Weekend Poll: What percentage of your purchases over the past 24 months have been Cuban Cigars?

[El Presidente]

Now this was a topic of our industry dinner earlier in the week. I (because I am full of it), put forward a figure that raised eyebrows. I have a fair idea but I did say I would put it to a FOH poll and pass on the details. 

I could complicate the question and introduce dollar spends but that is not the point of the exercise. 

From the hip. No need to go back and look at invoices 

 

[Nevrknow]

All Cuban. BUT, had to run them thru a friend. Damn C...........................never mind.

[westg]

Yep all Cuban ...and for those of you who have not been. Heathen ....

 

[Shakey]

The economic law of demand in action! 

[MagicalBikeRide]

I’m in the same category both times (80-100%).

Pre 2022 was 99% Cubans and some Davidoff that I quite enjoyed. I couldn’t find anything else worth trying for a second time.

2024 is probably close to 80% Cubans. Other 20% is mostly nudie / mofoh / br to be honest (suck up). 

[Lt4-396]

Pre-2022 was 99% cubans.

The last year has been less than 10% Cubans.

[Lamboinee]

60-80% Cuban both time periods, but the number of cigars I've purchased has slowed down with respect to both NC and CC. 

[bmac]

I’ve bought so many NC's in the last 2 years that I’ve migrated back to CC’s. Lots of Nudies and Padron more recently all Cuban.

[Puros Y Vino]

In the past 18 months 5 custom rolls from a friend who went there. Other than that maybe 2 or 3 singles from B&M's. I'm done handing money over to Habanos.  

[ha_banos]

Reduced quantity overall.

[JermzCC]

I got into cigars within the last 2 years and Cubans last year so my poll was probably an outlier. If I could do it all again I would’ve bought Cubans when prices weren’t insane but alas you can’t choose when you find a hobby.

[havanaclub]

0, just FOH Nudies.


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[Domsday]

90/95% Cubans for me


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[BG318]

Only the releases of the Nudie line items have moved the needle at all, from 96% CC down to about 86%.

NC''S remain, for me, still a case of too many swings and too many misses. The occasions where I want to have a smoke and am willing to take a chance of wasting my leisure time grow fewer with each unsatisfying smoke.

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[BuzzArd]

Buying very little of anything lately as my personal inventory is deep, but my last 6-10 have been NC. 

[REesq]

Almost 100% CCs since the mid 80s. Old world tastes in both wine and cigars.   

[ltte]

I've bought only Cuban cigars since 2000.

65% JLP and Quintero

30% Partagas and Bolivar

5% Montecristo and H. Upmann

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[gormag38]

Pre 2020 I was buying damn near exclusively CCs. Maybe a single here and there from my local B&M but that's it. After the price explosions I have certainly reduced the number of CCs I'm purchasing, and have off set it some with NCs. Mostly though I just slowed my buying. Luckily enough I built up enough of a stash (for myself that is) where I don't need to purchase at a high rate to smoke. 

[Chitmo]

Only reason I smoke NCs at all is to remind me why I prefer CCs. 

[Tacobrew]

Been going hard on Nicaragua offerings due to accessibility, quality and cost.  But CCs make up 25-30% of the rotation and I don’t know if it’s placebo but I do prefer them.

[ddjames]

The pre 2022 100% Cuban. Past 2 years 20% Cuban.

[busdriver]

I have only ever bought Cubans. That was a decision when I got into cigars to limit the number of producers and areas I would need become knowledgeable in to consider myself reasonably informed. What I found out is there is lifetime's of knowledge in that niche so I never expanded beyond CCs. Luckily I have no concerns with smoking thru my stock so my buying has just slowed to a crawl, similar to my smoking pace probably.  

[jfire]

100% CC but I’ve only purchased 3 boxes in 24 months. Pre-2021 that would have been a month worth of purchase.

[Islandboy]

In the last 24 months or so, I discovered I really like some of what Davidoff has to offer...this has impacted my CC buys just a bit, but I’m not saving any money.

[loose_axle]

I was almost purely CC’s up until 2 years ago. Then went on a big NC pilgrimage. Found some NC’s I liked but nothing really from the cheap and cheerful range, and apart from a few great NCs, left me feeling like something was missing from the taste profile. Decided it wasn’t going to save me any money or replace CC’s so back buying albeit at a much slower rate.

Main changes are there’s some staple NCs in the humidor now, I rarely smoke Cubans at golf anymore and if I’m handing out cigars it’s NCs I enjoy (with the usual caveat of unless it’s close mates or people who know and appreciate what they’re smoking)…