Cubans

[ggiese]

I dunno - I've had some, more than a few, that yes, smelled like a barnyard. First time I smelled that I was dubious, but have come to know that it's a mark of a cigar that is going to smoke very nicely. Sean, some I'm talking about you and I have had from the same bunch, recently. So maybe it's a perception issue. Not all of them smell that way to me, and I don't mean to say that an absence of that smell a sign of an inferior cigar.

I always figured it could be just part of what vegetative material goes through after it leaves the plant; e.g., ammonia production, composting processes, etc.

If it's those farm rolled you guys been smokin', no doubt it has a 'manure' smell to it!!

Actually - now that you mention it - some of the best fresh farm rolled Kooban cigars I've had do have a bit of a barnyard smell to 'em.

But - nope - that is definitely not what distinquishes real from fake. I say you go back and tell 'em to prove it!!!

[prostartjr1738]

Ok thanks guys, thats pretty much what I figured. It was the first time Ive ever meet this guys so jus wondering if he knew his stuff or what. He seemed a little "off the wall" to me to begin with.

[ggiese]

Ok thanks guys, thats pretty much what I figured. It was the first time Ive ever meet this guys so jus wondering if he knew his stuff or what. He seemed a little "off the wall" to me to begin with.

That seems to be a common theme with those that "know" and would say something like that. Most likely because his only experience with a REAL Koobans are the ones he's been sold that were touched by Castro himself, then smuggled out of the back door of the factory, passed from cousins, brothers, to sister - made it through a rough passage on an air matress from Cuba to Miami (at VERY reasonable prices)...

...but more than likely because somewhere along the line the couriers stashed it in the back of their pants...

[BigMacFU]

I say you go back and tell 'em to prove it!!!

George, are you suggesting he makes him bury his nose in some bullshit and then bury his nose in a nicaraguan/dominican, then go back and bury it in the cow pie again and then finally bury it in the cuban? Because if so, I agree, get your friend to do that if he's so sure

[basil]

If it's those farm rolled you guys been smokin',

I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about.