a 5 pack of pinar pre embargo cigars from 1956, has any heard or these? if so did i get taken for a ride? so many questions.

[BigSlick]

»

» thank you for the insight.

» i have a question, my buddy sold me a 5 pack of pinar pre embargo cigars

» from 1956, has any heard or these? if so did i get taken for a ride? so

» many questions.

There are mixed opinions about Pinars. (All of them being negative) At other boards you would be dodging tomatoes by now. :-D I have smoked a Pinar and they didn't taste bad IMHO. Could'nt tell you if they are really aged cuban tobacco or just a marketing ploy. I am interested to read what others post. We're you taken? I guess it depends on how much you spent and if you enjoy the cigars or not. TD

[mailman]

» » i have a question, my buddy sold me a 5 pack of pinar pre embargo

» cigars

» » from 1956, has any heard or these? if so did i get taken for a ride?

» so

» » many questions.

»

» There are mixed opinions about Pinars. (All of them being negative) At

» other boards you would be dodging tomatoes by now. :-D I have smoked a

» Pinar and they didn't taste bad IMHO. Could'nt tell you if they are really

» aged cuban tobacco or just a marketing ploy. I am interested to read what

» others post. We're you taken? I guess it depends on how much you spent and

» if you enjoy the cigars or not. TD

$20 . i'll let you know wed. when i smoke one, i got a bunch of greycliff and gurkhas to smoke first : )

[anacostiakat]

The funniest thing about the pre-embargo cubans is that they don't ever seem to run out of them. Do they?

[habanohal]

Try the H. Upmann Corona Major. Nice tube for presentation, also it still is a great tasteing Habano. At about $105 a box or so.

[PorscheC4S]

»

»

» thank you for the insight.

» i have a question, my buddy sold me a 5 pack of pinar pre embargo cigars

» from 1956, has any heard or these? if so did i get taken for a ride? so

» many questions.

Pinar... the story goes something like this. A tobacco importer in Florida imported a large shipment of unrolled cuban tobacco shortly before the embargo. He soon faced bankruptcy. His assets were tied up and the tabacco was stored (properly so the story goes)... He dies before finances are cleared up. His children fight over the assets, tobacco included and everything goes to probate. The Judge for the probate (supposedly) was a cigar smoker and ordered the tobacco to be stored properly until the everything was settled. This was the mid 80's. In the late 90's somebody sold the tobacco, now nearly forty years old, to an entrepreneur. He began having cuban rollers create the Pinar cigars which are supposed to last until about 2007 or so. The tobacco is supposedly from 1956, 1958 and 1960.

This is from my recollection of different internet articles I've read. Don't know if it's true, but I've smoked a few P3000 Super Coronas (5.75"x60) Pinar P3000 is supposed to be 100% Cuban. P2000 is supposedly 70% Cuban 30% Ecuadorian. The first two or three tasted really good and reminded me of the few cubans I had smoked by that time. I've had a few since that don't taste nearly as good as the first few. These first few are the reason I looked into a source for modern era, certifiable habanos. Enter FOH and CC. Never looked back:-)

[DrAlejandro]

If they're newbies to CC's Id definitely go with something cheap and mild since you dont want them turning green and its pointless to blow big bucks on guys who cant tell the difference anyways... Id go with something like a fonseca cosacos or #1 or maybe even a H Upmann coronas major. Not stellar smokes by any means but damn good smokes at an even better price. Cant beat that :-)

[mailman]

you guys rock! thanks for the tid bits of info. knowledge is power!!!!!!