Peso Cigars

[searsa1]

IMHO, who in their right mind would want to take 50 Peso cigars as their allowance? Especially when the real stuff is so reasonable compared to UK prices

I total understand your line of thinking in this situation. If I did go to Cuba I would have no allowance to bring back. Things like artwork or books or educational material could come back with me. Just no....well pretty much anything else. And also because I would have spent all my money on rum.+1 PeeJay

[Ryan]

IMHO, who in their right mind would want to take 50 Peso cigars as their allowance? Especially when the real stuff is so reasonable compared to UK prices

You'd be surprised. Every Habanos cigar can be bought in the UK, peso cigars can't. There are people who want stuff their friends don't have.

[PeeJay]

Someone who spent all their dish on rum?

[Moon Dancer]

Sweet! Not that I am going to Cuba anytime soon, but good information to know.

IMHO, who in their right mind would want to take 50 Peso cigars as their allowance? Especially when the real stuff is so reasonable compared to UK prices

[searsa1]

Without documentation, 20 loose cigars are allowed.
50 cigars are allowed if sealed in original packaging.
I honestly don't know if the glued paper wrapping that peso cigars come in counts as 'sealed original packaging', maybe.
In reality it doesn't matter as no Cuban customs agent is going to give a toss if you have 50 or 100 peso cigars in your bag.
Here is the link to the Cuban customs page regarding exportation of cigars.
http://www.aduana.co.cu/index.php?op...id=209&lang=en

Sweet! Not that I am going to Cuba anytime soon, but good information to know.

[butternutsquashpie]

In reality it doesn't matter as no Cuban customs agent is going to give a toss if you have 50 or 100 peso cigars in your bag.

aye. i guess that's where it normally lies.

not the law, but the enforcers. Gotcha Ry

[Ryan]

Changed it to 50 now Ryan.
Well, when I was there... every LCDH was telling me: 50! 50!

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Without documentation, 20 loose cigars are allowed.
50 cigars are allowed if sealed in original packaging.
I honestly don't know if the glued paper wrapping that peso cigars come in counts as 'sealed original packaging', maybe.
In reality it doesn't matter as no Cuban customs agent is going to give a toss if you have 50 or 100 peso cigars in your bag.
Here is the link to the Cuban customs page regarding exportation of cigars.

http://www.aduana.co.cu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54&Itemid=209&lang=en

[searsa1]

Neat Mount Gay

It is now clear to me I must holiday in Barbados.

[MarkLondon]

In Barbados they sell rum in beer bottles complete with pop caps

Dominos and Rum at 9am in the Caribbean.

[PeeJay]

Straight rum? Or is it diluted with coke or juice or something?

Neat Mount Gay

[searsa1]

In Barbados they sell rum in beer bottles complete with pop caps

Straight rum? Or is it diluted with coke or juice or something?

[PeeJay]

In Barbados they sell rum in beer bottles complete with pop caps

[searsa1]

I always get some of these when I go to Cuba, though I pay way over the odds for them, last time was 6.50 CUC for a bundle of 25 Selectos Cremas.
I've had Selectos, El Coloso, Reloba, El Credito, Bauza. There are others. I find them all fairly similar really. Straightforward, fresh tobacco taste, they always draw well. I enjoy them in Cuba and have a few aging to see what happens, though I'm not expecting much.
None I have seen are finished as well as any JLP. And none are as nice to smoke as a JLP Petit Cazador for example.
Some remind me of a Quintero Breva, that's why I'm trying to see what some age might do.
If you ever get to Havana, have a look at the street-side kiosks on La Rampa street for example, or around Parque Central. They sell drinks, sometimes sandwiches and will sometimes have a cabinet with a glass front facing the street with a few bundles of these for sale.
It's like if you go to the south of Spain for example and enjoy a ?3 bottle of Barbadillo. Fine while you're there, serves a purpose, nice to see what the locals do and also that experience of associating a flavour with a specific location. However, there are better wines.

We have sort of the same thing here in relation to the Barbadillo.
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Fine examples of mass produced booze the locals drink here. You will notice the screw top cap makes for easier consumption. When you want to get there fast......take the night train express!

[butternutsquashpie]

However up to 20 cigars are allowed out without receipt, so you could bring 20 out.
Legally.

Changed it to 50 now Ryan.
Well, when I was there... every LCDH was telling me: 50! 50!

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[searsa1]

Technically, they are not made for export so there is no way to get an official customs recept for them.
However up to 20 cigars are allowed out without receipt, so you could bring 20 out.
Legally.

Ah....did not know that.