http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...cle=1&catnum=0 So maybe 1 day the embargo will end, prices will rise, quality will fall, and eventually a correct medium will follow ? Is this the general consensus?
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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...cle=1&catnum=0 So maybe 1 day the embargo will end, prices will rise, quality will fall, and eventually a correct medium will follow ? Is this the general consensus?
Pretty much. It is going to happen. Maybe not in the near future, but in my lifetime for sure. I am not looking forward to that day. (IMO anyways)Quote:
Originally Posted by pub spears
Yup, yup, yup and yupQuote:
Originally Posted by drew_goring
i can't wait for the day that i can get my hands on a Cubano.
:smiley9:
It is coming - when is the question... Prices will no doubt jump (at least initially) and product will become scarcer.
What I'm wondering, though - will cigar manufacturers (as I suspect) start blending other tobacco's with Cuban tobacco? It would seem to me that would be the logical thing to do - at least in some cases. And I'd be really interested to test the final product. Especially with how well the quality of NC has improved over the last several years.
Can you imagine a special blend Opus X and Cuban tobacco? Or an Anejo/Cuban hybrid? Even better yet - age the blends with Cuban tobacco like some of the special editions that have come out in recent years (i.e. LE05). Maybe SE Cuban blend Davidoff's? Or LE versions of Padron 26's and '64's? Maybe Ashton VSG/Cubans? :smiley27:
I was actually thinking about this the other day... Why has this not happened yet, or has it? There must be a big enough market outside the states for cigars like this to sell.Quote:
Originally Posted by ggiese
Which is why I don't think we are going to see much going on for cuban/non-cuban blends when (if) the embargo is lifted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kass
I can't see Davidoff just strutting in with a Cuban blend...not after the way they left Cuba.
They actually started talking about this on the Dogwatch the other day. The consensus there was that since all cuban cigars are actually owned by the cuban government they don't believe they will actually sell just tobacco anywhere. I would thing this is actually a pretty good reason considering the lower amount of quality control that cuba has as far as their smokes go. I wouldn't doubt that if Fuente got there hands on some cuban tobacco and started creating blends with it that it would take away some of the sales from Cuban Puros, the cuban government most likely doesn't ig that idea a whole bunch.
It's the Canadians agreeing with eachother... :smiley1:Quote:
Originally Posted by Newfie
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Originally Posted by Roham
lol:smiley36:
Has anyone stopped to think about the copyright problems? There are currently two Cohiba's, Romeo y Julieta's etc.
Yeah - but not all of the cuban tobacco is put into cigars rolled in Cuba. There is still a certain portion that is shipped out at raw tobacco.Quote:
Originally Posted by prophetic_joe
And I think, given a significant monetary incentive, the Cuban government will do whatever the big companies want to do... :smiley2:
BTW - Ya buncha goofy Canucks - when is someone going to tell me what the $2 coin is called??? Inquiring minds wanna know!!! :smiley29:
Hahah...it's called a toonie.
In Canada right now you can buy both varieties in every stick, except for Punch. Due to copyright rulings the Cuban Punch cannot be legally sold in Canada.Quote:
Originally Posted by Merlin390
Bah, I smoke all the Cubans I want right now, so it makes no difference for me.
I'm from Mississippi and I kick ass. I don't need you to tell me that.
Im going there in about a year with a new company I will start work for. All I am taking is my lap top, some cloths, my humidor, a M4, bayonet, and 1911. The company said they would provide body armor and ammo.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigsmoke
You can get Cuban/Honduran blended cigars and loose cuban leaf (for your own blends I guess) from:smiley35:. Oops, no discussion of sources. Lets just say www.dong...Quote:
Originally Posted by prophetic_joe
...abriel.net
It's in their home blend.
Sounds hardcore. Goodluck with that, hope you stay safe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Merlin390
dead sexy smoke. :smiley41:
Ok... bigsmoke/420seth is now banned. Primary reason being multiple accounts. So as not to remove the entire thread all posts dealing with bigsmoke have been moved to the trash bin. When Hex returns, or has time, he will review this and if I goofed somewhere it can all be returned.
For now, Cuban Embargo discussions please. If you wish to discuss the bigsmoke situation further please start a new thread in General or Rules and Regs.
Thanks...
George, please go to This Thread.
Good point on Cuban blends, but I'm a little torn. If they were not to offer multi national blends, I could understand preserving the Cuban tradition. Or only rarely with super premiums would be a good compromise. Hell I remember when Opus were harder to get than Cubans anyway. I don't know much about scotch, but I wonder if blended scotch isn't still all Scotish produced whiskey? Any comparison there :smiley25:
I can see how the industry will get turned upside down when the embargo is eventually lifted. All I know is the US will buy lots of Cuban cigars.
Citizens in the US are already buying shitloads of legit cubans by any way they can. So I can see demand would go up, but I think you'd be surprised at how many cigar smokers are already smoking legit cubans.
American citizens buying cubans?! That's absurd. That's very illegal.Quote:
Originally Posted by cigar no baka
I have some pre-embargo cubansQuote:
Originally Posted by chefchris
gasp.Quote:
Originally Posted by Merlin390
Actually, my great uncle just died and left my a whole collection of pre-embargo Cubans. I don't really smoke that much, so I was wondering if anyone here would want them. I'm willing to sell them for a reasonable price. :smiley2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Merlin390
2006 stock from different brands have been outstanding. I think this is to catch attention from various markets and to raise stock so when Castro does leave and America opens the flood gate, there will be a greater and renewed interest. The improved quality makes me think the end of the embargo is in the near future.
Thats what I did too when I found out what I had.Quote:
Originally Posted by chefchris
Depends....Quote:
Originally Posted by mills
What's your eBay rating?
And do you take e-Gold?
:smiley4:
Very funny :smiley36:. I betcha there are literally thousands of sticks being shipped into the US every single day.Quote:
Originally Posted by chefchris
i'm shocked. let's hope that I never obtain one of those "sticks".Quote:
Originally Posted by cigar no baka
charles in charge of our days and our nights