'Cigar Renaissance' Heats Up Again in U.S.

NewsMax ^ | 10/7/06 | AP

[aShepard]

.........More stupid than your wish to displease your loved one by hounding her about something that she enjoys?

Let alone trying to discredit her decision to be happy?...........

Let's just say that she was being "cool and happy" by dating other "happy and cool" guys. We'll leave it at that.

We've been happy and cool for the last eight years - without cigars - without outside influences!

[chemicalman]

Wow! A cigar ping list. Didn't know they had one.

[chemicalman]

My favorite I have had were the Hoyo Monterrey Sultans Maduro. Had a box of them and they lasted for a few years. I enjoyed them so much that I just smoked them occasionaly. Now I'm going through a box of 898, Licenciados, and Fonseca. The 898 being the better out of those.
I love the Fuente 858 maduros, they just were so hard to get back then and I moved on to try others.

[Graycliff]

I try them all. the last good by i found on cigars was the La Perla's Congo. It's got a BS band, but it's a great smoke, medium bodied and a great burn. I buy mine from Cigar International, haven't found anybody out there that sells a cheap.

[coconutt2000]

I just ordered another box of my favorites. :-)

Hope it comes in before I smoke my last two of those and have to switch to my backups.

[wagglebee]

Who do you order from? Most places I've used get them to me within a few days.

[I_Like_Spam]

I wonder why it is that cigar smoke smells good, unlike cigarette smoke, which stinks like a f*rt. What could the difference be?

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Modern cigarettes, especially modern filter and menthol cigarettes, use reconstituted tobacco scraps, plus various chemicals and sugars for flavoring.

A good cigar is made almost strictly of tobacco, the finest tobacco money can buy.

[stevestras]

Cigar lover here. Smoking a nice '98 at the moment.

Bump.

[Redcloak]

Those come to mind every time I see "Sanitized by Swisher" in a urinal.

[MotleyGirl70]

Sorry, I don't know about urinals, but I'll take your word for it. Ick!

I hope someone posts something nice to me tonight before I go bed besides urinals.

No offense Redcloak.

[Redcloak]

Sorry, MG, but you were kinda askin' for it by posting pictures of those dog rockets. :-p

On a lighter note, I was complimented on the scent of my pipe tobacco today. A friend of ours said that she's always reminded of her father when she smells a pipe. (I was in a pipe mood today rather than a cigar mood.)

[bt_dooftlook]

Greatly enjoy La Gloria Cubana's Charlemagne Maduro, Gispert Maduro Churchill, and Sancho Panza Escudero Churchill - all excellent cigars and all available for 2.50-3.50. Also enjoy the Padron Anniversarios, although they don't taste as good as they used to because my regular cigars don't taste as bad as they used to...;)

In 1997, they were selling cigars 1/3 as good for 3 times as much.

[coconutt2000]

Cuban Crafters, in Florida.

I smoke the 420's. They're nice, mild, and surprisingly inexpensive for their smoothness. When I smoke them it doesn't seem to chase people away. I've actually had people tell me that they normally hate the smell of cigars, but they like the smell of the 420's.

The name is due to the manufacturer's brand which is Marley Fine Cigars, hence the 420 reference (an obscure, nonsensical pot reference).

It is a great cigar, made up mostly of a mild blend of Nicaraguan tabacco, and an extremely fragile, but sweet tasting sumatra wrapper.

If I were still in Hawaii, the order would only take a few days, but I'm in American Samoa, which means my order will take at a minimum two weeks to get to me via priority mail. There is no FedEx or UPS here, and DHL charges an arm and a leg.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Gurkha Tubos. I like to smoke one in my greenhouse during snowstorms sitting back with a good book.

[mn-bush-man]

Are those the congac infused Gurkha's? If so, I've tried a couple -- very good!! Very, very good!!

[mn-bush-man]

...awwww crud, I'm tired! Cognac, not congac!! ZZzzzz......