The irony is I used to really like the old school HC as a cheap budget smoke. Maduro, IIRC. Been a long time, but used to get one at a B&M once in a while. Pete is putting them out, so unles he went AWOL, DP is making them. Then again, I loved the original La Aroma de Cuba. Whoever owned it had DP re-blend it. May be the only cigar I've ever smoked that I thought he made worse. The original was inexpensive and uncomplicated, but a good, medium, reliable smoke. Sven R shared my fondness for the original. Don't know how he feels about the re-do LAdC. It's enough to keep my interest in the newer HCs low, however.