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Over the last several years I have been very blessed to try darn near every Marca and many many Vitolas from the Cuban makers. I have yet to try a single Punch. Am I missing out? Which one is a must try? For perspective, I love VR Famosos, Trinidad, San Cristobals, Ramon Allones.... Thanks in advance for your input.

And with that vote of confidence, my bags are packed and my trip is booked. Had no idea it was THAT bad.

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I really want to plan a trip to Cuba and have suddenly from myself with some free time due to a job loss. I have studied up on how to make this trip but it's always helpful to speak to someone that has recently done it themselves. If you are an American and have recently traveled to Cuba from the USA, I would really appreciate your input. Thanks in advance.

Love that you called that out! I’m a big Head for sure. Those are glencairn covers that my buddy 3D printed me along with this.

I love Shinjuku. We searched probably 10 stores and nothing good. Go to Chardonnay. Great place to smoke and buy cigars. No boxes but you can typically buy 5 of everything. Insane selection.

I was just there in Dec. Won't find Cubans at stores, but there are a couple really good bars. One of which lets you take a small amt out with you and they have a wonderful selection. Happy to share more information if you are interested.

Olds Little Havana has fantastic authentic and a great outdoor dining area out back where you can smoke cigars. Solid cigar shop across the street to pick up from first. It's my go to place to smoke every time I am in Miami. Too bad just seeing this now, I was at Olds last week. enjoy!

Thanks for the feedback. This community is always terrific.

What? Did I do something wrong? Something wrong with the cigars?

Just got this box from a friend and was curious if anyone was familiar with the factory code. Read some reviews here but if anyone has thoughts on the cigars themselves, that’s welcomed also. Thanks in advance.

Thanks @yossie, DM coming. Appreciate it.

Great call @Fuzz, thanks for the heads up. Submitted.

Hi folks, been here a couple months and neglected to intro myself properly, my apologies for that. I live in Chicago and have been collecting whiskey for many years. During covid, I got back into cigars after a long hiatus and discovered that I really love Nicaraguan tobacco. Over the last 6 months, I started ordering, sampling, researching and now collecting Habanos. I've been quite enamored and it seems all I want to smoke are CC's, but that's of course slightly cost prohibitive. But alas, I am deep down the rabbit hole already. Some of my favorites that I have stocked up for aging are Vegas Robaina Famosos, Partagas P2's, RASS, Trinidad's, etc. I love to travel and when I am overseas, I am hunting for CC's everywhere I go. Always end up meeting and smoking with great people and find this community as amazing as the whiskey community I have been part of all these years. If I can ever help anyone in any way, or you just want to chat, please hit me up.

Heading to Tokyo on vacation in 2 weeks. Wondering if anyone can share an up to date list of good places to smoke Cubans. Hard to know what's still open and where there might be inventory post covid, so hoping maybe someone has been recently. Thanks in advance, really appreciate the input.