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TwiceTheJava 08-18-2011 12:52 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
I'm assuming the Cohiba CCs I had in The Bahamas many years ago were fake, because if that's what all the fuss is about, I don't get it. They tasted and smoked the same as every other cigar. :sh

pektel 08-18-2011 12:59 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
Which Cohiba? what year? Where were they purchased?

TwiceTheJava 08-18-2011 01:05 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by pektel (Post 1379660)
Which Cohiba? what year? Where were they purchased?
Couldn't tell you which one, late 90s, small tourist shop in Nassau. Yeah...I know.

T.G 08-18-2011 01:07 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by pektel (Post 1379660)
Which Cohiba? what year? Where were they purchased?
Where were you on the night of the 12th? Does your dog bite?

ChicagoWhiteSox 08-18-2011 01:17 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
Objection Your Honor!!!!!!!!!!!!

BlindedByScience 08-18-2011 01:19 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
I'm probably in the small minority, but I have really moved away from CC's and very much toward NC's. In fact, I recently liquidated a bunch of my older CC's because.....I have just have had it with them. I still have most of a 50 cab of SLR A's from several years back, but most of my CC's are now in the hands of other guys.

I have bought expensive CC's from reputable vendors for years. Honestly I have had it with plugged sticks, tunneling sticks, sticks that are "off", sticks that are "sick", etc....just disappointment after disappointment.

I'll be the very first to say "smoke what you like and like what you smoke" but for me, CC's aren't on the menu anymore. There are a few guys out there that would say "....if you don't smoke CC's your tastes aren't sophisticated enough to appreciate them..."...which I believe simply isn't true.

One man's opinion - N.F.H.

ChicagoWhiteSox 08-18-2011 01:23 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by NotFromHere (Post 1379691)
I'm probably in the small minority, but I have really moved away from CC's and very much toward NC's. In fact, I recently liquidated a bunch of my older CC's because.....I have just have had it with them. I still have most of a 50 cab of SLR A's from several years back, but most of my CC's are now in the hands of other guys.

I have bought expensive CC's from reputable vendors for years. Honestly I have had it with plugged sticks, tunneling sticks, sticks that are "off", sticks that are "sick", etc....just disappointment after disappointment.

I'll be the very first to say "smoke what you like and like what you smoke" but for me, CC's aren't on the menu anymore. There are a few guys out there that would say "....if you don't smoke CC's your tastes aren't sophisticated enough to appreciate them..."...which I believe simply isn't true.
One man's opinion - N.F.H.
Those guys may be puffer fishes, but they are not here.

pektel 08-18-2011 02:07 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by T.G (Post 1379671)
Where were you on the night of the 12th? Does your dog bite?
lol. Well you get what I was going for, right? Provenance.

Guess I was badgering the witness.

Noodles 08-18-2011 02:20 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ChicagoWhiteSox (Post 1379368)
For me, and I know many others too, I've smoked many NC's. I still do smoke many NC's. After a fairly large sample (I say fairly large because some old farts here have been smoking cigars for 20+ years:D) I have to say NC's don't even come CLOSE to the complexity and flavors as CC's. Not only that, but I can't get past the harshness most, not all, NC's have. It's just my two cents. My opinion. Nothing more. But I can say that I have not smoked just 1 or 2, or even 100 NC's and have written them off based on those cigars. I've smoked many NC's. (and I still do smoke NC's, I enjoy some NC's)
Then my post doesn't apply to you.

I haven't had a Pepin in a while, the last Tatuaje I smoke was disappointing, but in his early years, I take off the band and you would swear it is the best (cuban) cigar you smoked.

ChicagoWhiteSox 08-18-2011 02:24 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Noodles (Post 1379764)
Then my post doesn't apply to you.
I haven't had a Pepin in a while, the last Tatuaje I smoke was disappointing, but in his early years, I take off the band and you would swear it is the best (cuban) cigar you smoked.
I doubt it applies to most members here too;)

Bill86 08-18-2011 02:25 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by T.G (Post 1379671)
Where were you on the night of the 12th? Does your dog bite?
:lr

Quote:
Originally Posted by ChicagoWhiteSox (Post 1379685)
Objection Your Honor!!!!!!!!!!!!
Objection denied!


Quote:
Originally Posted by pektel (Post 1379749)
lol. Well you get what I was going for, right? Provenance.

Guess I was badgering the witness.
Permission to treat the witness as hostile your honor?

ChicagoWhiteSox 08-18-2011 02:35 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill86 (Post 1379769)



Objection denied!
What?? You're drunk Your Honor:r:r

Bill86 08-18-2011 02:42 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ChicagoWhiteSox (Post 1379779)
What?? You're drunk Your Honor:r:r
:lr

Hippiebrian 08-19-2011 07:08 AM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by T.G (Post 1379671)
Where were you on the night of the 12th? Does your dog bite?
"that is not my dog..." :D

T.G 08-19-2011 08:49 AM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
finally...:noon

Mister Moo 08-19-2011 09:17 AM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by icehog3 (Post 1374620)
Beating the dead horse here...."Like what you smoke..."
O M G......

:bdh

I have been smoking a pipe for so long I forgot people were still flogging livestock in the cigar section. Horses today, cows tomorrow... hogs could be next. Soon you people will be telling us to smoke what we DON'T like.

You ready to come by for a nice pipe and a mootini yet, Admiral Obvious? You really need a North Carolina trip.
:we

ChicagoWhiteSox 08-19-2011 03:46 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
Drunk guy beating a dead horse.
:al:bdh

heavyd 08-20-2011 11:19 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
OP I agree with you to some extent. Some of the cc's I've had were fantastic, truly memorable cigars, but many have been mediocre or plugged or had some burn issues, or seemed flavorless compared to my favorite nc's. I'll always smoke both...forever chasing that dragon :)

bruceolee 08-21-2011 04:05 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
I have nothing new to say on this topic.


I just find it funny, 6+ years of this now and the same topic pops up no matter what forum you're on and the answers are still the same.


Life's too short to worry about this stuff. Smoke up and enjoy whatever makes you happy. :ss

icehog3 08-21-2011 07:48 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
To bastardize the wise words of a wise man, "Never confuse the inclination to express opinion with actual facts."

Smoke what you like, like what you smoke.....and don't try to tell someone else that what you smoke is better than what they smoke. ;)

alfredo_buscatti 08-28-2011 04:12 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
It took me a long time to find this thread again.

Bill, I remember that you wanted to know about the Cubans I smoked (presuming they weren't fake). My brother sent them to me for an eval. He didn't say where he got them. And I don't know what if any age they had. The label was nondescript; it just said "Montecristo."

pnoon 08-28-2011 04:26 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by alfredo_buscatti (Post 1390530)
It took me a long time to find this thread again.
Subscribing to a thread makes it easy. :2

waffle 08-28-2011 04:45 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by pnoon (Post 1390535)
Subscribing to a thread makes it easy. :2
Its too hard to cancel my subscription... I always spend hours on the phone with customer service, trying and they keep hard selling! You can keep your subscriptions!;s

pnoon 08-28-2011 06:32 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by waffle (Post 1390552)
Its too hard to cancel my subscription... I always spend hours on the phone with customer service, trying and they keep hard selling! You can keep your subscriptions!;s
:tg

Nathan King 08-29-2011 10:41 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
Oh boy, another one of these threads. Some people enjoy ripe, fruity, and extracted New World style wines while others (me included) enjoy the funky terroir and subtle wisps of nuanced flavor offered by a Burgundy that has been cellared for decades. So goes the cigar world.

Bill86 08-29-2011 11:04 PM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by alfredo_buscatti (Post 1390530)
It took me a long time to find this thread again.

Bill, I remember that you wanted to know about the Cubans I smoked (presuming they weren't fake). My brother sent them to me for an eval. He didn't say where he got them. And I don't know what if any age they had. The label was nondescript; it just said "Montecristo."
Yeah most CC's don't have the name of the cigar on the band. Some that do, PSD4, PSP2, some Partagas EL's come to mind.

Without knowing the age or authenticity, you're better off visiting a La Casa del Habano some day and making your judgment off a few cigars you smoke there.

darkninja67 08-30-2011 06:08 AM
Re: Cuban disappointment?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by NotFromHere (Post 1379691)
I'm probably in the small minority, but I have really moved away from CC's and very much toward NC's. In fact, I recently liquidated a bunch of my older CC's because.....I have just have had it with them. I still have most of a 50 cab of SLR A's from several years back, but most of my CC's are now in the hands of other guys.

I have bought expensive CC's from reputable vendors for years. Honestly I have had it with plugged sticks, tunneling sticks, sticks that are "off", sticks that are "sick", etc....just disappointment after disappointment.

I'll be the very first to say "smoke what you like and like what you smoke" but for me, CC's aren't on the menu anymore. There are a few guys out there that would say "....if you don't smoke CC's your tastes aren't sophisticated enough to appreciate them..."...which I believe simply isn't true.

One man's opinion - N.F.H.
I am with you brother. Construction issues turned me off to most CCs. However I will smoke a PSD4 if one is handed to me.


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