What's the latest addition to your humidor?

[WinstonSpencer]

I was in Mexico City last week. I was at a bar chatting it up with a Scotsman and he mentioned that he had recently been in Cuba. He asked me if I would fancy having a Cuban cigar. I give him a half-ass "sure, why not?". Then he tells me he got 25 Cohibas and Montecristos for 25USD. Any slight excitement I had faded instantly. He retrieves one of each and they don't look completely awful. Then rather than offering me one, he lights the Cohiba, gets it going, and then hands it to me to "share". I oblige by taking a pull and giving it back. When he tried to pass the cigar to me again I politely decline to which he says "Aw, you're going to make me smoke this whole thing by myself?".
As if this wasn't enough - I buy a round of tequila shots (remember we are in the heart of Mexico) and he takes a sip from the shot glass and passes the rest to me. Whatever. I drink it. Fortunately my penchant for the booze outweighs my desire to cry "party foul". We soon part ways while his Coheeba dies a slow quiet death.
I never made it to a LCDH but I did manage to snag the above smokes in the duty free shop on the way back home.
Thanks for reading - I don't know anyone else that gives a fuck.

[badwhale]

I was in Mexico City last week. I was at a bar chatting it up with a Scotsman and he mentioned that he had recently been in Cuba. He asked me if I would fancy having a Cuban cigar. I give him a half-ass "sure, why not?". Then he tells me he got 25 Cohibas and Montecristos for 25USD. Any slight excitement I had faded instantly. He retrieves one of each and they don't look completely awful. Then rather than offering me one, he lights the Cohiba, gets it going, and then hands it to me to "share". I oblige by taking a pull and giving it back. When he tried to pass the cigar to me again I politely decline to which he says "Aw, you're going to make me smoke this whole thing by myself?".
As if this wasn't enough - I buy a round of tequila shots (remember we are in the heart of Mexico) and he takes a sip from the shot glass and passes the rest to me. Whatever. I drink it. Fortunately my penchant for the booze outweighs my desire to cry "party foul". We soon part ways while his Coheeba dies a slow quiet death.
I never made it to a LCDH but I did manage to snag the above smokes in the duty free shop on the way back home.
Thanks for reading - I don't know anyone else that gives a fuck.

I give a fuck. Sometimes. This happens to be one of them.

[ashauler]

At my age, the fucks I give are pretty tightly controlled.
I could spare one for this though.

[CptnBlues63]

I was in Mexico City last week. I was at a bar chatting it up with a Scotsman and he mentioned that he had recently been in Cuba. He asked me if I would fancy having a Cuban cigar. I give him a half-ass "sure, why not?". Then he tells me he got 25 Cohibas and Montecristos for 25USD. Any slight excitement I had faded instantly. He retrieves one of each and they don't look completely awful. Then rather than offering me one, he lights the Cohiba, gets it going, and then hands it to me to "share". I oblige by taking a pull and giving it back. When he tried to pass the cigar to me again I politely decline to which he says "Aw, you're going to make me smoke this whole thing by myself?".
As if this wasn't enough - I buy a round of tequila shots (remember we are in the heart of Mexico) and he takes a sip from the shot glass and passes the rest to me. Whatever. I drink it. Fortunately my penchant for the booze outweighs my desire to cry "party foul". We soon part ways while his Coheeba dies a slow quiet death.
I never made it to a LCDH but I did manage to snag the above smokes in the duty free shop on the way back home.
Thanks for reading - I don't know anyone else that gives a fuck.

That's a great story. I don't think I'd have had the balls to actually take a puff off of someone else's cigar though.......one never knows what they may 'have'.

I like the Monte #4's and I wager you will too. They're a decent smoke and there's no doubt in my mind those are legit.

So with the changes in restrictions on Cuba, you folks in the US are now able to legally bring Cuban cigars into the US. Is there a limit?? I'm coming down in June and want to bring a few along for the trip. I just don't want to hit the border and find out there's a limit and I'm over it.

At my age, the fucks I give are pretty tightly controlled.
I could spare one for this though.

I almost spit out my coffee on this one Jamie........thanks for that! I always like it when I can start the day with a good chuckle!

[ggiese]

That's a great story. I don't think I'd have had the balls to actually take a puff off of someone else's cigar though.......one never knows what they may 'have'.

I like the Monte #4's and I wager you will too. They're a decent smoke and there's no doubt in my mind those are legit.

So with the changes in restrictions on Cuba, you folks in the US are now able to legally bring Cuban cigars into the US. Is there a limit?? I'm coming down in June and want to bring a few along for the trip. I just don't want to hit the border and find out there's a limit and I'm over it.





I almost spit out my coffee on this one Jamie........thanks for that! I always like it when I can start the day with a good chuckle!

Concerning bringing/smoking Cubans in the US - Who knows what's going on here at any one given moment. One minute it's not okay - then it is - then it's not. Your guess is as good as ours. The official answer is probably not, but I've been back and forth over the border and I sense they're more interested in finding explosives rather than Cuban cigars...

On a recent trip to Victoria, BC I brought back about 15 CC's. I think if you keep it "reasonable" it should not be an issue.

[WinstonSpencer]

Concerning bringing/smoking Cubans in the US - ...I think if you keep it "reasonable" it should not be an issue.

This.

[CptnBlues63]

Concerning bringing/smoking Cubans in the US - Who knows what's going on here at any one given moment. One minute it's not okay - then it is - then it's not. Your guess is as good as ours. The official answer is probably not, but I've been back and forth over the border and I sense they're more interested in finding explosives rather than Cuban cigars...

On a recent trip to Victoria, BC I brought back about 15 CC's. I think if you keep it "reasonable" it should not be an issue.

That's kind of what I was thinking.

I'll call the border crossing (US side of course) a week or so before I leave and talk to an actual border crossing agent and find out "for sure" before leaving. I won't be bringing a lot, but I wouldn't mind tossing 3 or 4 Cuban's in the travel humidor.

I did call last year before going and I had to laugh, the border crossing guy told me it was still illegal to bring Cuban's into the US but then said, "Of course, if they have no band on them, they could be from anywhere" LOL

But I won't risk making crossing the border any harder by trying to sneak a Cuban in if it's still illegal. My wife would kill me if I did anything to make it a hassle at the border.