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Robert said:
After smoking the Siglo with my friend I felt quite ill (sick). This has happened before although I can't remember with what cigar :(

Any advice or is this majorly abnormal?

Bugger!
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You can either smoke a cigar that is milder, you could smoke the Siglo more slowly or smoke the cigar after a large meal. Smoking a strong cigar on an empty stomach can spin you out.
 
Can I ask where you guys get your cigars from? I've never really got into cigars except for the odd King Edward at Christmas and the like and I would like to get some proper cigars to try. I travel through work a fair bit so can get some from airports. Are there any decent online shops I can get some from? I'll also need a humidor, not anything overly expensive for now - maybe something like Scuzi's one in the first post to start off with - where can I get that from?

Thanks in advance :)
 
This is the difference between a King Edward and a long filler hand rolled Cuban cigar. Dont know why I felt the need to cut a Cuban cigar in half but I did :o

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I'd probably want to start with something fairly mild. I'm a cigarette smoker would that affect my choices in any way or not?

Any rough ideas for a few starters to get me going and I can take it from there? Maybe some of varying strengths and ring guages to see what sort of thing I prefer.

Had a bit of a look through the cigarone site and thought perhaps the Lonsdale 10 cigar sample pack as a good, cheap starter pack - any thoughts?

Edit: That's a big difference :eek:

The King Edward is basically full of scraps.
 
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I could never get the hang of cigar smoking - being a schmoker, I'd always try to take the smoke back as far as possible and end up choking/vomiting! Does look cool when Pacino does it, though!
 
In precisely 28 days I'll be touching down in Havana for two weeks of cigars, mojitos and sea-fishing - heaven.

Anyway, I don't have any cigars at the moment, since I'm quitting cigarettes (not had one in two months) I thought it would be a good idea not to keep any around. I'm still going to occasionally smoke cigars.

Anyway, looking forward to bringing back full limits (50 each) for the wife and I and stocking up a new humidor.

No idea what I'm going to buy, I'll just try what I can whilst I'm out there and decide on the last day.
 
Bigstan said:
I'd probably want to start with something fairly mild. I'm a cigarette smoker would that affect my choices in any way or not?

Any rough ideas for a few starters to get me going and I can take it from there? Maybe some of varying strengths and ring guages to see what sort of thing I prefer.

Had a bit of a look through the cigarone site and thought perhaps the Lonsdale 10 cigar sample pack as a good, cheap starter pack - any thoughts?

Edit: That's a big difference :eek:

The King Edward is basically full of scraps.
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try www.mysmokingshop.co.uk
 
[DOD]Asprilla;11185627 said:
In precisely 28 days I'll be touching down in Havana for two weeks of cigars, mojitos and sea-fishing - heaven.
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I smoked my first cigar at the Club Tropicana in Havana, had a wondferful time in Cuba. Enjoy.
 
You can't Romeo Y Juliet cigars. My Spanish uncle used to smoke them all the time and every time I go on holiday I always try and pick up a pack. Considering he could have had some hand made specially flown in ones from anywhere in the world, he preferred these.
 
R0551 said:
You can't Romeo Y Juliet cigars. My Spanish uncle used to smoke them all the time and every time I go on holiday I always try and pick up a pack. Considering he could have had some hand made specially flown in ones from anywhere in the world, he preferred these.
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I've had one of those :)

Comes in a nice silver tube?
 
R0551 said:
You can't Romeo Y Juliet cigars. My Spanish uncle used to smoke them all the time and every time I go on holiday I always try and pick up a pack. Considering he could have had some hand made specially flown in ones from anywhere in the world, he preferred these.
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I quite like the romeos, but on the smaller ring sizes I must say I can't tell much difference between them and a monte cristo.
 
Look at what the postman delivered today!

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For those not in the know, it's a box of 25 Cohiba Esplendidos, regarded by many as the daddy of cigars. After being offered these at a price I couldn't refuse...well I couldn't refuse. I needed something to fill the new humidor (thanks Bear!) after all. It's a 2002 box so they are already about 6 years old so should be perfectly ripe for smoking now but I'll keep half of them for a good while longer.
 
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