Toscano cigar

[BEN(SWEDEN)]

This is a very good cigar that does not need to be stored in high humidity, we call it dry cigars (probably is a better name for it). I have sent couple of sticks in my trades and you can cut this cigar in half as it is rolled so you have 2 ends.
Anyone tryed them??

 

[Stew]

Ive recently been trying to get more in touch with my Italian roots and as a part of that I was eyeing some of these online but didnt pull the trigger. Most reviews I read said they were very strong.

 

[BEN(SWEDEN)]

Ive recently been trying to get more in touch with my Italian roots and as a part of that I was eyeing some of these online but didnt pull the trigger. Most reviews I read said they were very strong.

They are strong and you will get a nicotine kick but there is no pepper flavor. It is a perfect lunch cigar. Brother you should try some. I have one stick left that is aged 4 years. It is pretty much impossible to find them aged but even a fresh one is very very good! May I ask where you tryed to buy them?

 

[Stew]

They are strong and you will get a nicotine kick but there is no pepper flavor. It is a perfect lunch cigar. Brother you should try some. I have one stick left that is aged 4 years. It is pretty much impossible to find them aged but even a fresh one is very very good! May I ask where you tryed to buy them?

I found a U.S. Distributer running a website called:
http://www.Italiansmokes.com

 

[BEN(SWEDEN)]

I found a U.S. Distributer running a website called:
http://www.Italiansmokes.com

Pull the trigger on this one http://www.italiansmokes.com/Toscano-Antico-5-cigars-p10.html

It is the best one hands down imo. and if you cut it in half like i always do it will take you almost an hour to smoke!

 

[Stew]

Thanx for the suggestion brother!

 

[shuckins]

thanks for the info ben!
i got a fiver from a friend in england. i haven't tried them yet but now i'm gonna smoke one...

 

[BEN(SWEDEN)]

thanks for the info ben!
i got a fiver from a friend in england. i haven't tried them yet but now i'm gonna smoke one...

He must have bought them in Finland, the sticker you see on it is finnish and because in Finland you learn Swedish in school the 3 bottom lines are in Swedish. Also it looks a bit aged, it usualy takes at least 2 years for the band to turn yellow. Lmk what you think of them when you have smoked them.

 

[shuckins]

i'll post a review...

 

[t_ron99]

Wow! I haven't seen these since I lived in Italy years ago. Since most of the local tobacco shops didn't believe in humidification, these were a good cigar.

The wrapper is so thick, I don't think you could split it if you snubbed it out in the ash tray and relit.

I smoked a bunch of them, but they are strong and not for smoking on an empty stomach. I may just order some to try again....it's been about 10 years since I've smoked one.

 

[smokinghole]

I smoked these once in Iraq with the Italian Army and again when I was on a trip to Rome. I thought they were strong to the point they were almost harsh. As a note I highly advise against throwing them in a humidor because they will stink it up. Also there's a company based in Scranton, PA that makes the same style of cigars. Parodi cigar company. My dad's cousin was telling me about these types of cigars back about 50 years ago and they were nicknamed "guinea stinkers". You know back in the time that ethnic slurs were widely accepted. He said they smelled so bad you could smell one burning over a block away.

Anyhow Parodi makes basically the same thing and I bet they're cheaper. They are fire cured cigars by the way.

 

[Ahmed]

I've been trying to get some for a long time. Most of the online distributors doesn't ship internationally.

 

[BEN(SWEDEN)]

I smoked these once in Iraq with the Italian Army and again when I was on a trip to Rome. I thought they were strong to the point they were almost harsh. As a note I highly advise against throwing them in a humidor because they will stink it up. Also there's a company based in Scranton, PA that makes the same style of cigars. Parodi cigar company. My dad's cousin was telling me about these types of cigars back about 50 years ago and they were nicknamed "guinea stinkers". You know back in the time that ethnic slurs were widely accepted. He said they smelled so bad you could smell one burning over a block away.

Anyhow Parodi makes basically the same thing and I bet they're cheaper. They are fire cured cigars by the way.

I have had one of those parodi verions and this is not even close to the real Toscano and imo not even something you put in a fire to keep you warm. You could not be more wrong about this Toscano! I mean sure it is strong but not even close to a opus x for example and the smell, close to ccs! But if you do put them in a humidor when you shouldnt you have only yourself to blame for the taste!

 

[BEN(SWEDEN)]

I've been trying to get some for a long time. Most of the online distributors doesn't ship internationally.

There is a link in the thread where you can gt them, pls lmk if you buy them how they where?

 

[smokinghole]

To each his own right? With that being said I'm not wrong but neither are you. I haven't smoked the Parodi cigars but based on how much I liked the different kinds of Toscano I wasn't about to smoke a Parodi.

The humidor warning was for the unknowing. I had a old humi that I didn't keep other cigars in and threw the Toscanos I did not smoke in there. The smell of the smokes lingered for a long time serving as a change box.

 

[BEN(SWEDEN)]

I didnt mean you brother about the humidor, was a general comment!