Dominican Cigars?

[Festero]

I've smoked cigars for about 10 years, have several humidors, smoke at least one if not three per day. I buy Cuban's on and off through Spain. (About the second cheapest place in the world... Cuba being the least expensive.)

It is my strong belief that the best Cuban cigars are unmatched. The problem is that 'the best' are very hard to find. These exceptional cigars might make up less than 5% of the handmade Cuban cigars. Unless you have open access to a very good, well stocked shop with the ability to open and inspect boxes, your chances of getting Cuban's that are worth the trouble and expense are very, very low.

I do believe the top Dominican cigars compete well with most of Cuba's and the quality control is indeed far superior these days. Pre "cigar boom" it was an entirely different story.

Getting great Cuban's is hard enough in a country like Canada, Spain, England.... with all the counterfeiting and games in the DR forget it!

[Snowbird]

Being an infrequent stogie man, I have come to the conclusion that the Dominican cigars that I purchase at Cafe Ctio, are every bit as good as the lusted after Cubans. I have had both a REAL Cohiba and the products that Tim Hall sells at his location. In each case, I did not wake up the next morning with my mouth feeling/tasting as if an army had gone through the night before. Pretty scientific, huh?

I have brought Tim's cigars home for my stogie friends, and they rave about the quality of the product.

So there you have it, an neophyte's opinion.

Enjoy your Dominican experience :-)

SB

[badpiece33]

You seem to know so much about Cuban cigars then just buy them in the countries you know that have them. I have had both and the Dominican cigar is very similar if not better than its more expensive Cuban counterpart, Dont ask for Advise then attempt to teach everyone on this board of your knowledge.
Badpiece