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Ignoring the odd Hamlet or the very occasional festive cigar, was there a certain occasion/event or a particular cigar, or indeed a combination of both, that set you off on the journey to cigar enlightenment - If you like a eureka moment?
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Calgary 2007, first time I saw a cigar lounge in my life, it was like your typical high class American lounges that were all probably know, but for a 22 year old me at the time, it's still one of my most memorable experiences -
RyJ Churchill at a mates wedding, first time I'd had something decent when not absolutely steaming to properly enjoy it and it just took off from thereComment
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Like most of us when were teens I think I tried 2 cogars before that when I was drunk lol After Canada I didn't really pick the hobby up for another year when I worked near John Hollingsworth in brum and I had the advice/range to really startOriginally posted by Dorsetman View PostComment
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Cigargaua amsterdam. I bought my first 'proper' cigars. smoked a few whilst in amsterdam, then went to belgium. I remember sitting outside jerrys in the square with a beer and a smoke and by the time i was travelling home i had ordered a humidor and sampler from cgars. Thats was the start of the slippery slope.
that was 2018 and i have been back to amsterdam three times since, and i have to go to cigaragua
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A wedding in 2018, the groomsmen had a box of CoRo they shared between a few more of the guests.
Didn’t smoke again until summer 2019, enjoyed a D4 on the rooftop of The Ned in London at one of their summer parties. I thought it would be nice to have one once or twice a month in the nicer weather in the garden. Started looking Cubans up online, found this place and it’s all been downhill since 😂.
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Unbanded cabs of cuban loveliness in Harrods (JJ Fox) walk in humidor in the mi-nineties...
Walked in (I worked at Harrods)... smelt the smells... got to know the staff. was taught how to select and what good was/wasnt and then started collecting and enjoying fine cubans.
First up was a HdM Epi2 or a SLR Regios.. time has eroded which... was always Cabinet Selection...
Man o man I did some damage on my store card..."Dear heart, you're talking to a man- a real man- who drinks straight Tequilla, with lime and salt on the rim, and smokes cigars" (J Zavala)Comment
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I was working in the Middle East for a short time, in which a few jaunts over to Bahrain saw me picking up some very overpriced cigars from the bars/hotels on nights out (~£40 for a RyJ Churchill I remember, but in keeping with the drinks prices there I suppose). Smoking out on a nice terrace or indoors in the air conditioning were very enjoyable experiences, albeit usually fairly clouded memories...
I ended up with one left over which I brought back home, started researching storage, bought a humidor, found out it NEEDED to be more full... and with that came the CAD.
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Originally posted by kern47 View Post
Can I ask what is your personal version of CAD manifests itself? Are you an acquirer, a collector, a smoker or a combination?Comment
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I was in Bargain Books about 15 years ago and came upon this book that really piqued my interest. I read it cover to cover, over and over and eventually I bought a "small smokes" Cuban sampler from Mitch at £47 delivered for 8 of them... Bargain!
Of course, I needed a humidor to store them in...and a lighter...and a Davidoff cutter...and a thermo-hygrometer....etc, etc 🤣
I 'd given up smoking cigarettes about 20 years ago and my wife was worried cigars would lead me back to the ciggies (it didn't)....
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That's a good question actually... I suppose I started as just a smoker, just keeping enough to have a weekly cigar at the weekend, as I was using them as a way of quitting smoking cigarettes. I started acquiring properly after I bought my first box, ending up in an endless cycle of buying one more box, then needing the extra storage, then needing to fill that remaining storage, so on and so forthOriginally posted by Dorsetman View Post
I've got around 600 now, about a 50/50 split of Cuban boxes I'm aging, and new worlds/singles. I have never considered myself a collector, I bought all the cigars with the intention of smoking them. However, now it's coming to the time to start breaking into some of these boxes, I am getting a little hesitant 😂
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Very good question. I bought everything i felt i needed to until i had a smoke for every occasion, every mood, and had tried the marcas amd vitolas that intrigued me. I amassed 1000+ ( which is unbeleivably small fry in the scheme of things) and i smoke slowly and infrequently so have started to simplify my collection a little. So i think that makes me a blend.... but the cash from cigar collection sales has all been spent on vintage port in bond! So that hoarding at its finest!Originally posted by Dorsetman View Post"Dear heart, you're talking to a man- a real man- who drinks straight Tequilla, with lime and salt on the rim, and smokes cigars" (J Zavala)Comment
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i class myself as a smoker (only 1-2 a week) but buy more overall than i smoke in a year. Only been at it for a short time really but i have been starting to smoke what i bought the previous year, hoping that will get longer and longer, as i build my stock i have more to go at at more to lay down.
or thats the plan!Comment
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