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Thunder.Gerbil
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11 years ago

#21

Really? I have NEVER had that problem with these. Unlike many (most?) short/med filler cigars....ever had a Fuente Curly Head - you spend the entire time spitting out tobacco flecks.

These are hardly floor scraps, garbage, etc....It's the table trimmings from LP's, some of the finest (and most expensive) cigar tobacco leaf in the world. The fact that they sort them and actually blend them into a cigar that has consistent flavor, holds its ash and doesn't flake in your mouth is fairly impressive...and not cheap to make.

So, as always, smoke what you like. I agree that these are a little pricey for me, but not extraordinarily so. I just don't understand the vitriol. If you don't like them, don't buy them.

dstieger wrote:

If something falls and hits the floor at a cigar production facility, it can't be reused, in fact it's not even supposed to be touched by anyone handling product. It stays there on the floor until the constantly circulating cleaning crew sweeps it up and throws it in the trash. This is how all the major/large facilities operate and most, if not all, of the small ones. It's not all that different from how food packing / processing plants are handled, really.

I don't know exactly how much the LP tobacco costs, but it does most certainly cost more than Fuente's tobacco. A large part of this is because DE isn't a grower and also because they are using some leaf that simply isn't cheap. Curly Heads are made from regular line trimmings which are chopped, possibly mechanically, down to rather small bits then hand finished. PFs are made from LP trim, there is some level of sorting and hand re-cutting that goes on, certainly not to the level of the long filler cigars, but more than many others get. As for the tobacco used, it's apples and oranges really, when Fuente releases a Curly Head made from Anejo or Opus X trim, then it will be a legit comparison, until that point, it's like comparing a burger trimmed and ground in house at a steakhouse to a burger from some place like Applebee's.

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zody
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#22

dstieger wrote:

^^+1
Smoke and buy what you like, pass by what ya don't. 😣

zody
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11 years ago

#23

Drew Estate Announces Updated Liga Privada Papas Fritas Packaging
http://drewestate.com/press-release-drew-estate-announces-updated-liga-privada-papas-fritas-packaging/?ao_confirm?age-verified=8f6e868816

Helps reduce the MSRP to $5.25ea for Grade A floor trimmings!
LMFAO at the fools that fall for this cigar. Don't believe the hype!
There are so many better long-filler cigars available for a lot less!
Fuq DE & Swisher.

cacman wrote:

Anyone remember Scanners, right before that guy's head explodes? 😂

Thunder.Gerbil
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#24

Anyone remember Scanners, right before that guy's head explodes? 😂

zody wrote:

😂

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cacman
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#25

If something falls and hits the floor at a cigar production facility, it can't be reused, in fact it's not even supposed to be touched by anyone handling product.

Thunder.Gerbil wrote:

What about the 5-second rule?
Just like in the kitchen, just because it doesn't hit the floor doesn't mean it's suitable to serve.

Always preferred the movie "Brainstorm" with Natalie Wood. She was hot!

Smoked a Jericho Hill Shot between visiting 4 breweries. Damn good cigar!

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Thunder.Gerbil
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#26

What about the 5-second rule?
Just like in the kitchen, just because it doesn't hit the floor doesn't mean it's suitable to serve.

cacman wrote:

Meh, opinions vary.

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Bur
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#27

Papas Fritas (Corona) (4.5"x44)
It's even smaller than I thought.. You are right.

QMPASH wrote:

How'd that slip through without snide comments?

Unless it really is that small.....

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Speyside
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#28

Haters gonna hate. If you like it smoke it. Your palate is all that matters.

reckless
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#29

Haters gonna hate. If you like it smoke it. Your palate is all that matters.

Speyside wrote:

sooosh it noop

Speyside
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#30

Why?

tonygraz
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#31

Cause we got a thing about the noop class of 2015 based on bad experience.

reckless
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#32

Cause we got a thing about the noop class of 2015 based on bad experience.

tonygraz wrote:

+1 nobody likes stinky noops

Speyside
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#33

Cry, cry, that's to bad.

reckless
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11 years ago

#34

Cry, cry, that's to bad.

Speyside wrote:

[-(

tonygraz
Herf-A-Holic

11 years ago

#35

I think his name was supposed to be spayside and he apparently doesn't know the difference between to, too and two.

namadio
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11 years ago

#36

I liked papa fritas. I didnt like the price.

sd72
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11 years ago

#37

Papas 10% right now. A shpo in Arizona. Go get em!!!!!

t33bone
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11 years ago

#38

Love these cigars but for the price, I'll take a PCR 1st. I remember when these came out at our local shpo, they were like $15 and some change. Now like $21.95 for 4 small cigars? I not buy them anymore.