Cuban tobacco

[shilala]

Originally Posted by akumushi

I would like to see a blend that combined the rich mouthfeel and taste of Nicaraguan tobacco with the wider aromatic horizons of Cuban leaf, say a Nic Corojo wrapper, Cuban Binder and filler with a bit of Nic Ligero in the filler for some kick. Now that would be a hell of a cigar.

Just the nic wrapper with no ligero would be incredible, I bet. I'd think the ligero would overpower the other filler. It'd sure be awesome to try it, regardless!!!

[akumushi]

Originally Posted by shilala

Just the nic wrapper with no ligero would be incredible, I bet. I'd think the ligero would overpower the other filler. It'd sure be awesome to try it, regardless!!!

Hell Scott, just soak and peel the wrapper off a DPG blue and put it on a Siglo VI and you've made that cigar yourself

[dox47]

According to the rules laid out by the Bush administration, as a US citizen you aren't allowed to consume a Cuban product anywhere in the world, even if it's legal where you happen to be... Any nagging guilt I might have felt about buying the product of expropriation was erased by the satisfaction of giving the finger to my own overreaching government, so I can now enjoy Habanos guilt free. Thanks W!

[T.G]

I heard that everything that fails drawtest doesn't go back to be reworked, it really goes into a special storage area just waiting for your order to come in.

I'd start airboarding the fish if I were you, they must be in cahoots with the manufacturer and vendors.

[MiamiE]

Honestly I don't want to see the embargo end from a cigar buying point of view. They're a lot cheaper than domestics. Now for the Cuban people, yes I would.

[South Shield]

"Cuban seed tobaccos grown in Nicaragua and Cuba. The wrapper would be from Cuba. The binder leaves would be from Nicaragua. For the ligero tobacco in the filler, he would use two types, one from Esteli and the other from Jalapa in Nicaragua. The other filler components, seco and viso, would come from Cuba, the former from Villa Clara, the latter from Pinar del Rio. That Cigar, he says with pride, would score 100 points."
-Don Pepin Garcia

Originally Posted by South Shield

"Cuban seed tobaccos grown in Nicaragua and Cuba. The wrapper would be from Cuba. The binder leaves would be from Nicaragua. For the ligero tobacco in the filler, he would use two types, one from Esteli and the other from Jalapa in Nicaragua. The other filler components, seco and viso, would come from Cuba, the former from Villa Clara, the latter from Pinar del Rio. That Cigar, he says with pride, would score 100 points."
-Don Pepin Garcia

And that settles that

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by nater

And that settles that

How so?

Originally Posted by icehog3

How so?

I am a pepin whore... if he thinks its a good thing, and the embargo lifts, I for one welcome the new blends

[akumushi]

I would smoke that cigar, for sure, but I still like puros in general; Nicaraguan, Cuban even the occasional Dominican, they give a much more distinct flavor profile. A Nic/Cuban blend could be a great cigar, but it wouldn't replace the delicate nuance of a Cuban puro.

If it's not broken, why fix it? I still fear the day the Embargo is lifted.


-Gianni-

[Neuromancer]

Originally Posted by GDeAngelo

If it's not broken, why fix it? I still fear the day the Embargo is lifted.


-Gianni-

What's to fear about it? Chances are with an influx of CC's it might put the NC's in the position of being more competitive in their pricing and lower our costs IMO...since we'll have more choices the NC makers are going to have to compete for our business with the Cubans as I'm sure a lot of cigar smokers will make a switch...of course, that could raise the prices of the CC's because of supply and demand, but that could still put the domestic market in the position of having to woo us a little more, with better product and pricing...

Originally Posted by Neuromancer

What's to fear about it? Chances are with an influx of CC's it might put the NC's in the position of being more competitive in their pricing and lower our costs IMO...since we'll have more choices the NC makers are going to have to compete for our business with the Cubans as I'm sure a lot of cigar smokers will make a switch...of course, that could raise the prices of the CC's because of supply and demand, but that could still put the domestic market in the position of having to woo us a little more, with better product and pricing...

That is one of my fears. I enjoy the prices that I pay. I feel if Embargo is lifted, supply and demand will increase. The quality could potentially suffer and the prices increase. There are plenty of non-Cuban cigars I enjoy. I just can't justify the cost of them in comparison. I also feel cigars, like everything else, has become a market of advertising and "this is the best". I'd admit my largest fear is potential quality loss, price increase, another thing to get taxed and the loss of relationships I've built with my sources. The "status" I could care less about.


-Gianni-

Im guessing the prices for Non cubans would go down.. which is GIANT PLUS for me lol
wonder what would become of company's like Padron or AF.. 5 dollar opus x !!!! can't wait! haha