Anyone have any idea what new boxes are smoking well?

rfenst wrote:

looking back at the earlier posts on this thread when Cubans were affordable sigh..

hnixon12 wrote:

I originally thought that the excuse for the jump in prices a few years ago: weather storms that reduced the crop of tobacco leaves, was a temporary condition. It seems the producers realized that people were willing to pay the higher prices and saw no need to drop them back down, instead taking off from that level....

Guess I'm resigned to the stock of Cuban cigars I've accumulated...and enjoying them occasionally...

I'll monitor the online vendors occasionally to see if they're offering any enticing "special deals" hoping for something within my price range. But I'm not holding my breath...Montecristo Edmundos are fabulous cigars but at a "special discount" of $35.50/ea, box of 25? ummm...no...





Diplomaticos No. 2, from 2008, wonderfully aged. Not sure how and when I acquired that gem...

delta1 wrote:

Quai D'Orsay #50 '19 on Turkey Day

deadeyedick wrote:

I originally thought that the excuse for the jump in prices a few years ago: weather storms that reduced the crop of tobacco leaves, was a temporary condition. It seems the producers realized that people were willing to pay the higher prices and saw no need to drop them back down, instead taking off from that level.....

delta1 wrote:

IMO, price explosion also has to due with covid- which ran rampant through Cuba; limited gas/oil for farming and shipping; increased demand and insufficient production; and poor supply chains issues...

rfenst wrote:

True, true.

I would also throw in a hurricane or two that probably added to the rise in prices. But to Al’s point, what went up, never came down and in most likelihood, remain there, out of reach for 98.2% of cigar smokers.

Palama wrote:

paying premium here for cubans if anyone wants to sell...got a home equity loan just incase lol

hnixon12 wrote:

paying premium here for cubans if anyone wants to sell...got a home equity loan just incase lol

hnixon12 wrote:

I await a box of those that is in transit.

rfenst wrote:

Still waiting; now nervously.

rfenst wrote: