Posted: February 19, 2008 8:05 pm
I agree. I've only smoked a couple of Cubans and they were basicially the same as Dominican imo. I guess it's "cool" because they're illegal.RinglingRingling wrote:I have to disagree. they may be going for quality not quantity right now, but I really think that with the opening of the US market, there will be a "cash in on the novelty" mentality.Finsupinfla wrote:RinglingRingling wrote:you really don't want that....Finsupinfla wrote:Just lift the embargo, which is what has kept Castro in power all these years, so the cigars can start rolling in!!!.
the cigars we will get here in the US will be their entire inventory yes... tho I have a feeling that they will rush everything they have, even stuff that hasn't been aged properly, to cash in on the first wave. and then, they'll be pushing stuff out faster than necessary for a while as well..
I'd wait for the first year, 18 months after the embargo ends before I went for Cuban cigars.
There are great cigars coming out of Cuba now. In the past they had a quantity not quality approach, and the cigars showed it. They now put quality first and it shows. I'm usually somewhere in the Caribbean a couple times a year and get cigars. I will be nice (SOMEDAY) to get them here. I don't see them being rushed here, they will just be in short supply at first.
Personally, what you can get out of the Dominican, Honduras, and Nicaragua are every bit as good as Cubans; at a signicantly-lower price. It's the Coors Beer phenomena.
But hey what do I know... I was smoking Swisher Sweets earlier today
