Cuban Cigar Questions...

[ggiese]

cls515 is right. when i was in cuba last, i asked someone the difference between fake cuban cigars and real cuban cigars.

they told me that fake cuban cigars (generally) are just not authentic. They are not made in the factories with the factory labels. Most times they are the left over waste that local cubans sneak out of the factory (one of many ways to get the leaves) and they make it into cigars.

Sometimes, they go the extra step and get some of their friends to go and get the labels from workers in a factory and combine them.

The end result,... some pretty good fakes. Sometimes its just as good, sometimes the first puff tells you right away.

You really should trust your cigar dealer.

side point to remember (nothing to do with what kind of tobacco in cubans) ... if you work up a relationship with a cigar dealer, and every once in while he sells fakes (labels run when you smoke em) ... more than likely your supplier is selling good fakes and bad fakes and i would suggest finding a different supplier.


enjoy smoking...!

I don't think so, Sparky...

The chances of you finding a fake Cuban cigar rolled by a Cuban with Cuban tobacco outside of Cuba is like finding a needle in a haystack. MOST fake Cuban cigars outside of the US are poorly rolled, cheap fakes. Smoke and taste terrible. MOST of the fake Cuban cigars produced in the US are not bad, overpriced DECENT smokes, but definitely not Cuban in any way shape or form.

Because you really don't know what you're getting, I say steer clear of the fakes - PERIOD!

Not what is that ad in your signature - you trying to steal customers away from Hex???

[cuban_vol74]

I have a friend that's going to Europe day after tomorrow and he'll be there three weeks. I know for sure he's going to England, Switzerland, and Italy (not sure what exact cities except for London). Are there any reputable cigar shops I can tell him about in certain cities to score authentic Cubans? I am trying to get him to stop in and grab me a handful or two.

[WOXOF]

Tell him to go here - La Casa Del Habano

They are the retail outlet for Habanos S.A. You'll be taking a big risk of getting fakes anywhere else.

The website has a store directory so you can look and see if there will be one in the area.