I recieved an online newsletter from cigar.com and it included an interview with Kaizad Hansotia of Gurkha, I almost laughed out loud when I read this question and his answer...
CC: As the maker of the world's most expensive cigar, do you fear people will try to outdo you?
KH: They try every year and they fail drastically. We have a reputation and a following that far exceeds anybody trying to outdo us. Most of our clients are Fortune 500 CEOs, celebrities, Heads of State, and people who truly enjoy an epicure of luxury. Gurkha has been around in one form or another since the 1800s. It is the last 18 years that the masterpieces of Gurkha have taken their place as the World's finest and most expensive cigars.
Just my opinion that this is a load of garbage, what do you all think?
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Well, it's hard to find a Gurkha that sells over MSRP like Fuentes do. That tells you right there about the demand. But as always, you have to try them and judge for yourself.
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exactly check out how many are available every day on cigarbid for way under MSRP
"Cuban seed tobaccos grown in Nicaragua and Cuba. The wrapper would be from Cuba. The binder leaves would be from Nicaragua. For the ligero tobacco in the filler, he would use two types, one from Esteli and the other from Jalapa in Nicaragua. The other filler components, seco and viso, would come from Cuba, the former from Villa Clara, the latter from Pinar del Rio. That Cigar, he says with pride, would score 100 points." -Don Pepin Garcia
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CC: Your cigars were immediately popular and your brand quickly earned the reputation as the "Rolls Royce" of cigars. What do you attribute this to?
CC: Do you have anything new planned for 2008 that you would be willing to share with us?
KH: We have several projects for 2008. Two specifically for Cigar.com and only Cigar.com customers will be able to get them. They will just have to wait and see and so will you Alex.
CC: Can you blame me for asking? I thought maybe you would slip up and let the cat out of the bag early. On to the next question, what is your favorite cigar a why?
KH: I get asked that question at least 10 times a day and my only answer is: "whatever I am smoking at that moment". There are plenty of great cigars out there, but if I had to choose one or two, they would probably be the Gurkha Beauty and the Gurkha Black Dragon.
CC: Anything you would like to add before we wrap up?
KH: It has been an absolute pleasure to work with Cigar.com. You have a wonderful company, putting out a wonderful high end catalog and coming out with some interesting products and concepts. Gurkha will support you all the way and also to all of your customers.
Sounds like one big mutual a$$-kissing session to me.
Originally posted by minalpharetta: ... In other words, people with a lot of disposable money who are trying to buy taste as though it were a commodity.
I like Gurkha's. In fact it's one of my fav's, however anyone that smokes a $750 cigar...No wait anyone that buys a cigar for $750 should re-examine there view on reality. If I were sh%$&^ting $$$ bills I could not justify it. I may have offended some who may have bought these but if so there wasn't much chance of us being friends anyway...Unless you can spare one!
"If I cannot smoke cigars in heaven, I shall not go!" Mark Twain -The cigar in my avatar has hints of nutty flavor!
Originally posted by CrazyPoet: If someone gave me a Gurkha HMR, I'd be more than happy to smoke it. Heck - it might even be a great smoke.
But Stogie is right - I could never justify the $$$, even if I had it to spend.
Buying a cigar like this is like buying a gold-plated Hummer - it's all conspicuous consumption.
IMHO
I could easily justify if it I had the money. Say you're worth a billion dollars. You already have given 1 million to charity for the year and $750 is nothing, it's like spending 10 cents for us. You wouldn't try one? I would, however, I would probably go after rare CC's first.
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