For others a cigar is a pleasure they allow themselves to give into,kind of a reward for every day veterans.
The question we all have to answer to ourselves, when we visit our local smoke shop to get our supplies of our favorite premium cigars is;"is it worth the price?"
Well it depends!
Who can measure value with money?Isn't a great cigar worth that extra money?
NOT ALWAYS
There are countries where a cigar smoking is considered to be a luxurious habit(I know,I live in one )and smokers are been treated like oil tycoons and cigar prices are sky high.
Other fellow aficionados are more lucky and just pay reasonable prices on premium cigars,besides the cigar making process is not cheap,so when you find"great bargains"be very very suspicious.
Unfortunately,since the world we live in is not perfect,not all of us have access to all our favorite smokes.
Europe has great access to Cuban cigars but not to cigars from other countries like Dom.Republic, Nicaragua, Honduras.
These are countries that produce great cigars. All you have to do is is take a look at Cigar Aficionados best cigars of the year and you will see what my point is!
Cigars with great features,excellent taste AND most of them affordable prices.
In countries where these cigars are not available smokers tend to believe that the only good cigars are the really expensive cubans.
This is part true.
Now with internet giving us so many information and choice we have to take advantage of.
Go out there and do some cigar hunting. It's a really rewarding hobby.
Demand from your local smoke shop to do the same. Ask for more. Let retailers understand that you know you have more options and you demand a bigger variety and better prices for your favorite cigars.
This weeks cigar of the week is a masterpiece from La Flor.The Coronado double corona is a great cigar full and complex with intense leather and caramel tones that last for a long time on the palette.An all around great cigar!
