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Custom made Padron 1926 80th Maduro
rzaman
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I attended a social event last night where couple of local prominent business people and the government officials were present. I have been friends with this gentleman for a while. He is a local businessman and friends with Padron family who loves only 1926 line cigars. I always see him smoking Padron 1926 80th Maduro or 1926 number 9. I gave him many good cigars but he never liked any of them except Viaje Oro Reserva #5. He loves P1926 80th Maduro so much that he wanted to enjoy the cigar in a different shape with the same wrapper, binder and tobacco rather than only in perfecto shape. Per his request Jeorge Padron custom made a long Churchill box pressed shape 1926 80th only for him. My friend knows that I collect cigars and always looking for special cigar. I was lucky to enjoy Padron Millennium from his private collection. He gave me one his custom made Padron 1926 80th Maduro last night. He wants to know my opinion. I can't wait to smoke the cigar and compare with the perfecto shape. Here is a picture of them side by side.
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As always nice story to go along with the pick up Ripon.
Oldest Cigar Merchant in the World
Got to do something pretty cool yesterday. I'm working in London for a while and looked up a couple of cigar shops to go to. Ended up at James J. Fox on St. James Street. A great shop with a pretty fair selection (for London) and very knowledgeable people working in it. One of the owners was telling me the history of the shop. It was founded in 1787 by Robert Lewis in the same exact place is it now. Fox bought it in 1881. They claim to be the oldest cigar shop in the world. They have a museum in the bottom that the lady took me into and showed me around. They are who Winston Churchill bought cigars from and he also smoked them in room upstairs which is their smoking room now. The museum had quite a bit of Churchill's cigar order forms and some of his cigar items. This is also where the Royal Families have purchased their cigars from over the years. The wooden cabinets are what the cigars were shipped in during the 1800's and are worth about $5,000 today. A pretty cool place overall. I normally don't go out of my way to chase down cuban cigars unless they are true well kept cubans. Too expensive and too hard a draw on them since they tend to wrapped tightly. I saw a Juan Lopez brand that I had not heard of before. She said it was the oldest cigar maker in Cuba. I bought one, you don't want to know how much it was (ouch!), and took it upstairs to test drive it. Met a Londoner up there who has fished all over the world including Texas. Was up there about 2 hours. Anyway, the Juan Lopez is the finest cigar I have ever smoked! Very smooth and a great taste all the way down to the very end. I got an hour and 20 minutes out this baby. It was a 6 1/2 X52. Ended up walking out with 4 more that I had never smoked before. Here are a few iphone photos of the place.
Absolutely the most hilarious thing I've seen all week, and that's saying a lot since I work in EMS...
RZA, incredible story. Thanks for sharing your life and knowledge with us. I'd love to be able to hang with you for just one day and soak up all that you would have to teach me about our glorious hobby and lifestyle.
Shawn