Pixelated bukake
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Lmao outstanding it’s funny cus it’s true
I’m in the cigar industry, Sales Manager for EPC, was previously with Espinosa Cigars, took a massive step up, If you smoked a La Gloria Cubana that was Ernesto Carrillo blend and cigar before he banked by selling it to General.
Any who, this right here is hilarious cus it’s true. First, I dealt with the Canadian market, God Bless you guys for still buying cigars, those taxes are ridiculous. As for the quality of those Cuban cigars? Before you light it get your Ashton (Symmetry for me is their best cigar, I call it baby Opus) and smoke both of them together at the same time. The purpose is for you to see how bad the Cuban is to your Ashton. The Canadian market is down the list in priority when it comes to the quality of the cigars they get from Cuba. Why does it still sell there and people rave about it? Because 65% of cigar smokers don’t know a **** thing and perception takes over
Now as for Cuban cigars. I preface this by saying, I am of Cuban decent. Cuban cigars are vastly overrated and suck. And most of the people who smoke legit Cuban cigars don’t know a **** thing and mind**** themselves into believing it’s the best thing cus it’s a Cuban cigar. First off, ladies and gentlemen you are not smoking a 100% Cuban tobacco cigar. They are importing tobacco from Nicaragua, Honduras and D.R. Because they do not have enough tobacco to fill it with to meet the worldwide demand. Secondly, the tobacco crop sucks, due to their horrible situation Cuba is using its soil to grow anything, and with tobacco you must turn the soil properly to revive the soil with proper nutrients to grow tobacco, they are not doing that, this the quality of tobacco is bad. Third, all the “talent” has died or left the island. What does that mean? The blenders, the top rollers, heck even factory managers have died or left the island. You can have all the top ingredients to make a great meal, but your chef sucks the meal will suck, and that is the situation over there.
Now if all things were optimal, there is no better tobacco than Cuban, but that is not the case, and since most cigar smokers don’t know ****, and perception is reality, they actually think they are smoking a great cigar cus it’s Cuban, when amongst true cigar connoisseurs, it is crap and overrated and poorly constructed, and not to mention not 100% Cuban. Believe me I know all the growers and distributors of tobacco who sell to Cuba
Enjoy the smoke, and hope you learned something.
And as stated before, be a ***** and smoke everything, though clearly smoke an EPC Cigar first lol
As I’ve told smokers before, everything in a stores humidor is great and everything in a stores humidor sucks balls, what’s the difference? What is great and sucks balls to you and only you. It all depends on your palate.
And a final note, learn to retrohale (fancy word for blowing smoke out your nose) Once you can do that, you will get the total experience and profile a cigar has to offer. If you got any other questions ask away
And if ya don’t know now ya know....
Props for weighing in. I used to be a big fan of La Gloria Cubana Mi Amor Reserva. Noticed they haven't been the same since the sale.
I agree with you on the palate comment. I don't like to use the term "acquired taste" because it implies the person 'simply doesn't know enough but one day they'll get it.' Like you stated, it's all about what a person likes. What others think of it is irrelevant.
Also, +1 on the retrohale. A lot more is picked up, especially qualities like spice or sweet.
OP, one thing I forgot to mention is to also experiment with different ring gauges. Most of the flavor in a cigar comes from the wrapper. The larger ring gauges have more binder and filler, hence less flavor. That said, while I appreciate the flavor in a lancero, it's personally not my thing. Neither is a 60. Try different gauges, as well as different forms, e.g. robusto vs. torpedo.
Check out this link re: different wrappers:
http://www.cigarbox.net/cigar-info/wrappers/
Lastly, cigars are like food in that they pair with certain spirits or beers. I'm a single malt guy so after a nice steak, I like a Padron 1926 with Lagvulin 16. Another combo I like is an LFD Colorado Oscuro with an oatmeal stout. Some dudes love to start the day with a Connecticut wrapper and a cup of coffee. In any event, the fun is in the journey of learning what it is that you like.