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I am not sure what you are talking about but some of the best cigars in the world are not Cuban. Just look at CA top 25 list over the last 10 years. The H. Upma

I am not sure what you are talking about but some of the best cigars in the world are not Cuban. Just look at CA top 25 list over the last 10 years. The H. Upmann (non Cuban) 175th Anniversary is an amazing stick. Cuban cigars have a unique flavor profile and can be amazing but they have not evolved at all. Also they have had some major quality issues. If I go into any store in London to by a box I am allowed to inspect each stick and build a box of good quality ones from a set of boxes. To be fair, the quality issues have gotten better in the last few years.

motohagiography 6y ago
If I'm buying Cuban singles, I get it cut in the shop at the counter and check the draw to see if it's plugged. There are great non-Cubans, just not the fake brand ones, imo. The Avo Domaine is one of my all time favourites, and any Ashton maduro is my go-to when I'm stateside. I haven't had a Davidoff that I remembered well enough to get another of, and for that price, it should have been more memorable. It's a very individual thing. Given how recklessly dangerous it is to smoke anything at all, I keep it to a few high end ones as an occasional treat, as if I'm going to be giving myself cancer, it had better be the fancy cancer.