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Originally Posted by md4958

from this website: http://www.cubancigarwebsite.com/6-m....htm#Factories



so it can be pretty much guaranteed that boxcodes after 2005 have been frozen

Not necessarily, unfortunately. Here's what Rob Ayala has to say about HSA's freezing process:

They have capacity of 80,000 cigars in the freezing chamber for 24hours at a time. It doesn't cover all cigars produced (do the math). Still, there are distributors who also freeze their cigars (I********* being one). Perhaps they do not freeze cigars going to distributors who freeze cigars. I have tried to find out but have hit a brick wall at this time.

Bottom line is continue to freeze if you do not have a climate controlled environment.