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Mixing cuban grown leaves with other leaves?

theebug

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In an interesting email string with Israel of Uptown cigar, he mentioned that there are some interesting cigars being made that mix Cuban leaf with leaves grown in other countries.

I may have misunderstood him but is any company doing this at the moment? If so, has anyone tried a cigar with this type of blend?

I did not think that Cuba exported leaves.
 
indyrob said:
Yup. Goya does.
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I smoked one of those while on business in England. The thing was like a javlin..it had to be 8" long and maybe a 42 or so ring size....like a lancero extra!

It smoked hot as hell with ZERO flavor, it was torture the whole way through. I had to tough it out because it was gifted to me by my counterpart from Germany when we met there in London....all the single malt scotch helped ease my pain!

Maybe it was that one stick, but I sure didn't seek them out to take any home! :laugh:
 
I think the 2006 Camacho Liberty did that. Mixed it with Honduran tobacco, but the Cuban tobacco was "Pre embargo" I believe.
 
theebug said:
In an interesting email string with Israel of Uptown cigar, he mentioned that there are some interesting cigars being made that mix Cuban leaf with leaves grown in other countries.

I may have misunderstood him but is any company doing this at the moment? If so, has anyone tried a cigar with this type of blend?

I did not think that Cuba exported leaves.
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Ken: Me thinks you misunderstood me. What I said was that I have no interest in seeing the embargo lifted in order to flood the market with CCs, in which the quality control gets worse than it is. I said that it will be interesting to see how companies take Cuban tobacco and blend it with other countries' tobaccos, as they do now (not Cuban, but Dominican, Nicaraguan, Equadorian, etc...). Just wanted to clarify.
 
Israel,

With companies/blenders going with first generation Cuban seed is there that much difference to that of Cubans? I have looked at the NC blends and have picked up the term first generation Cuban seed used in blending. Is this more to what you are referring to? I know Pete Johnson has used the term in a couple of his interviews but I haven't found anything in comparison between the Cuban blend and NC 1st gen seed outside of it being stating in passing.

Thanks for anything you can add,

Bryan
 
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Woodson said:
Israel,

With companies/blenders going with first generation Cuban seed is there that much difference to that of Cubans? I have looked at the NC blends and have picked up the term first generation Cuban seed used in blending. Is this more to what you are referring to? I know Pete Johnson has used the term in a couple of his interviews but I haven't found anything in comparison between the Cuban blend and NC 1st gen seed outside of it being stating in passing.

Thanks for anything you can add,

Bryan
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Bryan,

I don't know if it makes much of a difference in using first generation Cuban seed. I would think it's all the same, but what do I know. I was actually referring to companies using Cuban tobacco and blending it with other tobaccos, once the embargo is lifted (if it ever will be). I know there are some companies that are using pre-embargo Cuban tobacco, but what I don't know is how much of that tobacco is being used in each cigar. I tried a cigar in Vegas that used pre-embargo tobacco, but I didn't think it was that great. Think it's more of a marketing ploy. Hope this helps, buddy.
 
I've always been curious as to where companies "find" this pre-embargo tobacco? Where and how well has it been stored for the last 46+ years? I guess I'm too skeptical, but I just can't imagine there being that much raw material left over from pre 1962.
 
Israel,
I clearly misunderstood you and I appreciate the clarification. But I figured it would be an interesting thread and since I know you are part of the boarc, everyone could share in the discourse.

From the discussion on this thread, it seems that it is less about just the leaf or the seed but all of the factors (soil etc.) that will effect the end product.
 
From what i've heard, ;) the Cubans are putting ganga in their cigars.
 
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