Partagás Culebras 2007
- Thread starter Mikes
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Why yes Mike, yes they do look yummy. :thumbsup:
Very nice looking sticks
Davidoff made a Culebra? And you found one???
Are you talking about NC Davidoffs?
Drew Estate makes a culebra called Medusa. Might want to save your money, tho.
Anybody know the when/where/why culebras were invented? Picked the interesting tidbit up out of Mike's MRN on the way out to Omaha and am curious as to how many people actually know.
TYLER
I thought the new ones were only like $50/box?
Maybe that's too much for a novelty cigar, tho.
TYLER
Irritech
Punch Super
I agree. I've been wanting to get at least one for the humi to show off. I think I'm gonna do either the Illusione or La Flor Dom. Definately not going to drop the coin for the Party. :noemotion
it's my understanding that years ago, the workers in the cigar factories were given a daily allottment of cigars to bring home, but eventually they started bringing the best of the production output so the management decided that they would have to twist 3 fresh cigars together and tie a ribon around them and those would be the cigars designated for the workers to take home.
cvm4
BoM - July '05 & Dec. '10
More like $120-$150 per 9ct. box. So if they came in a 25ct. box then they'd be $325+ per box.
Actually, that's what I thought until I read the MRN. He points out that the rollers could have made and smoked as many culebras as they wanted. Shape wouldn't have been a problem because they were cigar rollers.
Culebras were actually invented in 17th century(I think it's 17th century) Phillippines. It was thought that a larger ring gauge cigar aged better, so instead of making big ugly cigars they twisted three together so they'd have nice smaller cigars that aged better.
A modern-day verison of the culebra in Cuba is a bundle of cigars. Many times a box of cigars comes in a wheel with a ribbon around it, and this is a form of a culebra.
TYLER
:bigeyes: That ain't bad at all. :bigeyes:
I agree with that Cliff says, I am looking in the wrong places. :hammersma
Hitimewine.com has the Davidoff's. $20 a box, they have a tighter braid on the though. Cool looking smoke
I have read the same thing on several different websites. The twisted effect of the individual cigars was a way to identify the daily quota for the workers. It was found that they were replaceing thier quota ( segundos ) with premiums and putting the segundos in the premium box. This is the only one I can find locally it is a davidoff:smokingco