My bro thinks he has a supply of Cuban

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Twice I have been gifted legit Cubans and assumed them to be yard gars not realizing what they were till I started smoking them. Once I took with me running errands because I assumed it was going to go out while I made my stops and why waste an expensive cigar. Second time I was mowing the yard. One was a hoyo de monterrey epicure 2, the other was a Romeo I believe. There are some good ones but not worth the effort people put into them. Its like the Liga Unico line before Swisher bought them. People were way too into them for what they were.

Completely agree. All of my CC experience is due to gifted cigars. I've smoked probably two dozen spread across about 4-5 marcas. I personally don't think they're as distinctive as CC connoisseurs make them out to be. Most have been heavy on sweet cedar, white pepper and grass/earth. I can tell you that I've smoked MANY non-Cubans that have had that same profile. Give an average CC smoker an unbanded Camacho Ecuador and tell them it's a Cuban and I guarantee they'd be singing its praises...

Anyway...I didn't want this to turn into a CC rant. I just get a little frustrated when I see Americans buying potentially fake CC or going out their way to buy from international sellers when you could march down to your B&M and find cigars that Europeans are smuggling into their country. There are no better cigars in the world right now than the American boutique cigar market.