...that enjoys a good cigar? I know that this may be a given for us "Miami-folks" but hey I know of many other non-Miami cigar smokers but have not met a SimHQ member that does. Either way, just sharing my humble collection and welcome to Miami if you happen to pass by!

THE CUP!! ITS FLOATING!!! BLACK MAGIC !!!!



but seriously, what's with that picture. The cup genuinely seems to be floating

Wow! I did not notice that cool unintentional optical illusion prior to your comment!

Here is another perspective, of the same objects, before I lit the cigar:

I've smoked cigars a few times but it was just a passing fad for me. I haven't smoked one for at least 7 years. I did at least have the cigars with a glass of brandy. It's a great combo.

wow, never saw the glass had a stem, pretty cool.

nearly the same story, my uncle is a big cigar smoker, so I smoke 5-6 a year...

I only smoke on special occasions

like after my first son was born.

It wasn't Cuban though.

That glass was seriously freaking me out. Thanks for the follow up pic. LOL
Not into cigars, but I get the idea. I miss smoking, I wish it was healthy. Or at least not quite so bad. LOL
Thought about cigars as an alternative, but I know it would just get me going again and then an interesting hobby would get the best of me.

Maybe 2 or 3 per year. When I'm with some friends - we like to have a copious dinner with many courses each accompanied by a good glass of wine. And we end the evening with a glass of Cognac and a cigar.

I had a Cuban to celebrate a combination of my birthday, anniversary and buying a new house. I enjoyed smoking it for about 2/3 of the cigar, and then it started to make me queasy. It was my first cigar. I'd kind of like to try some flavoured cigars sometime. If someone offered me a cigar in a social setting, I'd happily accept it.

I'll smoke a tobacco pipe maybe a couple of times a month, and a hookah maybe a few times a year. Never touched a cigarette and probably never will.

Learned my lesson at an early age with Cigars. Was 12 and snuck a cigar from my grandfather.
Went out back behind the shed and smoked it with my neighbor. Well, little did I know, you don`t
inhale cigar smoke. Was I ever sick, my dad was not even mad after I told him how I got sick.
He just laughed and told me he learned the same way.

To this day, I can`t stand the smell of cigars at all.

I used to smoke Cubans during the late 90's when it was a fad here. Nowadays, only on very rare occasions. My humidor is currently empty.

But I've got to ask: how can a patriotic American smoke a decent cigar (= Cuban) while keeping a clean conscience? (j/K)

And no, there really is no substitute for a Cuban cigar (like Puerto Rican cigars made from "Cuban tobacco seeds"), regardless of what you may tell yourself. Cuba apparently has a special soil that makes their tobacco plants develop that unique taste.

I believe the cigars I had in the past were from the Dominican Republic and they seemed pretty darn good to me. Sure, it's not Cohiba but I never was a cigar connoisseur.

I wouldn't go for neither Cohibas nor Montecristos, because due to the huge international demand, the quality has become rather mediocre (unless you pay an exorbitant sum for a "limited edition").

I'd rather smoke Romeo y Julieta, Partagas, Sancho Panza etc.

I guess you could always travel to Canada or Costa Rica to try one, Panzer.

I used to smoke a few a year, but haven't had one for the last year and a half or so.

I don't mind good cigars at all, especially when they are accompanied by a decent Islay Malt Scotch.

For me it's either..or. The cigar kinda numbs the taste buds, so if it has to be a cigar, only after the Scotch...

Every now and then, usually late at night at a birthday party with 2 close friends, and after liberal amounts of single malt.

Rarely Cubans though, usually from Honduras or the Dominican Republic, and I prefer the smaller ones like Petit Coronas.

Definitely a benefit of living in Canada is the cigars available.

Romeo y Julieta are the ones I like the most.

Dominican Republic products don't disappoint though and they make some very nice cigars that are a steal when bought locally there.

The problem with Cubans is a lot of them end up being knockoffs and are terrible if your not careful about where you buy them.

S!

I've been known to enjoy a fine cigar.
I even worked up a nice collection at one time, then I smoked/gifted them all away, and just haven't picked it up again.
I smoke cigarettes atm, and would like to quit.

This just adds to the mystique for them. The following is true:

- Cuba is where "modern" Cigars originated.
- Most of the best rollers and growers are in Cuba.
- A lot of Cuban growers fled Cuba and went to different tropical countries (i.e. Honduras, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, etc).
- Those who fled Cuba before and/or after "La Revolucion" took the seeds

Many swear by Cubans to be better but that is just personal taste. Smoke what you like, don't worry about the others say is good.

Glad to see others here that enjoy it as well.