FAKE CUBANS ALL OVER THE WORLD

Original post by: Don Collins 

FAKE CUBAN CIGARS

Most of you have heard of or looked for a cuban cigar. The supply has dropped almost as low as the quality on most cubans. And, unfortunately, the greater majority of "cubans" are fakes. They are being pushed in local markets, slick looking websites that carry photos of real boxes but provide fake cigars by the stick and so on. Caveat emptor ! The wrapper leaves on a real cuban cigar should be WWII army green more so than brown. In any case the color should be perfectly uniform from top to bottom and all the way around. There should be no "sunspots" moldy areas or any imperfection in the ring seal. The smell is most important. Good cigars smell like a vagina. Plain and simple. The musty smell comes about in a precision curing process where amonia is not allowed to accumulate. There is no "sting" to the smell, no "peppery smell" and there is no harsh taste to a real cuban. Authentic cuban cigars are smoother than a cigarette. Any cigar that has a harsh taste, after taste, burns or coats your tongue has been sprayed with chemicals for preservation, anti-funfals, anti-virus, tobacco flavors, tobacco mites or weavils and similar problems. Here are a few cigars I have been sent that are fakes. Beware of any website that has really clear photos of the boxes but images the actual cigar in a half shadow or where the ring and tobacco are out of focus and blurry. Come on guys, wake up !