As I was searching through my bigger humidor tonight looking for my few Bolivars, I stumble across this old Cohiba Dominica Repubilca. Most of you will know this as the Cohiba Yellow Label. Purchasing these terrible things is probably the worst mistake I've ever made.
I remember being far away from home...somewhere in Quebec. I saw the price tag on a box of Cohiba Esplendidos for $90CDN. Intrigued I asked the shopkeep what the catch was. He said that they weren't Cuban....just from the Dominican. Other than that they tasted pretty good (apparently). I had just started smoking cigars at this point and didn't know much. So I bought the suckers thinking I got a good deal. They sat in my desktop humidor for a while and then... I smoked one...I tell you, it's one of the most horrible things I have smoked. Bad burn, tunneling, bad taste. Basically it was the epitome of bad. I ended up giving most of them away to friends, whom most claim that it's the best cigar they ever had. The power of a cohiba label I guess. If it seems too good to be true it probably is.
So as I'm about to light up this Bolivar churchill, I was just wondering what the worst mistake you've done concerning cigars be it a bad purchase, bad method or bad whatever. I'm sure you all have some.
I remember being far away from home...somewhere in Quebec. I saw the price tag on a box of Cohiba Esplendidos for $90CDN. Intrigued I asked the shopkeep what the catch was. He said that they weren't Cuban....just from the Dominican. Other than that they tasted pretty good (apparently). I had just started smoking cigars at this point and didn't know much. So I bought the suckers thinking I got a good deal. They sat in my desktop humidor for a while and then... I smoked one...I tell you, it's one of the most horrible things I have smoked. Bad burn, tunneling, bad taste. Basically it was the epitome of bad. I ended up giving most of them away to friends, whom most claim that it's the best cigar they ever had. The power of a cohiba label I guess. If it seems too good to be true it probably is.
So as I'm about to light up this Bolivar churchill, I was just wondering what the worst mistake you've done concerning cigars be it a bad purchase, bad method or bad whatever. I'm sure you all have some.