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What kind of cigars did Churchill smoke?

NickermanNickerman Posts: 37 ✭
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I never assumed that Churchill smoked Davidoff cigars and that being the reason for the naming a cigar after him. What did he smoke?

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    BKDogBKDog Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭✭✭

    According to Google, he favored two Cuban brands above the rest: Romeo Y Julieta and La Aroma de Cuba. The size (vitola) we have all come to know well enough, named after him and used by many companies were not named 'Churchill' at the time (obvious). Churchill didn't spend much time in Cuba, perhaps a few months with the British Army. Back in those days, most cigar smokers had a tendency to stick with one cigar they favored, but Winston Churchill was known to smoke a variety of sizes.

    I got most of that information from here, it's a good read: https://www.egmcigars.com/blogs/the-cuban-cigars-blog-by-egm-cigars/cigar-smoking-icons-winston-churchill

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    EgoBoundaryEgoBoundary Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I watched a documentary called Havana on prime ... there is a shop called Robert Lewis of London, where it showed the accounts and of Winston Churchill, you could see he bought a lot of 25 and 50 count boxes of Romeo and Julieta “epicure grande’

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    EgoBoundaryEgoBoundary Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BKDog said:
    According to Google, he favored two Cuban brands above the rest: Romeo Y Julieta and La Aroma de Cuba. The size (vitola) we have all come to know well enough, named after him and used by many companies were not named 'Churchill' at the time (obvious). Churchill didn't spend much time in Cuba, perhaps a few months with the British Army. Back in those days, most cigar smokers had a tendency to stick with one cigar they favored, but Winston Churchill was known to smoke a variety of sizes.

    I got most of that information from here, it's a good read: https://www.egmcigars.com/blogs/the-cuban-cigars-blog-by-egm-cigars/cigar-smoking-icons-winston-churchill

    That article has a lot more info than just my one liner... i enjoyed reading ( should have read it first )

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    0patience0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Chruchill smoked churchills. Right? :D
    Oh come on, it was funny.

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    Amos_UmwhatAmos_Umwhat Posts: 8,440 ✭✭✭✭✭

    :s

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    jlmartajlmarta Posts: 7,881 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Why, cigars made of tobacco, of course... 😜😝😜

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