YOUR Cuban to NC smoking rate %

[Wil]

Never tried a NC, so can't comment. Hope to at some stage.

[Deemancpa]

Very good topic. When I look in my humidor, I'm about 80% cc 20% nc, of the nc, I have mostly Tatuaje Brown Label, which are very cubanesque, especially the havana cazadores, Opus X, Fuente Anejo, and a cigar called Between- the -Lines, made by Fuente, which is very rare smoke.

I was a big Padron 1926, 1964 maddie guy, but lately most seem dry and monolithic.(choice at the local B&M when I sit and chat)

My cc number is fast approaching 90%

D-

[tdlfoto]

i voted zero. started with Cubans, for better or worse, and i'll stick to them until such time that another country tops them consistently and appeals to me.

[BatFastard]

When I began smoking cigars a couple of years ago, I smoked mostly NCs due to the price difference. As I travelled down the slippery slope of cigar smoking, that quickly changed to CCs.

These days I smoke the odd NC, but for the most part I stick to the Cuban variety.

[ryans]

i voted zero. started with Cubans, for better or worse, and i'll stick to them until such time that another country tops them consistently and appeals to me.

+1

[jimmyk26]

I am at about 50/50. There is some good stuff coming out of Nicaragua and the DR and I like the variety.

[MrGlass]

I have only smoked a handful of NC's and didn't mind them, but I don't go chasing them down. My B&M is Cuban only, and any other sticks I get from here.

When there is still so much more for me to try from the Cuban offerings, why would I be bothered chasing anything else down yet? I'm enjoying myself, and don't feel a need to complicate this further.

[dicko]

While Cubans hold a slight edge for me...I'm still pretty well balanced at close to 50/50. While I love my Cuban cigars, I also enjoy cigars from other countries, and I enjoy sampling the variety of what is out there. Yes...it is experimental, and I do end up smoking some seriously crappy cigars, but I like seeing what everyone else has to offer and the inherent differences of tobacco from different countries. Obviously it does not hurt that NCs are so readily available, and that many lounges frown upon you smoking CCs in their establishment.

Interesting perspective Chenman.

Thanks for enlightening me to the Illusions too fellas.

CC's are killing it, close to 2/3rds of FOH'ers smoke them barely ever.

[dicko]

It's like a prime rib steak compared to a hot dog...SOMETIMES, I really enjoy or have a taste for a hot dog w/mustard every now and then. I might not be in the mood for a steak all of the time!

hahaha. that's exactly my way of thinking too. sometimes i just want something 'easy' to smoke.

[#2 man]

I would say 1 in 12 for me as I do enjoy higher end Padron as well as Pete's stuff and every now and then I feel the need to sample my Opus stock

[OZCUBAN]

For us in OZ it does not matter what you smoke NC's, are just as expensive, so for me its Cubans all the way

[mykeuva]

Bout 50/50 for me.........

Thoroughly enjoy my cubans, but I love some of the NCs out there too.....Some great leaf coming from a lot of different places.

[Wicky]

It's like a prime rib steak compared to a hot dog...SOMETIMES, I really enjoy or have a taste for a hot dog w/mustard every now and then.

excellent analogy cig!

mustard dogs are few and far between. but they fill the spot.

[MontrealRon]

Haven't bought a stick of NC in four or five years.

Still have a stock of 2-300, all very well aged.

Will very occasionally smoke one outdoors, when the weather is warm,

but disappointment is virtually inevitable.

I smoke CCs indoors all year round, most every day,

but my wife finds the smell of NCs to be offensive.

Quel surprise!

[#2 man]

For us in OZ it does not matter what you smoke NC's, are just as expensive, so for me its Cubans all the way

Oz, it's cheaper here to smoke cuban too ( regular production )

[Rehman]

On those occasions when my hankering for a cigar stems from a particular fragility of spirit - when I fear I may be emotionally vulnerable to the frustration arising from a plugged cigar, a lifting wrapper or a canoeing, tunnelling burn requiring constant vigilance and corrections - I will turn to one of the NCs that constitute half my stogie stash.

They will not taste Cuban, but I wouldn't be expecting them to because they're not. They will be mostly Dominican; occasionally Nicaraguan or a "many-nation blend" rolled in Miami or Honduras. It won't matter which of those cigars I choose - Arturo Fuente, Avo, Dunhill or Puros Indios - I know I am unlikely to have burn and construction problems. They will be well made. They will smoke predictably and consistently. All of a box will offer an identical experience (though that experience will also evolve with age).

It will be less of the adventure Cuban cigars offer with their capricious inconsistency, but sometimes one just wants something to be sure of; a sure bet; safe from year to year. And those ain't Cuban.

[dicko]

It will be less of the adventure Cuban cigars offer with their capricious inconsistency, but sometimes one just wants something to be sure of; a sure bet; safe from year to year. And those ain't Cuban.

I agree with this, Rehman.

[sblevit]

Who started the myth that NCs do not age? This is simply not the case.

[samb]

5-30% but closer to 5%. Every now and then I will opt for a NC.

[qman22]

I'm at about 60/40 nc/cc. This is only because the non Cubans I smoke are cheaper and readily available. I pretty much stick to the cheaper Nicaraguan Pete/Pepin sticks. It just doesn't pay to spend big bucks on NC.

I have also had horrible luck aging NC, many times I've tried and they end up tasting worse than when young.

[thechenman]

Who started the myth that NCs do not age? This is simply not the case.

Heck all cigars age, just not all cigars age well, or for as long. There are NCs that age well of course, and there are certain CCs that tend not to age as well, but the NCs that do seem to age well are fewer and farther between than the CC marcas we all enjoy so much. That is just MHO though, YMMV...

[gsmoke]

About 50/50 here. As others, I pretty much stick with Pepin/Tatuaje, Illusione, and Padron for my NC stash. Don't much go for Dominican tobacco for some reason -- haven't had an Opus or a Fuente that I've thoroughly enjoyed -- so it's usually Nicaraguan when it comes to NC.

[Bartolomeo]

I travel a lot and bring my own CC on the road with me. When I goto a local cigar shop to smoke, I buy a NC out of respect to the vendor so I may smoke my CC with no worries but never smoke the NC

Only NC I have enjoyed in the last 18 months has been the Padron 45th Hammer and a special release Picador made by Pepin, other than that I refuse to smoke NC

Bart

[kcheek]

If given the opportunity I will most always select a CC over a NC. However, there is one Nicaraguan brand that I keep well stocked in my coolidors because I love it. That would be my only exception to not having a Habanos.

[dicko]

If given the opportunity I will most always select a CC over a NC. However, there is one Nicaraguan brand that I keep well stocked in my coolidors because I love it. That would be my only exception to not having a Habanos.

what is that NC brand if i may ask?