A Mcd's SET

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Re: A Mcd's SET

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Re: A Mcd's SET

Post by Big Wallaby » Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:42 am

ktulu wrote:I heard that Cuban's aren't really that great, it's just a novelty.
I have heard the same, that you get stuff that's just as good from several other places. The idea of Cuban cigars being good comes from the days before Castro.


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Re: A Mcd's SET

Post by BRWombat » Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:35 am

Big Wallaby wrote:I have heard the same, that you get stuff that's just as good from several other places. The idea of Cuban cigars being good comes from the days before Castro.
Same here -- they used to be top-rate, but the quality has gone way downhill.


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Re: A Mcd's SET

Post by jerlove » Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:06 pm

In my opinion as a person who enjoys a good cigar now and then the Cubans are still up there as the best. Being a Canadian I am not influenced by the "novelty" aspect as they are easy available to me. I infact was in Cuba a few years back on vacation and got a few hand rolled right in front of me.

Wonderfull Cigars. But to each their own.

On a side note... The continued US embargo of Cuba is a wonderfull thing. It means very cheap vacations for us Canadians. :D:



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Re: A Mcd's SET

Post by GRUMPY PIRATE » Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:59 pm

A guess would be that it will end in the next few years. (the embargo)

and I understand that a lot of the great cigars can be found in Miami.

supposedly there are some experts that "immigrated" from Cuba, residing there.


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Re: A Mcd's SET

Post by Cranbiz » Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:35 pm

My daughter brought me back a couple of Cubans from Italy a while ago and I felt the Nicaraguain cigars I get from my local shop are better.

Now, what quality she bought is another issue.


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