Good morning/afternoon/evening dear friends,
I thought I share a feel-good story to gladden the heart of many Habanos enthusiasts on our forum. A few days ago one of my students learnt that my birthday was coming up. Well, word got out quickly and the class managed to design and write a multi-page happy birthday card, with the assistance of my brilliant teacher assistant/aide. A few students even got small gifts, they didn't have to, I was overwhelmed. I thought to myself how good the day was yesterday, when a Cuban mother of the striker in my school soccer team, which I coach during the winter season, gave me this below for my birthday...
How was it? Well, like you're thinking, I had my reservations but I've read enough of Ray's (Pigfish) posts to not be too concerned by cigars that are a little dried out and besides, it could be fake. So when I lit this up after work I instantly knew in the first puff...this was for REAL!!! Ooh yeah, Cohiba grass/hay and honey all the way through. So what could be better than a gifted pre-2014 Cohiba Espléndidos that was so wonderfully flavoursome, and despite the dry and slightly cracked wrapper, this never went out nor did it disassemble in any way! The image below sums up how I enjoyed this over 105 minutes...
So like our dear friend Bill often writes, be thankful...life's good!