La Vieja Habana and a Kick In The Teeth

**MMAB** · 07-01-2005, 04:33 PM

Hey!

I entered on another post about my recent experience with Drew LVH Churchills and Belicoso Ds.

When I tried my first LVH Churchill I was impressed with the amount of flavor and strength from an inexpensive cigar. Then I tried the Belicoso Ds (bought a box expecting the same strength) and found them to be just the reverse. Totally mild.

I returned to the dealer with the Ds and he gladly accepted them back for credit. At the time he had no full boxes of the Churchills so I got just a handful.

Well, after smoking those things for a few days my mouth is letting me know it. I have had cigar mouth all week and it has ruined the flavor and feel of every cigar I have smoked since. It is only now beginning to leave (knock on wood).

The LVH are a mixed and chopped filler cigar. Cheap. After this experience I am going to be very careful as to what "inexpensive" cigars I smoke. To a degree, you get what you pay for on either end of the scale. Except of course when you pay WAY too much for a cigar. But that's another story.

Although I will never buy another LVH I do intend to try some of Drew's top shelf stuff.......carefully.

**ggiese** · 07-01-2005, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by MMAB

Well, after smoking those things for a few days my mouth is letting me know it. I have had cigar mouth all week and it has ruined the flavor and feel of every cigar I have smoked since. It is only now beginning to leave (knock on wood).

That's the problem with smoking the LVH platinum labels. I agree - they are a very nice, tasty cheap smoke. For the money, they can hardly be beat! But I can only handle one of those in any given 6 month period... Thankfully there are plenty of other cigars to smoke in the mean time!! I'd never even consider buying a box of these. I keep 4 or 5 around for smoking while doing the yard work...

**CoventryCat86** · 07-01-2005, 05:29 PM

If I have any LVHs I give them to my friends who know nothing about cigars OR I send them out as winnings to people in CigarPool who I HATE.

LVH's are lousy freakin' cigars

They're also good for fertilizing the garden or sending to PuroMooch since his humi is usually empty and he'll smoke anything.

SFG75 · 07-01-2005, 06:59 PM

I'd suspect that if you are a regular cigar smoker and you weren't sick, that you ended up with some "green" leaf cigar. Try another one. As a matter of fact, try it tonight and let us know what went down. . . . .

.......or what came back up.

**ggiese** · 07-01-2005, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by SFG75

I'd suspect that if you are a regular cigar smoker and you weren't sick, that you ended up with some "green" leaf cigar. Try another one. As a matter of fact, try it tonight and let us know what went down. . . . .

.......or what came back up.

* Processed through Shagaroo's translation machine* (patent pending):