Fake Cohiba?

Originally Posted by pnoon

To be clear, there is no correlation, association, or similarity between NCs and CCs of the same name.

So you cannot judge which CC you will like by their NC counterpart?

[pnoon]

Originally Posted by Robulous78

So you cannot judge which CC you will like by their NC counterpart?

Absolutely not.

[AlohaStyle]

Originally Posted by Robulous78

So you cannot judge which CC you will like by their NC counterpart?

To add to the other answers... the Cuban brand and NC brand have absolutely nothing to do with each other. Totally separate companies/blends/marketing etc. Nothing. The NC name is a blatant copy of the cuban name/image here in the US.

And to think a CC Cohiba Robusto is too expensive... they are cheaper than a lot of high-end Nicaraguan and Dominicans. Do you buy the Tatuaje Monster cigars? They are more expensive than I pay for Cohiba Robustos.

[JJKJR]

I got these same cigars as a gift from my wife who was in Haiti. She bought them from a roadside vender being told and believing they were CC's. Just as everyone else stated they were very poorly constructed and 2 of the ten pack had beetle holes in them. I did the freezer kill on the remaining 8. I didn't especially like the cigars. I can't say they were the worse I ever smoked but they were far from the best. I wouldn't consider getting these again. I remember reading somewhere on this site that the true NC's band has the "O" in Cohiba colored red.