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"Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum."
"As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end."
"Wherever emptiness is found, let there by joy and glorious sound"
I've got a few of those left from the box. When I was overseas the Navy Post office accepted mail order boxes of Cubans from the Spanish web sites (here's one: cigarsclub).
Btw, can someone point to a link on how to deal with mold? I tried wiping them down, and the insides of the humidor (box type) and it still came back or never left. Two of my four boxeshave the white fluffy stuff. No damage to the cigars but the humidifyer vents get clogged with the stuff and of course some cigars have the stuff on them. Does not affect the smoking or taste.
The first cigar bearing the family name was hand-rolled in 1912 when Arturo Fuente started the “A. Fuente Cigar Company.” Among the first brands made was the “Tampa Sweethearts.” Its logo of a man romancing a woman on a rowboat inspired our name. In 1924, Arturo lost his business to fire. To pay off creditors, without claiming bankruptcy, he worked for other cigar manufacturers.
During the 1940’s, with his wife and a few relatives, he began business again from the back of his home with “Arturo Fuente Cigar Company ” located in Ybor City. His business flourished and he moved to a two-story factory during the mid 1950’s. Cigar production was on the first floor, while he lived with his wife and 2 sons, Arturo Oscar and Carlos, on the second floor.
By the early 1960’s, success demanded more space and the Fuente family moved their company into the historic “Charles the Great” cigar factory. This four-story red-brick building was built in 1895 and remains an architectural gem of Ybor City. Carlos, was now president of the firm, and Arturo Oscar was Vice-President.
The 1970’s was a period of economical and industrial challenges. Runaway inflation and inability to find skilled workers caused the company to look abroad. During the early 1980’s, producing hand-rolled cigars became a lost art in Tampa and visionary changes took place. Factories were started in Nicaragua then Honduras, but misfortune once again struck sending the now named “Tabacalera A. Fuente y Compania” to the Dominican Republic. There they began with only seven employees. After several years, the demand from loyal cigar customers necessitated more workers and factories. Today “Tabacalera A.Fuente y Compania” has over 2,500 employees and four factories.
In 1994, all Arturo Fuente operations were finally closed from the “Charles the Great” factory. At that time, Arturo Oscar officially retired from the company and then opened “Tampa Sweethearts Cigar Company,” in that same building. “Tampa Sweethearts” is a retail outlet and mail order business that is all run by family members. Today, his elder son, Arturo Oscar Jr., is president of the company. Here you will find Arturo Fuente®, Montesino®, Flor de Ybor City®, as well as the apprentice-rolled Tampa Sweethearts® cigars.
The apprentice stuff is what you would expect, a sometimes enjoyable cheap smoke. The Flor De Ybor City cigars are excellent, and of course they have great prices on Fuente's and all the related brands. Buying from the once great Fuente factory makes it that much better .
Wow, we all seem to have the same things in common, headphones, cigars etc.
I like to think of it as appreciating all the 5 senses that the big guy gave us !
Been smoking Cubans since the mid 90's, founding members of the Montreal Metropolitian Cigar Society (MMCS). Looking for any local Montreal head-fiers into cigars, we host a smoker every first Wednesday of the month.
Eh? I've a Romeo Y Julieta Romeo No.2 and it comes in a sealed metal canister. I assumed this was how all cigars came packaged. How come so many here don't have it? Isn't it essential in keeping the aroma and flavour in? Or do you guys smoke entire boxes within a week
Eh? I've a Romeo Y Julieta Romeo No.2 and it comes in a sealed metal canister. I assumed this was how all cigars came packaged. How come so many here don't have it? Isn't it essential in keeping the aroma and flavour in? Or do you guys smoke entire boxes within a week
MMM.. the Julieta No.2 is a nice mellow smoke. I love how it comes in an aluminum tube. easy to carry around.
Love livin in canada too cuban cigars on every corner
I find it humourous that this thread is found to be totally acceptable(it is) but if one posted a MARIJUANA thread, it would be bashed on!
My assumptions (which can be proven) show how well the government has brainwashed north america!
Either way, I've never smoked a cigar. Do you guys smoke more for the taste, and just hold it in your mouth instead of fully inhaling and *****ing up your lungs?
But I'll admit some of those cigars in the first picture make my mouth water.
Most people don't inhale cigars . Rookie mistake.
The nicotine is absorbed through the lining of the mouth , just fine.
Eh? I've a Romeo Y Julieta Romeo No.2 and it comes in a sealed metal canister. I assumed this was how all cigars came packaged. How come so many here don't have it? Isn't it essential in keeping the aroma and flavour in? Or do you guys smoke entire boxes within a week
Most folks have a humidor. It is a ceader lined box with some sort of humidifier in it. They come in all diferent sies that hold anywhere from 10 to 300 cigars. I have a cheapy that holds around 30 cigars and the hunidifier is a small disc that I have to soak in distilled water once a week. It works fine and keeps my smokes in great condition. One more thing about humidors is that a cigar will age and get better with time in addition the flavors of aging cigars will meld with others you have in there, that is why the pictures show the cigars without the wrappers
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