Cuban Tobacco

[CigarNut]

If Cuba was importing tobacco I don't think that they would be able to keep it secret...

[lenguamor]

Originally Posted by CigarNut

If Cuba was importing tobacco I don't think that they would be able to keep it secret...

Couldn't have said it better.

Originally Posted by CigarNut

If Cuba was importing tobacco I don't think that they would be able to keep it secret...

EXACTLY. Not only that, but think about how proud Cubans are?? To them, their tobacco is perfect... And to many others

[Don Fernando]

Originally Posted by CigarNut

If Cuba was importing tobacco I don't think that they would be able to keep it secret...

In the industry it ain't a secret anymore.

For example: Alejandro Robaina's son has a huge farm in Ecuador. He doesn't produce cigars, nobody buys his tobacco but it 'strangely' disappears every year.

Another example: The MC Open series don't even taste like a real Cuban.

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by Don Fernando

Alejandro Robaina's son has a huge farm in Ecuador. He doesn't produce cigars, nobody buys his tobacco but it 'strangely' disappears every year.

However...

In light of the facts that

1) the Robaina family specializes in wrapper leaf

and

2) Ecuador specializes in wrapper leaf

and

3) wrapper leaf, if anything, would be the product Cuba would, logically, be most likely to have a need to import,

it would be a fair assumption that the middle Senor Robaina's mystery Ecuadorian vega is producing wrapper leaf, yes?

If that's the case, where are the Cuban cigars with wrappers that look Ecuadorian and where are the Ecuadorian-wrapper-identified cigars with wrappers that look Cuban? I've seen some of each that look vaguely like each other, but nothing I think I'd have any risk of misidentifying.