habanas

[ezrider]

can any of you tell me about some of the cubans I've been eyeing..

jose Piedra...Quintero.Fonsecas.looking to maybe purchase a box of cubans and can't afford some of the higher end.......these look like a good place to start ??

 

[Wasch_24]

I would save some more cash and get a petit corona or tres petit corona from Montecristo, Partagas, Juan Lopez, or Hoyo de Monterrey.

 

[CWS]

:thumbsup: The man knows what he is talking about.

 

[indyrob]

can any of you tell me about some of the cubans I've been eyeing..

jose Piedra...Quintero.Fonsecas.looking to maybe purchase a box of cubans and can't afford some of the higher end.......these look like a good place to start ??

JLP and Fonseca are a decent introductory habano pricewise, but I wouldn't expect to be floored by these choices. Although better than most of the domestics, the JL Piedra are a M/M cigar that is just a yard 'gar at best.

If you're looking to see what the "Habano Hype" is all about, save up a little more cash and go for something in the TPC range and go from there.

 

[DocLogic77]

I actually think the Fonseca Cadette is pretty good.

 

[joshua]

Yeah KDT Cadetes are a good deal. Nothing fancy, but a nice smoke for the money.

 

[N2Advnture]

Save yourself some dough and don't buy them. They are not the best cigars for the money.

Listen to Todd (Wasch). Try the Juan Lopez #1 & #2s.

~Mark

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[tubaman]

:devilhead :devilhead :devilhead :devilhead

I see something in your future!

 

[Ratbert]

Rut-Roh!! Looks like you've drawn someone's attention there EZ!!!

 

[Terrasco]

...and another one falls to the dark side.

 

[sli38]

I enjoy Fonsecas in the morning. A very good smoke to me.

 

[TimL]

I actually think the Fonseca Cadette is pretty good.

I'd say better than average with a few years on them. 98's are smoking excellent and I can honestly say I've nubbed ever Fonseca that I set fire to.

 

[tubaman]

Personally, I think you should find some samplers to try as wide a variety as possible to find out what your likes and dislikes are. If you can find five packs of cigars, you can get a good idea of what may appeal to you. It's never good to make a judgement about a brand or vitola based on one or two cigars. I would stay away from buying boxes at this point. I jumped in buying boxes and wound up selling alot of them off. Oddly enough, as my pallete developed, I found some of the cigars that I sold off I enjoyed later. The cigars needed time to develop also!

I'll send you a sampler of some smaller cigars that will give you a place to start. I don't happen to be a fan of the Quintero's etc., but there are some good machine made cigars out there. Some of the RyJ machine made and Upmann's also are pretty good actually. And I like the Fonseca #1 for a change of pace.

 

[Headbanger]

Nice move Kevin, such a fine brother.

 

[kirscovitch]

my first purchase were some PSD4's 5x3's. it wasnt a full box, but it only ran me about $100. and they were pretty tasty.

 

[caudio51]

Good ideas in here. I agree, better to hold off and get some good stuff than to buy not so good cigars now.

 

[DocLogic77]

Alot of different opinions here. I think it's important to taste all sorts of CC tobacco. The fonsecas Kdt are a great hand rolled CC value. They have the CC taste profile and you can get a hint of great things to come. IMHO work your way up. You will appreciate the journey a whole lot more. I think it takes alot of different CC at many different ages to really develop your palate. If you jump too quick you may not appreciate tastes a more trained palate would taste. I would bet you could put an 05 fonseca cadete vs an 05 RASCC in front of a CC virgin and they would tell very little difference. IMHO you should smoke a cadette then smoke your favorite NC. Try to notice the subtle differences. Train your taste buds on the cheaper CC then move up. Once you have moved up in quality then start on the aged boxes. Just my 2 cents.

 

[indyrob]

JLP and Fonseca are a decent introductory habano pricewise, but I wouldn't expect to be floored by these choices. Although better than most of the domestics, the JL Piedra are a M/M cigar that is just a yard 'gar at best.

If you're looking to see what the "Habano Hype" is all about, save up a little more cash and go for something in the TPC range and go from there.

After reading various points brought up by my fellow BoTL's, I might have to rethink my position a little.

Starting off with cigars in general, I got "hooked" on the La Vieja mixed fillers. I thought those kicked ass and $25/a box made it an ideal smoke. A few years later, the thought of smoking one of those now makes me cringe a little. The ISOM M/M's are cool because yyou taste the raw power of what ISOM tobacco really tastes like w/o being "finely tuned" into a premium cigar.

Start with what you want to smoke and work your way around the different brands/vitolas and decide for yourself what is good and what isn't.

 

[cvm4]

If you start out with MM cuban cigars, then there is only one way, and that's up! LOL...I wouldn't look to be wow'ed by MM cigars but there are some good ones out there.

 

[tubaman]

I just mailed something to you today. A little sampling of some different cigars to try. Hope you enjoy them. LMK if you have any questions once you get them.

Here's the DC #

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