Jeremy wrote:The best cigar I've had in a long time was, when I was in Jamaica, riding a horse through the jungle/mountains to travel to a small village, looking at the coast of Cuba while smoking a double maduro Hoyo de Monterrey Cuban cigar. My beard smelled for 3 days despite my efforts to wash. Awesome.

I knew this girl once...

never mind that now.

I have had some Cubans whilst traveling abroad. Verrrry nice. I was buying Cohibas in Costa Rica for a couple of bucks. I could get used to that in a HURRY. I also had a Habana Romeo y Julieta in Brighton the last time I was there. UK hipsters really aren't down with the cigar thing, apparently. I found myself out on the pier by myself finishing that one. Didn't mind, though. That was a pretty good cigar, too, though the exchange rate and the general cost of luxury goods made that one somewhat less of a deal than the Cohibas in CR.

also, I have a Macanudo Maduro that I've been waiting to take an hour or so and just sit and enjoy. Anyone ever smoke one of these?

I've never understood why someone would smoke a cigar when they could just as easily smoke a pipe.

THE PIPE IS RIGHT THERE.

UTILIZE THE PIPE.

Pipes were another thing I smoked when off the cigarettes. It burned the shit out of my tongue. Not fire going through the stem, but don't know another way to describe it. I couldn't put the thing down though, that's probably why it hurt.

Do I remember correctly that the Secret Service seized a box of Cubans during the Clinton administration, and on the documents the stated disposition of said contraband was "destroyed by fire?"

NerblyBear wrote:Are you supposed to inhale when you smoke cigars? Or do you just roll the smoke around a bit in your mouth so that you can get a taste for its flavor?

I'm curious as to the answer to this as well. I've only smoked cheap crappy cigars, but when I've inhaled, even little bits, it's disgusting, like the first drag off a cigarette after quitting for 6 months. When I don't inhale, it just seems like I'm stinking the room up something fierce for no reason.

What's the right way to enjoy these things? Is there some proper technique? Or is it just a "not for everybody" thing that's not for me?

Genuinely curious here, I am.

i stated out on those cheapyy al capone thin cigars...you might as well just smoke asbestos and fiberglass at that point for as rough as they are...then i switched over to Phillies because of an exgirlifriend's weed habit and discovered that i liked it...been smoking those for a few years but just recently got tired of them and needed something new...so i've been smoking Acids which is a thin cigar but i like it better this time around and they're not as rough...

and as far as inhaling, you can and some people do but it's not recommended...it's all about flavor really...i like something that puts out a lot of smoke, part of me likes to annoy people in the smoking section...fucking asshole cigarette smokers complain about it when cigarettes smell like ass and cancer...and probably ass cancer...not to mention i don't get addicted to cigars like i do with cigarettes...i immediately want another one after i've just had one...evil...bleh...good suggestions up there btw...i'm back into the exploring phase with cigars now...but for now acids are hitting the spot and i don't find myself being exiled by cigarette smokers...fucking hypocritical jerkoff pricks...be thankful i don't smoke productos...

I rarely smoke cigars anymore. I can't help but inhale. Otherwise it's like putting food in your mouth and then spitting it out.

Once in a Bloo Muen, perhaps with a whiskey and water. Now I've got a hankering. I used to smoke two packs of Pall Malls a day, and stopped maybe 20+ years ago or more. A good cigar is nice once in a while. I still rather like the taste.

Oh, and I smoke blunts when I can, that is to say, when my gf doesn't mind the stink in the house.