Cohiba piece of string insice one.

[lost again]

I bought a box of Cohiba Siglo IV Box 5x5's cigars from a hong kong retailer which I am having problems smoking. Ive tried three so far but the draw is so tight I can't smoke them. After biting into the nub of one I found a piece of black string, that can't be right?

One thing I have to say is they do look good very good in fact but the tobacco seems to be rolled very tight. I'm new to cigar smoking but have smoked a few Cohiba's and these smoke nothing like any others ive smoked.

Ive e-mailed the retailer I hope to get a reply with any help about why they are like this or maybe you can help?

Like I said i'm new to smoking cigars and like to smoke one a day and don't want to lose $300 and 25 cigars!



BTW I'm in the UK.

 

[Mrepp]

heh string in a cohiba, sounds like you have a fake.

 

[Bond]

That doesn't sound good! Might have a batch of fakes.

Hop on over to the "Introduce Yourself" forum and tell us a little about yourself. Welcome to the boards, we're glad to have you!

 

[lost again]

Thanks for the help i'll try and post some pics maybe tomorrow and hope the retailer can offer some advice also.

 

[Ginseng]

Hmm,

I've never heard of an authenticity problem with this vendor. Let me know if you would like me to host your pictures.

Wilkey

 

[centurycigar]

Hmmm, Cohiba-on-a-rope, might be a new product for 2006.

 

[lost again]

Sorry but my camera and my skills are not that good.

String! this was in the center of one of the cigars.

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box

Thanks to the eveyone that sent me a message about the vendor i,m glad to hear there should be no problems there.

 

[Ginseng]

Hmm,
I've never heard of an authenticity problem with this vendor.
Wilkey

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I have to retract this statement for the time being.

 

[AVB]

Somebody has to say it.


You're not just stringing us along are you?


A "cigar poker" is about the only cure for an overly tight draw.

 

[Mustang]

Yes....I'd like to know the outcome of the email to the vendor, as I've never had a problem with that vendor, either...

 

[ffopusxff]

Hopefully this was a fluke, not the start of something baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad

 

[Drew_Moberly]

Hopefully this was a fluke, not the start of something baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad

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Exactly...that woudl be a whole lot of no effing good.

 

[lost again]

Just to clarify,
No i'm not stringing anyone along.

I have not been smoking cigars that long.
I bought 5 boxes of five Siglo IV all the packaging was immaculate and unopened
I tried to smoke one but it was a difficult, i thought i was just unlucky and got a dud.

Next day i tried another one which was worse and had the string in it, i tried another one right after it and could only smoke 1/3 of it. there was no string in that one.

I had bought a Siglo IV from a local vender ( £15 = $26 for one stick here ) and smoked it to compare them, all i can say is the one i bought from the local vender was a total different smoke. Very open and easy draw, almost to open.

I think i should say that i'm not saying they are fakes. I'm not qualified to say that, just that maybe something is not right with the ones i tried.

All i can do now is wait for the e-mail reply.

 

[alexgtp]

how long did youlet the cigars sit? befor smoking it.
Let them recover from travel. and make sure they sit iin a 65% rh. Might be the cigars are overly moist thus making it hard to draw.

 

[cgarlvr]

Somebody has to say it.


You're not just stringing us along are you?


A "cigar poker" is about the only cure for an overly tight draw.

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got a drawpoker enroute..as for a fake..though i am no authority, i believe the cohiba label should be white squares and not white circles

 

[The Master]

Most of the time the cigars from the hong kong vendor are way too humid. They generally need to be dried out for a minimum of a month or so at 58-62 percent humidity. Having said that, if the cigar is plugged, not just tight,then no amount of drying will fix that. I recommend cutting another 6-10 cigars and see if they are also plugged. If so then I would ask for another box to be sent out.

It is very possible you got a bad box, I have seen all kinds of bad boxes over the years from Cuba and they were all real. Their quality control sucks so getting a box with more than half being plugged is not an anomoly.

 

[Ginseng]

I just want to clarify, I'm not particularly concerned that there is a problem. I'm just doing a little checking around. A tight draw is certainly not a rare occurence as a recent cab of SIg VI I received are fairly tight. But I do expect that they'll loosen up with age. And as TM suggested, a wet, tightly rolled stick will be tight. As for string, the leaves are tied in bundles with string/rope throughout the early processing of the tobacco and it does not seem inconceivable to me that a small fragment may have adhered to a vein and escaped notice.

I recently received two boxes from this vendor and I'm satisfied with what I have.

Everyone sit tight and relax.

Wilkey

 

[hobbes1]

well im a total noob though but when i looked at my cohiba box thier were white squares not circles like what cgarlvr said but when i had my siglo I the draw was really tight

 

[centurycigar]

well im a total noob though but when i looked at my cohiba box thier were white squares not circles like what cgarlvr said but when i had my siglo I the draw was really tight

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I think the picture is just fuzzy.

 

[moki]

heh string in a cohiba, sounds like you have a fake.

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It's not necessarily fake, it's possible that its the string they use to hold the tobacco leaves together but... for a brand like Cohiba, it seems pretty unlikely that'd get past the QA folks.