Anyone else

[GreekGodX]

For me it is like the domestic Feta cheese. The label will say greek style feta cheese. It is not the same!!

NC's will never be like CC's.

I agree. I gave a buddy of mine a Hoyo Epicure No2 when he invited me over to watch the superbowl. I had to explain that it was the real deal. He was thinking cuban seed and Habano wrapper by the terms on the band.

Why smoke a Cuban when you can have Dominican?

If a seed was produced from Cuban tobacco plants, and grown under identical soil, lighting and water conditions surely it should taste absolutely the same. In this day and age with soil testing and additives surely only the climate and water could alter the tastes assuming they've put the additives into the soil. Just a thought....

Originally Posted by dentonparrots

If a seed was produced from Cuban tobacco plants, and grown under identical soil, lighting and water conditions surely it should taste absolutely the same. In this day and age with soil testing and additives surely only the climate and water could alter the tastes assuming they've put the additives into the soil. Just a thought....

I don’t like the term. It will fool a lot of naive people, and possibly turn them off of a cigar that they may fall in love with, because of bad marketing.

From what I understand Cubans are the way they are because of the Climate, and growing conditions they have. I would say that it would be different in other countries even with the soil additives. Also my thought on Cuban Seeds, it is my understanding which could be wrong, but the seeds were originally taken from Cuba when the cigar makes fled from Cuba. Wouldn’t all the seeds other than the first setting be from the country they are grown in? Again this is just my thoughts, and they could very well be incorrect.

Originally Posted by Junior

Also my thought on Cuban Seeds, it is my understanding which could be wrong, but the seeds were originally taken from Cuba when the cigar makes fled from Cuba. Wouldn’t all the seeds other than the first setting be from the country they are grown in? Again this is just my thoughts, and they could very well be incorrect.

I've been on a site about growing tobacco (think it's called coffin nails) and I think you may very well be right, the different generations of seeds produce different smokes even though they are from the same genetic line.
I aint no expert either mind!

[Sr Mike]

Every "cuban-esque" cigar I have smoked tasted like tobacco, those bastards!!!

[SmokinApe]

Not only the conditions must be the same; the growing; the curing, the blending and the rolling must be the same...

Absolutely!