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Another nail in the coffin: there is no domestic market sales sticker valid from the beginning of 2025

Can you post a photo of the box?

Oh man I want one

1) France / 8 tries 2) Arsenal / 4 3) Celtics / 11-15 Tie Breaker - 11

Cohiba Piramides 2013

I will not talk about US politics. I will not talk about US politics. I will not talk about US politics. I will not talk about US politics.

1. Italy / 8 tries 2. Arsenal / 5 goals 3. Lakers / 7-10 TB: 19 penalties

But this one makes you look more like Neil Diamond (All compliments of course)

Love that beer!

Nations - France vs Italy (Feb 22nd) Q1. France 8 Event 2 ⚽ EPL - Spurs v Arsenal (Feb 22nd) Arsenal; 5+ Event 3 🏀 NBA - Celtics @ Lakers (Feb 22nd) Celtics 9 Tb 14

I have a Dip Norteno (Canadian Regional) that I can put up for betting. I am a passionate about hockey.

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We are planning our first trip to Italy this October…. We will stay a week in Florence as a home base and are thinking about day trips to Chianti and Montalcino regions. I’ve been stocking up on Chianti and Brunello…. you know… for research purposes.

Romeo y Julieta Romeo No. 2 Tubo ~2023/24 🔸 PRE-LIGHT • Appearance: medium brown, some seams visible, minor veins • Aroma off Wrapper: bready • Cold Draw Notes: very mild tobacco ⸻ 🔥 FIRST THIRD • Initial Flavors: Woody, oats, pencil shavings, slight earthiness, mild pepper • Body: not thin, not heavy; mild+ approaching medium • Strength: mild • Draw: close to ideal maybe a touch tight • Burn: nice white ash but some minor waviness; good burn rate ⸻ 🔥 SECOND THIRD • Flavor Development / Transition: pepper dissipates, similar flavors remain but a bit richer • New Notes Detected: mild floral note and hay and leather • Retrohale: smooth and not irritating at all • Construction: everything pretty even and no relights ⸻ 🔥 FINAL THIRD • Strength Increase: slight • Harshness or Heat: a touch but nothing offensive; generally a cool burn throughout • Final Flavor Impressions: very good balance, not too mild where you’re left wanting more and not too harsh where it’s tough to get through; woody is dominant flavor with mild spices and floral notes; not my favorite flavor composition in terms of notes but very well executed and enjoyable ⸻ 🧠 OVERALL FLAVOR SUMMARY • Dominant Flavors Detected: wood, bread, mild spices • Complexity: medium • Linearity: (Did it stay the same or evolve?) evolved but not drastically • Enjoyment Level (1–10): 8 ⸻ 🧮 COMPOSITE SCORE (Out of 100) 1. Appearance: Minor imperfections or veins, slight color variation; 3/5 ⸻ 2. Burn & Draw: even burn, solid ash, no relights or corrections, some waviness; draw a notch tighter than perfect; 13/15 ⸻ 3. Flavor (Balance & Complexity): balanced and flavorful with transitions but no big shifts; sort of a gradual single stage evolution; 19/25 ⸻ 4. Body & Strength Integration: both are well balanced; neither overwhelms; 9/10 ⸻ 5. Finish / Aftertaste; flavor lingers a bit and an extremely clean mouthfeel; no tarry sensation at all; 9/10 ⸻ 6. Enjoyment / X-Factor: memorable, would smoke again soon; 13/15 ⸻ 7. Aroma (Pre-light & Retrohale😞 Light but enjoyable aroma; 4/5 ⸻ 8. Consistency Across Thirds: flavor and burn were steady throughout; 14/15 ⸻ TOTAL SCORE: 84/100; this RyJ really surprised me; most of these are a standard yardgar, and I was thinking that’s what I’d get here, but it was one of those that made you stop and enjoy it.

They need fuel for the irrigation pumps, but depending on when you consider 'this' to have started, the irrigation part of this year's harvest was probably already finished or close enough. Most of the wrapper these days is cured in heated barns which burn diesel fuel. If they need to go back to the old fashioned way they can, but they would need double the barn capacity as it takes twice as long, and barns were already a bottleneck since the hurricane a few years ago. Beyond that, all the sorting houses, storage, factories etc would normally have some kind of electrified climate control. Many of the bands are printed overseas. The standard boxes are all made in Cuba. The labels were all printed in Cuba, but there was a dramatic increase in quality a couple of years ago. Not sure if this is because they got new equipment domestically or because they offshored it. I think it may be the former as I know there has been a drive to bring as much as possible domestic in the last few years. All in all, would expect very low production this year.

HUHC RLO NOV24Last years Amazon Basin which I believe is the best.

Money shot right here. The government doesn’t care about the people AT ALL and has what they need likely to survive for a while. I think this drags on to a point where it becomes genuinely tragic.

Isn’t molasses the same as burnt sugar?

It's the 1971-92 Dunhill catalogue. You can see the 67 version here: https://www.cubancigarwebsite.com/image/gallery/dunhill1967

Lunch with wife today. Working on a watercolor. Watching lots of Olympic hockey. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah that is total fantasy land…for several reasons. Not even worth debating. One thing is pretty clear. Nobody is going to be helping Cuba to get anything out of it, unless some world leader is that big of a cigar junkie they want to take over HSA. Anything China and Russia do is simply to try to prevent the US from scoring any sort of geopolitical win. One thing I have seen is a lot of people thinking that Cuba is going to fall any day. I see it a bit different. The regime still controls the military, food supply, and financial systems. Nobody high up has broken rank, and I get a sense the people are so demoralized that there’s no spirit for any type of revolt. You need a couple of those things to flip before the possibility of the government falling starts to become inevitable. Until then, the regime still has control, and when they’ve had control for almost 70 years, they won’t just lay down. Now it’s possible a high ranking military officer who’s popular with the people goes rogue tomorrow and that sets things in motion…who knows.

You also would have to join the Discord.

Yeah as @Chibearsv said, enhance is a subjective term. What it does objectively is slow aging. Whether that is good or bad is up to who is doing the aging.

Dang! I haven’t tried the Punch but the others are 2 of my top 5 all timers. Nice selection! Looks like an awful lot of clucking for a meditation class. Your method was much more effective I’m sure.

Depends what you mean by “enhance aging”. There are a lot of members that vacuum seal their cigar boxes to slow the aging process and keep the cigars vibrant for a longer period of time. That’s enhancing the aging process for them. I think the tubos can have that same sort of benefit but probably not to the same extent as a good vacuum seal. They may be a good middle ground for retaining vibrancy while mellowing cigars for a longer period.