Hey all, Just a quick question. I smoked my first cigar a few months ago, being a Cohiba Robusto that I picked up while on vacation in Cuba. Since then, I've had two other Cohiba Robustos (bought 3 before I left) and a Cohiba Siglo II. The other day, on my way to the shop to get the cigar for my monthly smoke, my friend told me that he got some cigars for a birthday present and we could use those. They were Macanudo cigars from the Dominican Republic which he said were pretty good. Let me say that I had to force myself to smoke that thing!! I even smoked his cigar for a while to make sure that mine wasn't defective. Now here's my question....Is it possible to be spoiled by Cuban Cigars to the point that all other cigars taste inferior? Looking forward to your responses! Phillip
honestly alot of cigars can and do taste inferior to cubans. However there are alot of NC's that are very good. From what you said, there is no comparison between a cohiba and a macanudo... But once you find what kind of cigar you enjoy, mild/medium/full, maduro/ natural, sizes... everyone has there own preference... In essence, i doubt your taste for NC's has been tainted by your few Cohiba experiences. Just search the forum for different NC's people talk about and try some of those... they will be better than your macanudo...
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Yeah, it's possible to enjoy NCs after being spoiled by CCs. As you spend more time on this forum (and check out the Non-Cuban Cigars section), you'll find that Macanudo is not a cigar that you would be proud to have smoked. Find a good line like Arturo Fuente, Padron, or Ashton so you get a taste of premium NCs. Since you liked the CCs you've smoked, you might want to try NCs that are similar to a CC such as Tatuaje.
Depending on your taste, you might still find NCs "inferior" to CCs, although inferior would be a bad word to use. I prefer CCs over NCs, but I would say they are different, and sometimes difference is not a bad thing.
After smoking Cubans for a while, many people develop a real aversion for all NCs. The most common complaints you will hear generally involve some sort of metallic lifeless taste in even the most premium NCs. Doesn't happen to everyone though.
There is a good reason 95% of my 400+ cigars are Cuban.
Good luck with your addiction.
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Originally posted by forexphill: Hey all, Just a quick question. I smoked my first cigar a few months ago, being a Cohiba Robusto that I picked up while on vacation in Cuba. Since then, I've had two other Cohiba Robustos (bought 3 before I left) and a Cohiba Siglo II. The other day, on my way to the shop to get the cigar for my monthly smoke, my friend told me that he got some cigars for a birthday present and we could use those. They were Macanudo cigars from the Dominican Republic which he said were pretty good. Let me say that I had to force myself to smoke that thing!! I even smoked his cigar for a while to make sure that mine wasn't defective. Now here's my question....Is it possible to be spoiled by Cuban Cigars to the point that all other cigars taste inferior? Looking forward to your responses! Phillip
Cor: Steve, you have proven yourself to be a tremendous whack job.
Originally posted by Steve Cohen: 95% of my 400+ cigars are Cuban.
95% of 400 = 380
25% of 380 = a minimum of 95 plugged and unsmokeable cigars in your humidor!!!!
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Originally posted by Scottological: Sounds about right.
You could smoke the butt of a Newport Light picked up from the gutter and it would still taste better than a Macanudo.
And, yes, once you go Habano, you can never go back-o.
As a rule, Macanudos are a smooth, consistent, quality cigar. They're very very mild, and most experienced smokers look for more flavor and body than they have to offer. But comparing them to Newport butts is more than a little silly.
Originally posted by Steve Cohen: Not with my new 1/8" drill bit! I will be attacking all my plugged Cuban's in the New Year.
Plugging will be a problem of the past. I hope.
Hahaha, Steve, that's quite a mental image of you wearing safety goggles drilling into a cigar that's held by a vice. Well, at least you can also wear the goggles so the ash doesn't fall into your eyes.
Try some of Don Pepin's work. Tatuaje is outstanding, but hard to find at a lot of B&M's. His eponymous lines are also very good, however, and a little more widely available.
In fact, try anything Nicaraguan. Like Cubans, they have a distinctive flavor all their own. Padrons are a good place to start. If you like them, pick up a few Padron 64's or 1926's. You won't be disappointed.
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Originally posted by forexphill: ...Is it possible to be spoiled by Cuban Cigars to the point that all other cigars taste inferior?
In a word...yes. In 4 words...absolutely, irrevocably and forever. I went from one non-cc to another trying different cigars, never satisfied. Then 5 years ago my uncle brought back a box of Cohiba Esplendidos from Cuba, gave me a few and it was all over. There are only Cuban cigars. Non-cubans are just wannabe's. My fav CCs are all Cohiba; Esplendidos, Sublimes LE 2004, Piramide LE 2006 (POS DIC06 are the best of those piramides). My taste is similar to salibas. Love the Trinis and I'm expecting my Ingenios soon too.
P.S. This being my first post, it might be a good time to say Hello to everyone...as well as say that I know there serious reasons for not displaying online sources. Rest assured it won't happen. One other thing is that I don't want sources from anyone. I have my own. Ciao 'til next time
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Humbly disagree, Cosa. While there are very few NC's that stack up, there are a few. Particularly if, as I said, you enjoy the distinct flavor profile of Nicaraguan tobacco.
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Originally posted by Scottological: Sounds about right.
You could smoke the butt of a Newport Light picked up from the gutter and it would still taste better than a Macanudo.
And, yes, once you go Habano, you can never go back-o.
As a rule, Macanudos are a smooth, consistent, quality cigar. They're very very mild, and most experienced smokers look for more flavor and body than they have to offer. But comparing them to Newport butts is more than a little silly.
Scotto, between the responses to your other post re doing a "nickel" for a truck hijacking and the response here, do you think the subtlety and nuance of your humor is being missed?
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There are no NCs that come close. Pepin's stuff might be decent, but his stuff never did much for me. I've tried plenty of Tatuaje because of the hype and to be quite honest, I thought they were good for an NC but still not even close.
I was wondering that very thing. Thus I changed up my avatar to something less serious and added a humorous sig line to all my posts. Guess I'm ignoring the old adage, "if you need to explain it, it ain't funny."
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Originally posted by sobek: There are no NCs that come close. Pepin's stuff might be decent, but his stuff never did much for me. I've tried plenty of Tatuaje because of the hype and to be quite honest, I thought they were good for an NC but still not even close.
Tried the brown label Tainos?
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All great satirists are misunderstood. Or is it satyrs? I can never keep those two straight.
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