Newbie Cuban Choice??

Teoracer
Teoracer Posts: 20 ✭✭
in Cigar 101

Greetings all. Just stumbled across this forum and loving all the wisdom I am getting the last 2 days of reading. I just started this hobby at 56 and I am enjoying the journey. I am going to Bermuda in 2 weeks and will have a chance to finally try a Cuban cigar. Speaking with enthusiasts at my 2 local cigar lounges, I've been told the Chatham House is the best place to buy and not get scammed into buying a fake. My question is what Cuban does everyone recommend for a newbie? Right now my favorite cigars are the AVO Maduro, Ashton classic and My Father the Judge. What do you think would be in my wheelhouse for a similar Cuban? Thank you in advance for any insight you can provide!

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  • CalvinAndHobo
    CalvinAndHobo Posts: 3,300 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Partagas Serie D no. 4

  • Teoracer
    Teoracer Posts: 20 ✭✭

    @CalvinAndHobo said:
    Partagas Serie D no. 4

    Thank you.

  • ShawnOL
    ShawnOL Posts: 13,264 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hoyo de monterrey.

    Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.

  • Teoracer
    Teoracer Posts: 20 ✭✭

    @ShawnOL said:
    Hoyo de monterrey.

    Thank you!

  • Vision
    Vision Posts: 9,989 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Make sure, no matter your choice, they come from a reputable store front. If you can but then on the streets..... 60% of the time they are fake all the time. As for recommendations..... try a bunch!

  • Rdp77
    Rdp77 Posts: 8,057 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I agree with what these guys are saying. It looks like your wheelhouse covers a lot of ground considering the differences in the cigars you mentioned. Like 👆🏻 said…try a bunch!

    If it don’t bother me, it don’t bother me. Just leave me alone.

  • Teoracer
    Teoracer Posts: 20 ✭✭

    @Vision said:
    Make sure, no matter your choice, they come from a reputable store front. If you can but then on the streets..... 60% of the time they are fake all the time. As for recommendations..... try a bunch!

    Thank you for the insight. I was warned about the fakes and the Chatham House in Hamilton has been recommended by a couple different people and seems like a good place. I'm thinking that's the plan, buy a bunch, lol.

  • Teoracer
    Teoracer Posts: 20 ✭✭

    @Rdp77 said:
    I agree with what these guys are saying. It looks like your wheelhouse covers a lot of ground considering the differences in the cigars you mentioned. Like 👆🏻 said…try a bunch!

    I know I'm kinda all over the map as I go. I started off with the Ashton Classic as the first stick I really enjoyed (mild and smooth) and hung with that as a go to while trying others. Once I tried the AVO Maduro (little stronger but great flavor) I was hooked on them as my go to. Then at a party a few of us went out to smoke a stick and one of the guys had never had the AVO I had so he traded me the My Father. I was a little apprehensive because he warned me it was a strong cigar, but on a full stomach and paired with Jameson, I found it quite enjoyable. And think you both are right and try a bunch! I probably should have asked what to stay away from, lol.

  • 0patience
    0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 2022

    Start with the Jose Piedra Breva.
    Dirt cheap and will get you familiarized to Cuban tobacco.

    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
  • Itsfine
    Itsfine Posts: 20,456 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Anything Nicaraguan

    @ScotchnSmoke sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones. 
  • peter4jc
    peter4jc Posts: 18,120 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 2022

    This is like saying I'm going to eat some Twinkies because I'm going to France and want to have a base of comparison to the pastries I'll eat when I'm there.

    Edit: well, not exactly a good analogy because there are plenty of non-Cuban smokes that are better than Cubans, but you get my drift.

    "I could've had a Mi Querida!"   Nick Bardis

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