Hand-made Cubans after a horse ride

[Robusto]

A mate of a mate has just returned from Cuba with some kosher Cubans as well as the cigars I've put pictures of below which were apparently rolled in front of him after he had gone on a special horse ride lol.

Thing is... Are they banana leaves?

Also I've offered space in my humidor for them, but wonder if they'll be dodgy and corrupt the good ones.

I want to let them revive for a bit of time and then try one.

Would you put them in your humidor? Or would you keep clear?

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[Drewmidorn]

If i was in the slightest bit worried I wouldn't and it sounds like you have your doubts...might be worth freezing them etc to be sure there are no beetles if you really want to put them in. Apparently (and i've been told sentences that start with apparently are usually lies) you seal them in a zip loc bag, inside another zip loc bag to be sure no humidity os lost...freeze them for four days...defrost them in the fridge for two days and then leave them at room temp for a day before popping them in the humi....

however that sentence started "Apparently....."

I've never done it myself and I don't think I'd like to ruin some great cigars with something I didn't have a pretty good idea about. If they are banana leaves hopefully the worst thing that can happen is they're probably a really ropey smoke.

[Robusto]

They look coarse.
Artisanale.
I don't know.
They are not great to squeeze or smell.
That makes me feel they'd taste bad.

I've never heard of the freezing thing, Drew.
I'll see if anyone else chips in.

[Drewmidorn]

APPARENTLY (lol) the freezing knocks of beetles! Who knows?

[larrysputnik]

Apparently freezing works. :41:

Apparently you can also rub your cock all over them and that'll fix them right up as well. :cowboyic9:

[Robusto]

Actually I think my mate's mate's already had a good go at them tool-wise. For me, they're a drop in the ocean, you understand. I'll rub them down and stick them in the freezer because - hehehe - my guitarist mate is a cigarette smoker so he won't know the difference post-cock or not.

I'll have to move my spinach about after work first.

Thanks, guys. We'll head phallo-cryogenic tonight. :smoke:

[cohibaIV]

Don't look rolled tight to me mate....dodge from the pictures..(Apparently)

[larrysputnik]

Yep. :cowboyic9:

[Montesmoke]

:eek: yea freeze them Bry just in case, they do look abit ropey! but then they might smoke well??
Monte.

[Robusto]

I haven't got any vacu-bags.
If I lob them in several Sainsbury's bags, will the bug-freezing still work?

You may have gathered I now think they are shite cigars!
No respect! :biggrin1:

I'm actually considering putting them in a sock drawer and handing them back when my mate asks for them...

[larrysputnik]

Put them in tupperware or ziplock bags in the freezer. They won't dry out if they are sealed. It's how my buddy stores his regularly (for some reason he doesn't believe humidors keep them as well).

[Robusto]

Right.
I shall Tupperware them today.

Seems pervy in a way. :smoke:

[shed17]

Don't look that well rolled.

Once had a beetle problem and the freezing does the trick. Lost quite a few good cigars to the burrowing little blighters.

[nicwing]

I joined the Hunters and Frankau Cigar club about a year ago and it's a great little institution (for those of us who should be in institutions!)

Periodically they bring a Cuban Cigar roller to the UK and he makes his way around the country demonstrating his art to the great and the good. I saw him at World Travel Market and he was knocking out some substantial Cohiba banded sticks at about ?9 a go.

They look a lot better than Robusto's mates odd jobs.

Have a look at the site and join up today, http://www.cigars.co.uk/page.php?cid=54

[Robusto]

They're out of the freezer and into the fridge tomorrow, Nic.
It's all very exciting on the restoration front!

[cohibaIV]

Nice Bryan...very nice...:smoke:

My little Birthday prezzie will get lost in that lot mate..LOL:biggrin1:

[Robusto]

It will no doubt slip in nicely, Dale!

I've contacted my mate to ask him to collect his banana shag hand rolled "cigars" as there is no room at the inn! After their long weekend in my freezer, they have a look of ditch-abandoned corn-on-the-cob. I might smoke one with him when my throat spasms depart as I am sure they're verging on whacky and I'm all for learning bluntly. :smoke:

So funny to text a mate and say there is no longer space in my humidor for your sticks. Come collect. I want a part in Snatch 2.

[cohibaIV]

LOL, I bet....

[Robusto]

Just got your stick, Dale.
A Punch Rare Corojo.
Blimey! I've squeezed it in diagonally.
It looks like it's going to taste wonderful.
Many thanks, mate. :cowboyic9:
Certainly never smoked one of these beauts before.

[cohibaIV]

A really nice tasting cigar mate, loads of flavours and one of the cigars that I smoke all the time. Let me know your thoughts mate...

[Robusto]

Dale - Which vitola/model is it, please?
It's bigger than my usual Robusto sticks.
What are the stats?
I'm seeing 2h30 spent with this babe soon!

[cohibaIV]

Bryan

It's a Puncn Rare Corojo - Double Corona (6.7" x 48).

A Little info for you...

The key to this cigar is its unique, burgundy-colored Sumatra-seed wrapper grown in the natural mountain mist of Ecuador. Its extra rich flavor, complemented by a blend of Nicaraguan and Dominican long-filler tobaccos, then square-pressed in shape, make these robust, heady smokes a real treat. :cool:

Dale

[Robusto]

I cannot tell you how hungry I am for it, Dale. I still have very little taste or smell, so it will have to be a delayed delight, mate.

I've had Armani Mania forcibly blasted all over my pecs today and probably smell like a traffic warden but can't tell. I've taken to Armani flavourings in a repressed dosage way.

Look at this. We're about to walk along the prom near our house to take sea air and gawp at the illuminated P&O Stenas. This walk would ritually be a killer cigar moment.

This year I've been deprived of festive big smokes, and it has put me in a rotten mood! All I ask is for clarity of head to enjoy some knockout tobacco before having to go back to work. I love the indolence a phat Havana brings on. I am such a bloody sulker at present it's not true!

Anyway, Christmas Day is coming to an end. That's cheering me up

Dale - Leave those Scottish hotties alone. And avoid the Scottish widows. They're problematic.