Your first in a shop?

[PeeJay]

So inspired by [MENTION=13454433]the pondering moose[/MENTION] who spookily also had a Choix Supreme as his first cigar in JJ Fox, what was the first cigar you smoked in a cigar shop?

[sheppsea]

I think mine was a Boli Royal Corona

[gojira]

I don't remember. Probably a Monte since I really liked those back then. I remember my first box purchase though.

[WDave40]

Alas, I have yet to actually sample a smoke in a shop so far!

[jerryr]

I'm not sure I can remember, but it was either an ERDM choir Supreme or a Hoyo Du Dauphin

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[PeeJay]

I'm not sure I can remember, but it was either an ERDM choir Supreme or a Hoyo Du Dauphin

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In JJ's?

[Emaresee]

It was in JJ Fox... and I am racking my brains. I had previously bought a JJ Fox own brand Non-Cuban to wander through Mayfair back to my then office with (dont know they do them anymore) and did the same with a Nub Sungrown. Butto smoke 'in' I am pretty sure it was a CoRO. I definitely know that the second was a HdM Pet Rob.

[groundhog]

My first was in JJs - an aged Epi2 for about a bajillion pounds.
It was epic.

[jerryr]

In JJ's?

No it was the one and only time I went into Davidoff's , bought 4 cigars and smoked one there.

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[PeeJay]

No it was the one and only time I went into Davidoff's , bought 4 cigars and smoked one there.

JJ's would have been stretching coincidence too far. Odd that we don't recommend the Choix Supreme to newbies more often

[jerryr]

JJ's would have been stretching coincidence too far. Odd that we don't recommend the Choix Supreme to newbies more often

I agree, everyone recommends HdM Epi's, whereas I think the Le Hoyo range is much better. I think we all recommend what is in fashion without thinking about it. Taste is a very personal thing but I don't think the choix Supreme is or a number of other older less popular cigars are in favour at the moment.

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[PeeJay]

I agree, everyone recommends HdM Epi's, whereas I think the Le Hoyo range is much better. I think we all recommend what is in fashion without thinking about it. Taste is a very personal thing but I don't think the choix Supreme is or a number of other older less popular cigars are in favour at the moment.

Spot on Jerry, the Saint Luis Rey Regio was popular at the time as I recall but rarely mentioned nowadays

[sheppsea]

When recommending cigars to someone new to them I try not to do it based on cigars I like, I try to recommend a size most brands have so people can get a good idea on the brands and branch out from there, which is why I think starting with petit coronas is a good idea

[SHAMZ84]

I've never had one in the UK Shop but when over in Singapore i had one Cohiba Siglo iii but that was before i started taking it up as a hobby.

[PH45]

It was a Montecristo Edmundo in Cgars Chester