Mexican Dog Rockets

[l0venpeace]

Just wanted some input on Mexican Smokes. Why the bad rap(No Pun intended) all the time? I really like the Santa Clara 1830 line from the San Andres valley of Mexico. Any thoughts?

I think people would be surprised to learn how much Mexican tobacco one smokes when smoking cigars.

Besides La Vega Divina and La Casta which are Mexican Puros, all of these cigars contain Mexican tobacco (mostly as binder)

Rocky Patel 1992
Torano Exodus Silver
Alec Bradley MAXX
Barrington House (the Jamaican Brand)
Don Lino Maduro
Partagas LR

See, Mexican tobacco isn't so bad!

[Maduro Man]

Ok So see...I'm not crazy!!! People do like Mexican smokes. well at least 2... or 3.

PLUS HEY SPIFFY!!! You just smoked a Santa Clara 1830. You said you enjoyed it and that was nothing but mexican leaf. Binder, filler and wrap.

[spiffykyle]

I know! And I said I liked it. Honestly I've never had an opinion on Mexican tobacco before. Now that I know I've had a couple, I have only good things to say.

Its probably like every other tobacco producing country, there are some great tobacco's and some crappy tobaccos.

So count me in on the Mexican tobacco bandwagon.

spiffy

[MarkD60]

At my favorite cigar shop, there's a bartender from the Phillipines. I was talking to him one evening about making cigars there and getting them on the market. He says that although they grow tobacco and smoke it, it isn't that good, because of the soil.
I'm sure there's some good Mexican cigars, but that bartender and I figured out that the best tobacco comes from the Caribbean, a little comes from the USA east coast and Africa, but mostly from the Caribbean.
I'd smoke a Mexican cigar if I came across one.

[ashauler]

What about Central and South America? I understand that probably the very best tobacco comes from a certain place in the carribean.......but beyond that, Nicaragua-Honduras-Ecuador....all produce some damn good leaf.

Edited to add: Damn, this is an old thread.