At what point does this insanity end? I got a box of Upm mag 46 for $450 in March and now they’re $750+. It looks like from the stock in duty free people are starting to look to alternatives. It seems like Cuba is overplaying their hand and it’s going to bite them. The places I get them seem to have a lot more in stock since the last hike so where do you see this going??? Thanks for the info my brother 🙏🏾
@@KimoKapaku you are absolutely correct. I am in the UK and only buy my sticks in EU. No Regional’s but I bought a box of ERdM Royal series. When I collected my sticks they had a delivery of H Upmann Noellas but sadly my budget was already depleted😩
MASTER,These prices are almost the same as all European HABANOS dealers. It is impossible to understand. When you smoke a normal, not-so-special cigar, $100 flies by. It should not be like this..
I was in paris in 2019 and got a box of 25 cohiba corona especials for 425 and a box of 25 trinidad colonials for 375, now these cohibas are close to 100 each, i’ll pass.
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Going to cancun this weekend. Where can i go to get cuban a good price? Also seen you go to the cigar bar which blends from the maker would you recommend? Thanks. Hopee to run into you while i am on holiday.
@Hengoed sorry but im back in San FranSHITHOLE for the month. Go to the LA Casa Del Habano in Cancun it's in the hotel zone. When you come in you will see a rolling table to your immediate left. If you see Reinaldo there working ask him for his D4 And robusto. Try some of his other custom rolls. He will show you the cabinet at the back of the shop with his customs
@@KimoKapakuthank you so much. I stopped by and loaded up on habanos and custom rolls. Met the staff. Everyone was super friendly. I got like 10 habanos, mainly montecristos and Hupmans, one partagas d4, one epi 2, romeo y julietas, and the rest were custom rolls. Definitely will try to convince the fam for another stay in cancun to sneak iut and buy more. Also!! I stopped buying Casa Partagas, hahahaha, never have i walked out so awkwardly after seening all the scary health hazard stickers on literally every box. Ahhaha. Smoked my first Magnum 54, smooth all the way until i got to the nub. Anyways thank you for the videos and recommendations!
@alcontv4133 I agree but wanted to give prices in duty free as a baseline only. When ppl have price points from various spots they can make better informed decisions
Are there some cubans that don't age well? I smoked a romeo Julieta wide churchill last night and the it lacked any flavor. The worst cuban I've smoked. I've had thier number 1 2 and 3 and thought they were decent. This wide churchill I've had for almost 4 years now and was saving for a special occasion mainly because it cost me so much. I've noticed that the smaller ring guage cubans tend to have more flavor than thier large guage ones? Thoughts?
@Aaron-ep9ne personally I have never been a RYJ fan and frankly I don't make it a point to collect them. That being said, the brands I do collect or have in my humidor are: Cohiba, Trinidad, Bolivar, Montecristo, Partagas, Hoyo and Ramon Allones
@georgigeorgiev-ei4or all about fucking taxes. Im not saying there shouldn't be tax bc shit has to be funded. The problem I have is assigning ultra high tax to punish those unfairly and then hiding behind some bullshit excuse like " smoking causes more strain on healthcare" when NONE OF THE TOBACCO TAX goes to any discount in health insurance. I for one an sick of politicians and would like to see term limits of 4 years and then you're done!
I’d buy the Partagas p2’s if I were there, very expensive but still about as cheap as you will ever find them in the uk, all the stock looks properly stored and humidified which is not always the case, properly stored and humidified stock is more important than price imoa
@Ron-gn8bm I smoke his custom D4s and extra robusto but I recommend buying a few different vitolas first then decide what yoy like and then bring back a few bundles
@GraphiteandCigars smoke what you enjoy. It doesn't matter what people like if they smoke what they enjoy. I have a neighbor who smokes Nubs amd loves them. To each his own!
@@KimoKapaku I agree completely. I love a good Cuban cigar when I can get one. One day the US will open Cuba for travel and we can all share a smoke together in Havana.
You compare guantanamera with forsencas and cuaba? Guantanamera are Machine made cigars that's why they do not have the stickers habanos but they have the sticker Cuba.
@Sotirisp honestly I see cuabas, vegueros and fonseca on the same shelves as guatanameras but I have never smoked any of them. Perhaps I should do a comparison. Thanks for the info!
Are you getting g out of the area before the hurricane??? Stay safe and hope and pray for everyone's safety in that area. I will be flying in a few weeks. I hope everything will be in tack.
Habanos SA has the hold. Look, there are much better sticks out there. The quality of Cuban cigars has gone way down, given that everything is nationalized and marketed by Habanos. This is to be expected. Bad weather and lousy growing conditions have also reduced the quality. Skip it! It's not worth the money in any way. I will smoke a Fuente any day over a Cuban.
@andrewgrossman9899 you smoke what you like. Just for perspective. I started out smoking Fuentes, buyung into that hype. I've been to the Fuente factory, smoked cigars with Carleton Fuente in his office. If you like Fuentes or Liga then smoke what you enjoy but don't bother trying to down play habanos bc that's no different than me down playing Fuentes or other brands. Ita not going to affect what you spend your money on to enjoy what you like smoking
@SuperBass1964 without looking amd inspecting myself I cannot say 100% so you have to do your own research. When I verify and authenticate a shop I do 3 things: 1) I verify box codes and use a black light on the govt label for the watermarks. I also look over the Habanos S.A. insert in each box for translation errors; 2) I ask the shops for their invoices and P.O.s from Habanos S.A.;3) I request to see the invoices from the last 2 orders shipped from Habaons S.A.
All hype. There’s plenty of Nicaraguan, Dominican, Honduran and others that I bet could rival many Cuban cigars. Not saying I would pass one up, I just wouldn’t pay that.
This is how you teach any business a good lesson, when you stop being sick in your mind and stop buying cuban cigars they will put down the price all away down just to make a living , but since all these crazy people still buying this shit they will get more greedy, whats wrong with Dominican, nicaraguan , Honduran cigars? I roll my own and i love it
@blueglue79 the problem with your statement and rationale is that it is from a perspective of something that is am everyday or common necessity. If you check the sales numbers from Habanos SA you will see that their sales are up. Since they cater to a higher end market do you think that because the price is outaode of the average smoker of cuban cigars that Habanos will see a decrease in sales? That's like saying Rolex, adamar Piguet and Patek philipe will drop their prices bc their prices are 2 high and people will stop buying them and those companies will drop their prices.
I wasn't referring to quality or taste I was merely making a reference to tiersof habanos. The top 6 brands are Cohiba, Partagas, RYJ, Trinidad, Montecristo, Bolivar & H. Upmann. Second tier is: HDM, Ramon Allones, Punch, SLR, La Flor de Cano, Robaina, San Cristobal & Quay Dorsay. 3rd Tier is: Sancho Panza, Fonseca, Cuaba, Guantanamera, Vegueros. That doesn't mean 3rd tier or 2nd tier are bad or not as good. It's based on sales. You can look this up on HABANOS S.A.
I LOVE Cuban tobacco, but I refuse to pay these overinflated prices. I will continue to boycott them in favor of premium Dominican sticks until prices come back to reality.
@tonyridestrails per Habanos brand tiers, yes it is. That doesn't mean that they are bad or of low quality, it just means that Cuaba is not considered a top tier brand like the top 6 or even the 2nd tier
doesnt make any sense buying cubans that are almost not as flavourful or zero on blends other than buying new world perfectly blended and quality controlled cigars i am proudly a new world cigar lover and smoker and i swear to god none of the cubans i smoked actually dazled me or took my mind like arturo fuente or liga privada or aj fernandez or olivas cigars i dont understand people who are like i only smoke cubans they are th best i am sorry but in what world are you living the flavor is bland the draw is tight and the quality is really really shitty in cubans now adays why woulld i pay those prices to fk myself on a tight draw low quality controlled cuban when i can smoke an opus X or a number 9 liga and literally be enjoying it and just having a wonderful time while smoking it
@saadhawas2905 smoke what yoy like. Why do you worry or care what people like to smoke? I've smoked new world cigars, met heads of the brands and don't understand what the hype is about on cigars that are not smooth or consistent
@KimoKapaku when you pay 10 to 100 dollars a stick of tobacco the least you are looking for in them is to be consistent or atleast burn well and taste good it's about value for money, if we cigar lovers and smokers wanted to just smoke something that has no flavor and filled with nicotine and stuff we couldve just smoked cigarettes
I guess that’s why that cabinet is full. With those prices
Absolutely crazy prices! How can they sustain those prices. I know there is a huge demand for Cubans but there is no way they are worth those prices.
Why isn't it sustainable? You just said the demand is there.
@@Caviarhound It is sustainable for now as long as people are willing to pay those high prices but at some point, the market has to correct.
@@scottfarrugia5587 This is the market correction.
The chinese will keep buying as they are probably getting half of their supply just like everything else in the world
@scottfarrugia5587 how can Rolex, Adamar Piguet and Patek Philippe stay in business with watches selling more than the price of cars and homes??
I'm thinking there pricing themselves out the game to be honest.
Lol your reactions were great. Pretty much read our minds. Insane prices. Se volvieron locos los cubanos...
Looks like I got into Cigars at the wrong decade 😕. I wonder what prices were back in the early 2000's 😢
I'm always a day late and a dollar short.😮
Early 2000's is when I started buying. 200 a box for SD 4's and Cohiba robustos. Prices were good back then and it was a fun hobby.
I don’t know remember what terminal but they have a decent walk in with a nice selection. Still pricey though
At what point does this insanity end? I got a box of Upm mag 46 for $450 in March and now they’re $750+. It looks like from the stock in duty free people are starting to look to alternatives. It seems like Cuba is overplaying their hand and it’s going to bite them. The places I get them seem to have a lot more in stock since the last hike so where do you see this going??? Thanks for the info my brother 🙏🏾
Thanks for the heads up bro! Looks like I'm only buying liquor! Better prices can be found on Cubans.
@@GDub96 check out the LCDH in Cancun and pick up some of Reinaldo Gonzalez' custom D4s
I love Cuaba’s. I bought three boxes from LCDH Napoli recently. Those prices are more expensive than retail in Europe. Crazy
@@IamGio69 all depends on country tobacco taxes. Did you see any Italian regíonals in Italy? Those are what I would have my eye on
@@KimoKapaku you are absolutely correct. I am in the UK and only buy my sticks in EU. No Regional’s but I bought a box of ERdM Royal series. When I collected my sticks they had a delivery of H Upmann Noellas but sadly my budget was already depleted😩
Great idea with the cigar testing.tasteing,smokeing and chatting.
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MASTER,These prices are almost the same as all European HABANOS dealers. It is impossible to understand. When you smoke a normal, not-so-special cigar, $100 flies by. It should not be like this..
They are feeding off holiday makers who are feeling good after a good break, and treat themselves to a box on their way home.
Wow, insane prices for cigars that have the worst quality control in the game.
@JulianJohnston919 not sure which cigars you're referring to but the cigars I smoke are perfectly fine.
@@KimoKapaku Cubans quality control are horrible compared to non cubans, that's why the "Perfect Draw" tool is your best friend lol
The last time I went to Canada these were about half the price about 10 years ago
I was in paris in 2019 and got a box of 25 cohiba corona especials for 425 and a box of 25 trinidad colonials for 375, now these cohibas are close to 100 each, i’ll pass.
I bought a 5 pack Montecristo no 4 there. Best cigar I ever smoked
@@risingtidestartups very nice cigars the No.4
Insane pricing for sure. They seem well stocked on everything though.
Maybe the comments are just turned off for me because i live in the uk?.(for your newest video).
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@@KimoKapaku thanks for the reply mate.
Going to cancun this weekend. Where can i go to get cuban a good price? Also seen you go to the cigar bar which blends from the maker would you recommend? Thanks. Hopee to run into you while i am on holiday.
@Hengoed sorry but im back in San FranSHITHOLE for the month. Go to the LA Casa Del Habano in Cancun it's in the hotel zone. When you come in you will see a rolling table to your immediate left. If you see Reinaldo there working ask him for his D4 And robusto. Try some of his other custom rolls. He will show you the cabinet at the back of the shop with his customs
@@KimoKapakuthank you so much. I stopped by and loaded up on habanos and custom rolls. Met the staff. Everyone was super friendly. I got like 10 habanos, mainly montecristos and Hupmans, one partagas d4, one epi 2, romeo y julietas, and the rest were custom rolls. Definitely will try to convince the fam for another stay in cancun to sneak iut and buy more.
Also!! I stopped buying Casa Partagas, hahahaha, never have i walked out so awkwardly after seening all the scary health hazard stickers on literally every box. Ahhaha.
Smoked my first Magnum 54, smooth all the way until i got to the nub.
Anyways thank you for the videos and recommendations!
Cancun airport should not be a reference for pricing I think, one coke is like $4. Actually the whole of Cancun has ridiculous prices for EVERYTHING
@alcontv4133 I agree but wanted to give prices in duty free as a baseline only. When ppl have price points from various spots they can make better informed decisions
For $1600, you could pack your humidors with boxes Perdomos, Gurkas or Patels.
the cigars on the airport are overpriced even without tax. I think it is cheaper buying in lcdh with tax
Are there some cubans that don't age well? I smoked a romeo Julieta wide churchill last night and the it lacked any flavor. The worst cuban I've smoked. I've had thier number 1 2 and 3 and thought they were decent. This wide churchill I've had for almost 4 years now and was saving for a special occasion mainly because it cost me so much. I've noticed that the smaller ring guage cubans tend to have more flavor than thier large guage ones? Thoughts?
@Aaron-ep9ne personally I have never been a RYJ fan and frankly I don't make it a point to collect them. That being said, the brands I do collect or have in my humidor are: Cohiba, Trinidad, Bolivar, Montecristo, Partagas, Hoyo and Ramon Allones
wow, RYJ are amazing
maybe try another.
How does duty free work? You buy it there and then just take it with you? Do they seal it or how does it work?
BAsically, you buy and they bag it and you take it.
Ridiculous price for a tobacco leaf. My dad smoked Cigars in the 1970s London they were as cheap as chips.
@@dumptonpark shows you what fiat currency is really worth these days without gold backing
Here in Europe-Partagas D4 is 20.50 US$.D5-18US$.In the UK-D4 37£(47.50US$).Not cheap.
@georgigeorgiev-ei4or all about fucking taxes. Im not saying there shouldn't be tax bc shit has to be funded. The problem I have is assigning ultra high tax to punish those unfairly and then hiding behind some bullshit excuse like " smoking causes more strain on healthcare" when NONE OF THE TOBACCO TAX goes to any discount in health insurance. I for one an sick of politicians and would like to see term limits of 4 years and then you're done!
How do these prices compare to Havana
@kennyfaulkner4168 more expensive than havana
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I’d buy the Partagas p2’s if I were there, very expensive but still about as cheap as you will ever find them in the uk, all the stock looks properly stored and humidified which is not always the case, properly stored and humidified stock is more important than price imoa
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Hi, what custom blend from Reynaldo you suggest me at lcdh cancun, i am goind there in 11 days. Thanks
@Ron-gn8bm I smoke his custom D4s and extra robusto but I recommend buying a few different vitolas first then decide what yoy like and then bring back a few bundles
Those prices are insane...
Cigars are not getting more expensive, our currency is worth less.
When currency crashes then cigars will be barter items!
Box of 25 Cohiba siglo IV $1599. I paid $100 in La Habana
@@7sonero7 not in the last 4 years you haven't unless you bought on the street
@KimoKapaku Actually, it was a few years back . What do they go for now ?
Lots of great cigars being rolled outside of Cuba. Those are insane prices.
@GraphiteandCigars smoke what you enjoy. It doesn't matter what people like if they smoke what they enjoy. I have a neighbor who smokes Nubs amd loves them. To each his own!
@@KimoKapaku I agree completely. I love a good Cuban cigar when I can get one. One day the US will open Cuba for travel and we can all share a smoke together in Havana.
You got into it at the best time, there so many new world cigars that are much higher quality and variety than ever before
Seeing those prices made me not even interested in trying to get any Cubans
I bought a box of 10 Partagus No.4 in Cozumel in the Duty free for $200 June 13 something not right about those prices.
@JC-ld5tl partagas D4s box of 10 for $200 last June? That price doesn't seem right given current prices from a year and a half ago!
You compare guantanamera with forsencas and cuaba? Guantanamera are Machine made cigars that's why they do not have the stickers habanos but they have the sticker Cuba.
@Sotirisp honestly I see cuabas, vegueros and fonseca on the same shelves as guatanameras but I have never smoked any of them. Perhaps I should do a comparison. Thanks for the info!
@Sotirisp what do you prefer between Cuaba, guantanamera or vegueros
@KimoKapaku guntanamera is a Machine made cigar, you can not compare it with a handmade cigar. Vagueros with cuaba you can compare it.
@KimoKapaku I don't do machine made cigars like guantanameras I prefer handmade
Are you getting g out of the area before the hurricane??? Stay safe and hope and pray for everyone's safety in that area.
I will be flying in a few weeks. I hope everything will be in tack.
@steviev841 yeah I left but It wasn't by design. I had to come back amd take care of some things. I order to be there even with a hurricane.
Dury free ones are the best.
Habanos SA has the hold. Look, there are much better sticks out there. The quality of Cuban cigars has gone way down, given that everything is nationalized and marketed by Habanos. This is to be expected. Bad weather and lousy growing conditions have also reduced the quality. Skip it! It's not worth the money in any way. I will smoke a Fuente any day over a Cuban.
@andrewgrossman9899 you smoke what you like. Just for perspective. I started out smoking Fuentes, buyung into that hype. I've been to the Fuente factory, smoked cigars with Carleton Fuente in his office. If you like Fuentes or Liga then smoke what you enjoy but don't bother trying to down play habanos bc that's no different than me down playing Fuentes or other brands. Ita not going to affect what you spend your money on to enjoy what you like smoking
@@KimoKapaku Fair enough. I take your point.
Wow! I will continue to smoke my Dominican Romeos!
And Are they even real? It’s getting so that u can’t trust the authenticity unless u get it directly from Habano in Cuba… in person!!
@SuperBass1964 without looking amd inspecting myself I cannot say 100% so you have to do your own research. When I verify and authenticate a shop I do 3 things: 1) I verify box codes and use a black light on the govt label for the watermarks. I also look over the Habanos S.A. insert in each box for translation errors; 2) I ask the shops for their invoices and P.O.s from Habanos S.A.;3) I request to see the invoices from the last 2 orders shipped from Habaons S.A.
All hype. There’s plenty of Nicaraguan, Dominican, Honduran and others that I bet could rival many Cuban cigars. Not saying I would pass one up, I just wouldn’t pay that.
What terminal? 4?
@@ElAgaveGuy terminal 3
@@KimoKapaku gracias!
People still buy at these prices, clearly got too much money and no sense.
This is how you teach any business a good lesson, when you stop being sick in your mind and stop buying cuban cigars they will put down the price all away down just to make a living , but since all these crazy people still buying this shit they will get more greedy, whats wrong with Dominican, nicaraguan , Honduran cigars? I roll my own and i love it
@blueglue79 the problem with your statement and rationale is that it is from a perspective of something that is am everyday or common necessity. If you check the sales numbers from Habanos SA you will see that their sales are up. Since they cater to a higher end market do you think that because the price is outaode of the average smoker of cuban cigars that Habanos will see a decrease in sales? That's like saying Rolex, adamar Piguet and Patek philipe will drop their prices bc their prices are 2 high and people will stop buying them and those companies will drop their prices.
Haha! Holy sh!t is right!
I’ll stay with Nicaragua cigars
And a padron 3 thousand off the shelf for well under 10 buck a stick is better than anything in that case.
Pesos though, no? 700 is about 50 60 bucks
@jakeniemiec8559 $1usd = 19 mxn pesos
They are 10x the price from 20 years ago
@@logan9920 when I was 8yo gas was $0.50/gal
Comment on the video before this one amd you might win a great cigar for free!
Cuaba is NOT a third tier brand!
I wasn't referring to quality or taste I was merely making a reference to tiersof habanos. The top 6 brands are Cohiba, Partagas, RYJ, Trinidad, Montecristo, Bolivar & H. Upmann. Second tier is: HDM, Ramon Allones, Punch, SLR, La Flor de Cano, Robaina, San Cristobal & Quay Dorsay. 3rd Tier is: Sancho Panza, Fonseca, Cuaba, Guantanamera, Vegueros.
That doesn't mean 3rd tier or 2nd tier are bad or not as good. It's based on sales. You can look this up on HABANOS S.A.
No thanks with the price.
😚💨👌
These prices are not for smoking it’s for gift giving.
I LOVE Cuban tobacco, but I refuse to pay these overinflated prices. I will continue to boycott them in favor of premium Dominican sticks until prices come back to reality.
US dollar is crashing badly
@logan9920 yeah it's not that shit is more ex0ensive it's the usd purchasing power isn't shit. Look at the gra0h from 1971 on usd purchasing power
cuaba is not a third tier brand lol.
@tonyridestrails per Habanos brand tiers, yes it is. That doesn't mean that they are bad or of low quality, it just means that Cuaba is not considered a top tier brand like the top 6 or even the 2nd tier
doesnt make any sense buying cubans that are almost not as flavourful or zero on blends other than buying new world perfectly blended and quality controlled cigars i am proudly a new world cigar lover and smoker and i swear to god none of the cubans i smoked actually dazled me or took my mind like arturo fuente or liga privada or aj fernandez or olivas cigars i dont understand people who are like i only smoke cubans they are th best i am sorry but in what world are you living the flavor is bland the draw is tight and the quality is really really shitty in cubans now adays why woulld i pay those prices to fk myself on a tight draw low quality controlled cuban when i can smoke an opus X or a number 9 liga and literally be enjoying it and just having a wonderful time while smoking it
@saadhawas2905 smoke what yoy like. Why do you worry or care what people like to smoke? I've smoked new world cigars, met heads of the brands and don't understand what the hype is about on cigars that are not smooth or consistent
@KimoKapaku when you pay 10 to 100 dollars a stick of tobacco the least you are looking for in them is to be consistent or atleast burn well and taste good it's about value for money, if we cigar lovers and smokers wanted to just smoke something that has no flavor and filled with nicotine and stuff we couldve just smoked cigarettes
You can buy them and leave and have them confiscated on arrival if the country is USA...............
@@richardschneider4775 yup
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What a waste of money buying fake cigars. Buy New World!
Thank God for new world cigars. Sooooo overpriced its not even funny