Why do many people that smoke cigars prefer Cuban cigars....?

Question

Could you please tell me what is the difference between this and other cigars? what makes Cuban cigars so special? Thanx ;)

Answer 1

Cuba has the reputation of having the best soil for the growing of cigar tobacco, and thus the best cigars.

I used to be in the business, and my own opinion is that Cuban cigars are like French wine: good, but not alone in being good.
Just as there are wonderful French wines, there are also great Italian, Spanish and German wines, even some great ones from the U.S. and elsewhere.
While Cuban cigars are great, so are cigars from Jamaica, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Cameroon, and Indonesia, among others.
They have their own distictive characteristics, but I wouldn't call one "better" than the others.
The whole thing with Cuban cigars is image, enhanced by the U.S. embargo, which gives them the status of "forbidden fruit."
If you want a quality cigar -- from anywhere -- look for those labeled "hand-made" or (in Spanish) "hecho a mano."
Nobody spends the money and effort to produce hand-made cigars and then uses second-rate tobacco.

Answer 2

As far as how you smoke them, Cubans are no different from any other stogie. I smoked two Cubans in Jamaica -- a Cohiba and a smaller Romeo y Julieta. Just take your cutter and remove the cap. Make sure not to cut too high because you'll tear the wrapper leaf and all hell will ensue. Hold the business end of the cigar over the flame of a wood match or butane lighter without actually touching the tobacco to the flame. Let it get singed before puffing lightly on the cigar. Draw sharply with your cheeks if the cherry doesn't form right and start enjoying. You're done with the cigar when smoking ceases to be enjoyable for you. Also, never stub a cigar out. Just place it in an ashtray and allow it to burn out. Happy smoking!

Answer 3

I'm not an expert on cigars or Cuban ones, but while surfing the net I've found out a few things.

Premium brands use different varieties of tobacco for the filler and the wrapper. "Long filler cigars" are a far higher quality of cigar, using long leaves throughout. These cigars also use a third variety of tobacco leaf, a "binder", between the filler and the outer wrapper. This permits the use of more delicate and attractive leaves as a wrapper. These high-quality cigars almost always blend varieties of tobacco.

So why do Cuban ones stand out?

1. Cuban long-filler cigars combine tobaccos from different parts of the island to incorporate several different flavors.

2. The reputation of the Cuban cigars probably arises from the unique characteristics of the Vuelta Abajo district in the Pinar del Río Province at the west of the island, where the microclimate allows high-quality tobacco to be grown.

3. Cuban cigars are rolled from tobacco leaves found throughout the country of Cuba. The filler, binder, and wrapper come from different portions of the island. Each brand may be rolled in several different factories in Cuba.

4. Cuban cigar rollers are claimed to be the most skilled rollers in the world. (I watched a documentary about that)

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Some of the more common flavours one observes while smoking a cigar include:

Spice
Cocoa / chocolate
Peat / moss / earth
Coffee
Nut
Wood
Berry
Honey

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I'm not a smoker but all this info makes me want to try!!! lol

Answer 4

Cuba has been cultivating specific tobacco for decades and decades. These specific plants have a particularly mild and aromatic quality. When you smoke a Cuban cigar, you get a full, rich flavor, but it is never harsh. It's a quality that's hard to describe, but clearly the best in the world. The seeds have been exported or smuggled to other countries (notably Honduras and Nicaragua), and they produce fine cigars with it, but the soil or something must be different, because they aren't QUITE as good. It has nothing to do with being hand rolled. Fine cigars from lots of countries are hand rolled. (My grandmother used to be a cigar roller here in the U.S.)

Answer 5

ok mojara..

the reason why most people like Cuban Cigars because they made by hand and the workers of Cuba take their time making them. the leaves are able to grow under the conditions the island live under. Cuban Cigars are really good and really expensive because of the things that i listed...

Answer 6

Judas Rabbi loves Cuban Cigars. So he must love the taste. Me: I can't stand it. Smoking is horrible.

Answer 7

because they are 1) forbidden fruit... and 2) some of the best tasting best made cigars on the planet....

Answer 8

cubans are the only cigars in the world that are hand rolled
so think aobut that...dirty cuban skin oil is in your cigar...what if they didnt wash there hands...hmmm...

Answer 9

Well, I don't smoke so I'm not sure Moraja. The answer above me seems very well stated!
I just wanted to represent and say hello to a good friend! :)

Answer 10

They are better quality and taste better...and the are illegal haha