Eduardo at Foundation told me its their fastest selling cigar since the tabernacle, something like 30% more sold in first 6 months than the tabernacle.

I didn’t care for the maduro or claro. They wern’t bad, just not the blends/flavor profiles I’ve been preferring lately.

[quote=Jakethesnake86]So I should smoke the Olmec?[/quote]
[frypan] 😁

A couple local B&Ms that have larger accounts with Fuente tell me they can’t order the rare hard to find stuff. They just get random calls from their Fuente rep or distributor saying we have this or that do you want it or sometimes we have three boxes could be some kind of opus or rare don carlos. Case in point all the sudden a lot of places have destino el siglo, casa fuentes, and Opus oscuros. Also been seeing some OpusX sharks around.

[quote=delta1]so the hype around cigars and cigar tobaccos today is pretty much like the buzz about the different kinds and quality of grass that was spinning around in the 70's?

Maui Wowie, Panama Red, Oaxacan, Acapulco Gold, Columbian would prolly help the sales of some cigars, at least among the boomers[/quote]
The Panama Red I got in Tampa during the mid 70's, up to '76, would kick butt on the medical junk they are selling now

[quote=burning_sticks]The Panama Red I got in Tampa during the mid 70's, up to '76, would kick butt on the medical junk they are selling now


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Only saw it a few times, and it was good.
But imho, it wasnt on the same level as the high potency stuff they are cranking out these days.
Had some pretty dang potent Thai sticks back in the early/mid 70s as well.

Mexican and Columbian buds were quite prevalent on the West Coast until about 1975/76 or so, when the Emerald Triangle and Oregon ops really got going.
By the late 70s, imported weed on the west coast was pretty much a thing of the past.
Coke took over, and the weed wasn’t nearly as good as what was being produced locally.

That’s what I heard anyways….

Thai stick? That's the stuff tied to a stick?

[quote=LeeBot]Thai stick? That's the stuff tied to a stick?[/quote]
Heh…..you good wif wirds….

Some crafty Vietnam vets started bringing it back stateside in the late 60s early 70s.

Dats what I heard anyway….

[quote=KingoftheCove]Only saw it a few times, and it was good.
But imho, it wasnt on the same level as the high potency stuff they are cranking out these days.
Had some pretty dang potent Thai sticks back in the early/mid 70s as well.

Mexican and Columbian buds were quite prevalent on the West Coast until about 1975/76 or so, when the Emerald Triangle and Oregon ops really got going.
By the late 70s, imported weed on the west coast was pretty much a thing of the past.
Coke took over, and the weed wasn’t nearly as good as what was being produced locally.

That’s what I heard anyways….[/quote]

A really potent combo was smearing “elephant oil” on the rolling paper and making pin joints with the Thai sticks. Man, that would really f*#k you up!

Or so I’ve heard…. :-"