Monday, February 06, 2017

Another Pseudo Cuban?

                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                     
    If Cuba and the U.S. really do open all embargo restrictions, are the Cuban cigars that a lot of people would like to purchase and try be the real deal? Here is another example of a possible fraud, bought on a cruise in the islands and given to me as a gift from one of my students.

   A Romeo Y Julieta corona. From the pictures the band is good quality with the correct embossed gold coins and dots. But the cigar itself was very veiny and lumpy. Smoking it was a workout with a very tight draw, and there was very little flavor. So in my humble opinion, this was a bad real cigar, or bad fake cigar. It really did not matter because I could not finish it. So give me my "hand rolled in house" cigars anytime because I do know the origin of them, these are the ones my cigar shop, Up In Smoke in Cromwell ,Ct. owners wife rolls, ( see picture in other blogs). So the hype is never worth it unless you buy from a reputable dealer, and then it still is not worth it price wise. Give me a box of nice smokable maduro's over a "Cuban" any time.