Cuban cigar

[ParagS Kulkarni]

Whats so special in cuban cigar?

[Bear Bibeault]

Forbidden fruit taste sweeter?

[fred rosenberger]

marketing

[Paul Clapham]

What a cynical bunch. Aren't there any cigar aficionados here who can explain about the terroir or whatever it is with cigar production?

[fred rosenberger]

I'm not cynical...I'm a skeptic. Everyone SAYS cuban cigars are better, but nobody has presented any EVIDENCE. and by that, i mean a properly controlled double blind study.

You can't give someone a cigar, tell them it's a cuban, and expect them to be unbiased. it simply cannot happen.

[ParagS Kulkarni]

I also heard that it is handmade.

[Paul Clapham]

fred rosenberger wrote:I'm not cynical...I'm a skeptic. Everyone SAYS cuban cigars are better, but nobody has presented any EVIDENCE. and by that, i mean a properly controlled double blind study.

You can't give someone a cigar, tell them it's a cuban, and expect them to be unbiased. it simply cannot happen.

Yeah, yeah, I know all of that. It's the same with wine but that doesn't stop people from blathering on about it. I was just encouraging the blatherers.

[Bear Bibeault]

Parag Sk wrote:I also heard that it is handmade.

That is hardly limited to Cubans.

[Darya Akbari]

Parag Sk wrote:Whats so special in cuban cigar?

I'm not a smoker, but I like their smell

[Milburn Shamus]

this is not because of their smell or marketing because they are fame. cuban cigar are hand rolled cigar. made of 100% tobacco. if you want to know more about them google Cohiba cigars...

[David Kilcy]

Its just marketing type. Its like saying Champagne is not Champagne unless it comes from the province of Champania.
Montecriso makes cuban cigars too. Ive had Montecristos grown from tobacco in Central America and tobacco in Cuba and you cant tell the difference.
Also if you are in the US I would not try to order Cuban cigars from Switzerland (from the link posted above) that is still violating the embargo.