Cuban Tobacco

[Sonic04GT]

Originally Posted by Hem

Just a joke Pete, just a joke

I chuckled. Nobody should take any forum too seriously.

The good thing about forums is there should be some humor in every serious thread. If it's THAT serious, then maybe a conference call with suits and ties should exist for the discussion

But, I'm not a mod, and those who are, please don't ban me.

[Pat1075]

Originally Posted by Sam Leccia

Truth is you'd never know.

There is zero regulation in the industry. which can be good, and bad.

it's bad in the case that any manufacturer in any country and say whatever they want on it's packaging, whether we are talking about age numbers or tobacco origin or type.

it happens more often then it doesn't. All you know is what the manufacturers want you to know. It's quite different from the liquor industry which has bi-laws and regulation. Age statements and regions are 100% legit in the liquor industry. ex. Scotch must be made in Scotland from 100% malted barley, Tequilla must be made in the tequila region of mexico from aquave etc...
it's true.

Sam it's good to see you back.
Sam speaks the truth here. This is why there are so many cigars with claims of being "cuban when they are honduran, nicaraguan, or dominican. Or they make caims of being 12 years old.

The cigar industry is free game.

[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.

[never_enough]

I'm not educated enough to add to the topic, but I am enjoying reading about it. Its always nice to learn things.

[Zanaspus]

This conversation reminds me of an interview with Don Pepin Garcia a few years back. When asked, "If you had free access to all the world's tobacco, what would you choose to use?" He answered, "The ligero leaf and the binder would be from Nicaragua, and the rest would be cuban." Maybe someone's using the recipe?

Also, do all the fake Cubans in Cuba get made with Cuban tobacco? Something to think about...