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What to do you think about regional editions released in tubes. Think about a Churchill sized cigar in a tube in boxes of 10 or 25. This could even bring back an old existing cigar like the Punch Churchill, which was released in tubes in boxes of 25. I would buy it

All global brands have tubos in their line up. Most portfolio brands don’t, why is that?

Cuaba - one of my fav brands. Was waiting to find the Britanicas Extra (48x137) at some point, but it just never came. Is it because a perfecto tube is harder to make or not cost effective?

Short office smoke

🐎 And naturally shut the KTV down.

I wouldn't even know the mechanics. Imports from Honduras at 10%, our sales refunds, client refunds. It would take a full time accountant two months to unravel it. Genius level clusterf

I don't think this woupd help given the construction issues I had, but smoking slower certainly would have been a start. Too bad they taste so good!

I'd much rather find a tubo than a desktop humidor that wasn't maintained. I once kept a RyJ Churchill for several years in a desk drawer as described. As I remember it smoked superbly, but the bar was quite low back then. I did have to insist we not use it as a blunt wrap in the summer of '99.

Your auto-retro is on point. Bolivar, Epi, Punch, we are just grasping at smoke. Hahahaha

Try an unreasonably long dry box. I had a handful of these years ago kept at 72% that 'didn't burn right' for the original owner. That's too much cigar to give up on is all I'm saying.

Ive got a box that I feel like I've had to auger out to get any smoke output. I feel the pain..

Baseball practice for my son tomorrow. His first, excited to see how he does with the other kids and if he enjoys it. After that either heading to a lounge or maybe just on our balcony to smoke with the wife. Sunday will be a relaxing family day.

I don’t love this idea at least not in the place in time we’re in here. And if we’re talking specifically in terms of cigars, this would be very bad, unless everyone likes paying the insane tobacco taxes if you do travel there and buy. We also have the plain packaging laws that have ruined box art so kids can’t be lured by the names or colours. Thankfully, we do have weed gummies that taste like sour peach candies and weed strains like “unicorn poop” you can buy as long as you have ID.😆

I’ve got a pretty good handle on it with my decades long love affair with them.

It’s totally normal. The tubos aren’t sealed with any gasses or in any way that would cause that. They literally put the sticks in tubes and screw the caps on, just like we do when we take them out and put them back in. So totally normal. And absolutely okay to ask a question. Everyone here has things they don’t know.

I’ve only purchased one CC tubo the RyJ No. 3. I didn’t get that distinct aluminum beer bottle crack when I opened it. Is that the norm or just a 100% noob question?

We smoked the same cigar and lived

I forgot to take any pictures of this one. @Çnotehad his a week or so ago, but I’m just now tackling it. The nicotine nearly put him to sleep right there in the lounge, so I waited until I had the chance to smoke before bed. Light-up is like a double chocolate chunk cookie with paprika all over it. Spice, cocoa, and yeah…. strength. I immediately regret that this cigar is not at least 10 years old. Going on there is some nuttiness, a little bit of cream, and some dried very dark fruits in the background. Huckleberry maybe, I’m not sure. The second half calms down some, but not much. Some very dark cane sugar in the background, molasses almost. Figgy cake, rye toast, a tiny bit of sweet corn around the edges. Leather bomb at the nub. I could easily fall asleep now. Definitely not a morning cigar. Not altogether unenjoyable, but the next time I smoke one of these, I will try to make sure it’s 10, 11, maybe 15 years old.

The light-up puff of this one has me immediately think HdM Epi1, only with much more pepper in the retro. Regardless, I look forward to the rest of this smoke. Going on, there is far too much pepper to mistake this for an Epi1, so my initial statement feels foolish. Maybe some of the DNA is shared. Great biscuit and graham cracker notes, and dark fruits. The finish is wonderful. Crushed cashews and cream. Cream both in flavor and in texture. Some dark crushed nuts as I head toward the second third. More like a Punch 48 than an Epi 1 now, if I’m forced to compare. Pepper dies down after an inch or so, leaving a sugared layer over everything. Some relighting necessary, maybe a little construction issue. Maybe TX humidity. 2/3. Lots of baking spices, dark honey. Not as nutty as before, but with the addition of some earth and coffee bean. Dark espresso. Texture is not so creamy now, although there is some crème flavor in the finish. Saltiness around the edges. Showing some construction problems now, and a tougher draw than before. Strength seems to be about med-full. Might want some sugar later. Last third, things seem to have figured themselves out. Nuttiness is back, and graham cracker as well. Some great fruity notes, either raisin or dark plum. Kinda of jammy, like a liqueur, but overall this is nowhere near as vibrant as the first act. Not overly complex, but still a damn enjoyable smoke! I will dry box the next one, and hopefully remedy some of those construction issues I had. 88-90

If it makes you feel any better, the government is still holding my 2023 tax return

Ha! They were big on MTV back in its early days.

To a small degree. Some tubos change. The RyJ Churchill ones for instance.

Hoyo DC Wednesday smoke. I came really close to tossing it. The first half was more of a job trying to get anything out of it. Smoke was non existent. A 2021 Sig 2 Thursday night(no pic) was excellent.