The Cuban cigar that hooked You

[Hunter1974]

Ok I had a friend that flew to Canada every month/ every other month he knew how I loved my cigars . He saw me constanly reading cigar mags and talking about how I had every top 25 cigar for that year besides the few cubans that made the list. He said you like cigars eah( in his Canadian accent ) I am bringing you back a real cigar next week . I laughed thinking He apparently didnt hear me when I said I have the best There is at home in the Humidor. Then the next week came he brought me this little Partagas short in a zip lock bag . I said thank you Thinking to my self about all the NC Churchills, Robusto etc I had at home This aint a cigar its a hande rolled cigarette . I took it home rested it for a few days and fired it up . And from that point on Up untill You guys .I was getting 4 Small cubans a month which was costing me around $ 80 a month . Before here I had only smoked RJ&Y tubos 1 ,2 and 3 H.Uppman Coronas Major,1 Cohiba Esp That I paid $79 For and that first Partagas That made me want more !

[terrantheman]

RyJ Churchill tubo!

[wonky]

BBF here. I was like, WOW this is what it's all about....after 20 years of strictly NC.

[Bulldog4]

siglo VI it also happened to be my first.. i was in cuba for first time 2years ago had never smoked anything.. my casa owner told me when in cuba you have to do 2 things smoke cigars and drink mojitos i followed his advice the next day when i went into a lcdh tbr lady said sigloVI were the best so f it i thought ill try it been chasing that dragon ever since

[ErikB]

1995, RyJ no 1 tubos. The grey aluminium tube, Made in Havana, Cuba, the excitement of tasting a real cuban cigar, like a relic from a better past, like Astrud Gilberto softly singing Girl from Ipanema. And then the full, strong taste. And the lightheadedness.

[Colt45]

For me there was really no early "POW" cigar - it was, and continues to be, a process.

[PigFish]

The first real Cuban cigar that I smoked was a BRC. I was hooked. It was the first really excellent cigar I had ever smoked. I thought that was smoking excellent cigars before that day, but was quickly sobered by that days experience! I rapidly became that stuck up guy that only smokes Cuban cigars.

I have never really cared what label has been placed on me, either inside or outside the cigar community!

-the Pig

[Hunter1974]

The first real Cuban cigar that I smoked was a BRC. I was hooked. It was the first really excellent cigar I had ever smoked. I thought that was smoking excellent cigars before that day, but was quickly sobered by that days experience! I rapidly became that stuck up guy that only smokes Cuban cigars.

I have never really cared what label has been placed on me, either inside or outside the cigar community!

-the Pig

Tell it like it is R.

[JMacSr]

Mine was a Monte No4 my first still have a few from that first box.

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[smokinjaycutler]

R&J coronitas en cedro for me. I was hooked.

[JohnS]

A Montecristo No.1 gifted by my brother-in-law. It was smooth, mild, cocoa and cream all-in-one! I was blown away by the subtle flavours and from then I was hooked...

[Boosted]

A Montecristo No.1 gifted by my brother-in-law. I twas smooth, mild, cocoa and cream all-in-one! I was blown away by the subtle flavours and from then I was hooked...

It was the same for me. First was a Monte 1 and it was glorious.

[AbuAmelia]

Bolivar Belicoso Fino

[dflan82]

Monte 2 the night I proposed to my wife. One of the best cigars that I have ever had

[ogus]

The absolute best of the first Cubans I smoked was a Boli Corona

interestingly I have not appreciated Bolis since and prefr Montie, Parti even Hup

[skalls]

Psd4

Nc it was an oliva serie v

[Walt69]

Boli CJ believe it or not.

[sharks]

Siglo VI

[bbguardsp]

Siglo iv

[UpInSmoak]

My hook was actually 2 cigars. My very first Cubans -RASS immediately followed by a PSD4. So damn good. I spent the next hour or so spinning with nicotine sickness, but oh so worth it.

[joeskow]

When I was 18 my father brought back a 5 pack of Monte 4's from London on a business trip...

Still remember it 18 years later.

[sw15825]

Ok I had a friend that flew to Canada every month/ every other month he knew how I loved my cigars . He saw me constanly reading cigar mags and talking about how I had every top 25 cigar for that year besides the few cubans that made the list. He said you like cigars eah( in his Canadian accent ) I am bringing you back a real cigar next week . I laughed thinking He apparently didnt hear me when I said I have the best There is at home in the Humidor. Then the next week came he brought me this little Partagas short in a zip lock bag . I said thank you Thinking to my self about all the NC Churchills, Robusto etc I had at home This aint a cigar its a hande rolled cigarette . I took it home rested it for a few days and fired it up . And from that point on Up untill You guys .I was getting 4 Small cubans a month which was costing me around $ 80 a month . Before here I had only smoked RJ&Y tubos 1 ,2 and 3 H.Uppman Coronas Major,1 Cohiba Esp That I paid $79 For and that first Partagas That made me want more !

I had to think for a bit on your question and I loved Cuban cigars from the get go, but it was the short that I loved and smoked through a couple 50 cabs of them along with D4s, Coro and BBF. I couldn't belive the flavor in such a tiny cigar. So yeah the Partagas Short was my first love. I'm pretty sure 50 cabs were less than or equal to about $3.49 a stick at the time.

[jacksfull]

1985, my first trip to Hong Kong. My Dad was there too and he took us to Hugo's at the old Hyatt Regency Kowloon for dinner. After we ate a girl came around offering the gents a complimentary Cuban cigar. Looking back, it was merely a small MM, but at the time it was the finest cigar I'd ever smoked... and in the finest of company. Up 'til then most of my cigar smoking was little dry-cured numbers (thought I looked like Clint Eastwood smoking those Braniff #2's). By comparison, that MM Cuban was the epitomy of excellence... one cigar I'll never forget (though I'm still trying to figure out exactly what it was).

[Habana Mike]

Bolivar Petite Corona circa 1998

[cigarbreak]

Cohiba Sig 1