Corylax18 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 On 2/17/2022 at 9:46 AM, RDB said: I have the same box code, and mine are clearly overfilled. I’ve punched five or six, and almost all of them are unacceptably tight. Ive purchased 3 boxes of these from different sources, at different times. A 14, a 16 and an 18 box. All three are the most overfilled cigars I've ever owned. Rock solid from tip to tail. All three are beautiful and smell wonderful, but they are un smokable, even with a Perfect draw. Ive tried several from each box, but I just ended up boring a hole down the middle of the cigar, while the remaining tobacco around the outer edges is still so densely packed that no smoke makes its way through. THey just tunnel, then split as the tobacco warms up. I love most Monte's but these are the three most disappointing boxes I've ever bought. A complete waste of wonderful tobacco. On 2/20/2022 at 10:15 AM, Monterey said: All boxes, including boxes sold on the island are frozen. No. HSA freezes the cigars before they are exported. Tabacuba/Cubatabaco doesn't freeze anything them selves. HSA isnt the distributor for Cuba, so cigars that stay on the island never hit their warehouse. EVERYTHING picked up on the island should be frozen before you mix it with your regular stock. Ive seen plenty of beetle affected cigars in LCDHs on the island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monterey Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 12 minutes ago, Corylax18 said: No. HSA freezes the cigars before they are exported. Tabacuba/Cubatabaco doesn't freeze anything them selves. HSA isnt the distributor for Cuba, so cigars that stay on the island never hit their warehouse. EVERYTHING picked up on the island should be frozen before you mix it with your regular stock. Ive seen plenty of beetle affected cigars in LCDHs on the island. Sorry, this has been recently dis-proven. If I get a moment, I'll find the article and message you with it. It has also been discussed at length here. All non-customs are frozen. Even though all boxes (on island and export) are frozen, I agree with on the need for freezing. Mixing customs in the stores that aren't frozen with the frozen boxes leads to cross contamination. So in a way, it is almost pointless that they freeze boxes on the island. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Drguano Posted February 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2022 Another chilly morning made warmer with the arrival of a couple of lovely fragrant boxes. Montecristo No.2 PTG MAY 21 and Ramone Allones Specially Selected UMR MAR 22… 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakebarnes Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 3 hours ago, Drguano said: Another chilly morning made warmer withe the arrival of a couple of lovely fragrant boxes. Montecristo No.2 PTG MAY 21 and Ramone Allones Specially Selected UMR MAR 22… Looks like a wonderful mail day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RDB Posted February 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2022 A fresh box of Trinidad Coloniales GLE OCT 21. I really like lighter wrapper Trinis, especially with a touch of greenish gold like this. Could not resist smoking one right away, and sure enough it was excellent: very much on the herbal / tea / sweet biscuit side of things. A shorter Fundy, basically. I’m impressed at how well Trinidad smokes young these days. 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corylax18 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 3 hours ago, Monterey said: Sorry, this has been recently dis-proven. If I get a moment, I'll find the article and message you with it. It has also been discussed at length here. All non-customs are frozen. Even though all boxes (on island and export) are frozen, I agree with on the need for freezing. Mixing customs in the stores that aren't frozen with the frozen boxes leads to cross contamination. So in a way, it is almost pointless that they freeze boxes on the island. Dis-proven as in someone has seen the freezers and documented the process? Or dis-proven as in someone heard something from somebody who has a relative in the industry, who heard something from their boss? I've seen too many swiss cheese looking boxes in Havana LCDHs to believe that they actually do it. I havent been down there for over 2 years, but they sure werent freezing them before then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bijan Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 On 2/20/2022 at 10:15 AM, Monterey said: All boxes, including boxes sold on the island are frozen. True, but due to iffy storage (with customs) in some shops might be worth freezing those again. Edit: oops missed the post where you said this! 15 hours ago, Corylax18 said: Ive purchased 3 boxes of these from different sources, at different times. A 14, a 16 and an 18 box. All three are the most overfilled cigars I've ever owned. Rock solid from tip to tail. I've got two boxes. A 19 and a 20. I'm currently smoking out of the 19 box and so far so good, and the 20 don't look bad either. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corylax18 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 3 minutes ago, Bijan said: I've got two boxes. A 19 and a 20. I'm currently smoking out of the 19 box and so far so good, and the 20 don't look bad either. Lucky You! All of mine look wonderful, near perfect. But they just wont smoke. I've smoked great ones before, but got very unlucky with the full box purchases. Do you want to trade some of my plugged ones for your good ones? Maybe you can start a new thread, @corylax18's plugged cigars? Haha. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monterey Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 58 minutes ago, Bijan said: True, but due to iffy storage (with customs) in some shops might be worth freezing those again. Edit: oops missed the post where you said this! Yeah, anyone who has been to Cuba can look at the store conditions and easily say "I'm going to be refreezing my boxes!" The conditions are horrible at some of them. Melia Habana is the worst of the bunch. In part because the distance from the outside door to the "sometimes closed" humidor is like 10 feet. Always so warm and humid in the humidor. Not to mention the customs which are like 2 feet from the outside elements! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Goodfortune Posted February 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2022 PSP Especiales No. 2 LTO SEP 21 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodStix Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 6 hours ago, Goodfortune said: PSP Especiales No. 2 LTO SEP 21 Would love to hear what you think when you crack into this code. Enjoy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hrs1 Posted February 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2022 Monte 1s & Mag 50s 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakebarnes Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 2 hours ago, hrs1 said: Monte 1s & Mag 50s These photos of Monte 1's make me regret not pulling the trigger on those ones up in 24:24 two days ago. I am a sucker for a good lonsdale/cervantes, and those look absolutely gorgeous. The Mag 50s remind me that I wanted to add a box of 46s soon. Gorgeous haul, @hrs1! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrs1 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 3 hours ago, jakebarnes said: Gorgeous haul, @hrs1! Thanks much! The Monte 1's were definitely a 24:24/FOH influenced pick up - find myself reaching for skinnies more often than I did before. Happy hunting - cheers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connoisseur Kim Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 15 hours ago, hrs1 said: Monte 1s & Mag 50s Dat tasty Monte 1 & Mag 50 @hrs1! I also have Monte 1 box from our host and it's absolutely pristine and gorgeous as PSP ones 😃. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrs1 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 9 hours ago, Connoisseur Kim said: Dat tasty Monte 1 & Mag 50 @hrs1! I also have Monte 1 box from our host and it's absolutely pristine and gorgeous as PSP ones 😃. looking forward trying one of the Monte 1s soon - enjoy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connoisseur Kim Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 1 hour ago, hrs1 said: looking forward trying one of the Monte 1s soon - enjoy! Thanks @hrs1! I'm a huge fan of Monte 1s too, so I'm really excited to puff one of the Monte 1s from Monte 1 Hand Picked box 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas.Alpha Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 On 2/22/2022 at 6:13 PM, Monterey said: Yeah, anyone who has been to Cuba can look at the store conditions and easily say "I'm going to be refreezing my boxes!" The conditions are horrible at some of them. Melia Habana is the worst of the bunch. I bought a box of Monte #1's there and could literally squeeze water out of them! Hot and 95% humidity. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangePaw Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 I’ve got a box arriving soon, looking forward to having my first. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coug28 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 4 hours ago, Heels82 said: Partagas SE2 - TUA SEP '21 Sheesh, about time u posted a good lookin’ box…was beginning to think your vendor was ‘Sus’….learned that one from my 16 yr old lol. kidding only (maybe?), nice looking box for sure! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDB Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 4 hours ago, Heels82 said: Partagas SE2 - TUA SEP '21 To quote my 11 year old, they look sick. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gormag38 Posted February 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 25, 2022 Small haul. The P2’s in particular look great. Haven’t seen much of the ART code from the E2s, anyone have any experience with this one?? 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hrs1 Posted February 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2022 Many thanks to our favorite host 🥂 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LocoM Posted February 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2022 JL 1 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgoodrich Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 20 hours ago, gormag38 said: Small haul. The P2’s in particular look great. Haven’t seen much of the ART code from the E2s, anyone have any experience with this one?? Those are gorgeous looking! On 2/26/2022 at 5:56 AM, Heels82 said: They are on fleek, fo sho. 😂 They’re the bomb! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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