Add it to the list.
wheel,
Add it to the list of cigars I will never smoke again.
Thanks for clearing this up for me (this goes for everyone because, for a change, everyone seems to be saying the same thing.) Who bought them up and when? ðŸ˜
QMPASH wrote:
It's convoluted.
About 15 years ago, Swedish Match acquired a large majority share in General Cigar.
Around 7 or 8 years ago Henri Winemans under Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) acquired CAO cigars as their sole long-filler premium cigar product.
In 2010, STG and Swedish Match merged.
And that's how CAO eventually ended up being moved in with the rest of the long filler premium product under General sometime around 2012 when they consolidated. They'd actually been owned by someone else since about 2007 though.
Some say it is a sellout. Others say good for them...what a man or his family do with their company, is their business. Some brands that sell get gobbled up and then quality suffers....in the never ending sea of new cigars does it really matter?
The had a good run for many years. I would bet that they had a plan and they made out....money wins in the end.
the MX2 was an awesome smoke. I do not smoke CAO any longer...
All I can say is we will see what happens to the latest victim(DE) to sell out to a big conglomerate......
Heck, as many of you know, even the original owner of CBID sold out.....do you think he is sad? HAHA!
Plus, there was a hot daughter all over the marketing.
Good ol days
CAO Brazillia drew me back into cigars after a long break from them around 2005/6. Yeah they used to be great and my tastes were simpler.
ZRX1200 wrote:
didn't like my first couple but let them rest for a while and they really improved. Proabably wouldn't go back now.
Used to love the Brazilia & MX2, but haven't tried in a long time. Last time I bought them they where $22.50/10pk from the holt. The new motorhead series did look interesting and received some half-decent reviews.
Maybe you just got a dud. That will happen with anything mass produced.
Would still Love to find a bunch / box or OR La Traviatas asthey were also a solid smoke and a FAV!!!
TMCTLT wrote:
Yep, fine smoke. I'd like to find some Odysseys.
I picked up a Flying Dog sampler from CAO. The guy at Total Wine said they had been there at least three months. The color of the cellophane seemed to jive with his estimate and each one in the pack was better than I expected. CAO isn't really a straight off of the shelf cigar. Everybody I know that smokes them on a regular basis says they need between three and six months to really come together.
MikeNice81 wrote:
Thanks for your input. Aging would have little, if anything to do with the cap. That is just sh*tty construction and/or poor materials (tobacco.) I tried the 2nd CAO and it was as bad as the first although I got a little further along in this stick than the first one (not much though.)Aging removes ammonia and "tames" the nicotine. When cigar falls apart it tells me that someone is putting it out as fast as they can and to hell with the quality. And, a cap dissolving in a stick that runs $8.00 per?? Fugetta bout it!!!
