Doctorossi Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Your buddy in the well-stocked cigar store is a veteran NC smoker. You have your choice of one common, regular production stick with which to introduce your friend to "dat Cuban twang". Production years and box codes being unavailable/unreliable and all else being equal, what's the consistently twang-forward cigar, year in and out, that you grab to make the introduction? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakebarnes Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Juan Lopez 2. All day, every day. Also, the Partagas 898 or any MdO from LGC. But for availability, the JL2 is my pick. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCgarman Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 I wouldn't waste my time nor cigars trying to "convert" a NC cigar smoker to Cubans. Since most B&M cigar stores in the USA denigrate Cubans as garbage, why bother? Since they are in business to sell NC cigars it would be a conflict of interest if they said Cubans are great and encouraged their patrons to smoke Cuban. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrightonCorgi Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Upmann No. 2 or VR Unicos are consistent cigars like the Juan Lopez No. 2. Juan Lopez is a good enough choice on its own. Not too expensive when he compares it to what he probably already smokes in price. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ford2112 Posted April 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2022 Guantanamero 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctorossi Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share Posted April 25, 2022 1 hour ago, SCgarman said: I wouldn't waste my time nor cigars trying to "convert" a NC cigar smoker to Cubans. Since most B&M cigar stores in the USA denigrate Cubans as garbage, why bother? Since they are in business to sell NC cigars it would be a conflict of interest if they said Cubans are great and encouraged their patrons to smoke Cuban. This hypothetical scenario isn't about trying to convert anyone; just demonstrating differences and what's out there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post canadianbeaver Posted April 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2022 I would have to say the PSD4, with some age, maybe a year or 2, would let anyone relax and enjoy themselves. The price would not be killer and all at the table would look gooood. Then say, get bottles of Innis & Gunn beer to match. Wild day🥸 CB 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mprach024 Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Lots of JL love already and I agree there. Lusitanias also never fail. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ford2112 Posted April 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, mprach024 said: Lots of JL love already and I agree there. Lusitanias also never fail. Call me stingy. Any Lusi I get will have to be pried from cold dead hands! 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99call Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 1 hour ago, canadianbeaver said: Innis & Gunn beer Fabulous beers. 'Their Rum Cask', and 'Mangoes on the Run'. are both epic 4 hours ago, Doctorossi said: "dat Cuban twang" Current Punch Punch 2020-22 are bursting with juicy cuban 'twang'. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mprach024 Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Ford2112 said: Call me stingy. Any Lusi I get will have to be pried from cold dead hands! Lol a very good point 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gustavehenne Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 RASS, Epi 1 or Monte 1 dependent on what flavour they like - I find them all quite twang’y 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La_Tigre Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 SP Beli? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDGSN Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Punch Punch Partagas Presidente Cohiba 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBirdman Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 I get some lovely twang from a good Monte 4, about as humble as you can get! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coug28 Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 For an NC lover…my answer is almost always a PSD4. Gets’em damn near every time. Enough spice to appease to a profile they may be accustomed, but enough ‘twang’ to give em’ one of these moments. Sometimes, not always 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duxnutz Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Punch Punch and JL all day long. Sancho Panza and Raphael Gonzalez notables as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcarlson Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 JL, R&J Cazzies, Mag 46 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianbeaver Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Ok I can now say I have heard it all. A cigar that blew a “Cuban twang”.@99call You are worth the trip to FOH any day of the week. Oh shite. Then I realized it wasn’t you that said it. Oh well. CB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helix Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 A Monte #2 of course. 😎 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominattorney Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Monte 2 all day. It's iconic. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliano88 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 JL2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGuns Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Great post…I feel like I forgot what that Cuban “twang” feels/tastes like. It certainly isn’t anywhere near the experience I had when I was first introduced. Going to give it a go with the most popular recommendations here to see if I can replicate it. I’m sure if the thread goes long enough, every marca/vitola will be mentioned 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tstew75 Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 When I think twang I think of Punch, Upmann & J Lopez. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFBR392 Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 On 4/27/2022 at 9:28 PM, BigGuns said: Great post…I feel like I forgot what that Cuban “twang” feels/tastes like. It certainly isn’t anywhere near the experience I had when I was first introduced. Going to give it a go with the most popular recommendations here to see if I can replicate it. I’m sure if the thread goes long enough, every marca/vitola will be mentioned I feel the same way. I still remember my wow moments early on, and although I love what I get from a CC when it’s on, it’s not quite the same. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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