Fake Cohiba Genios

[68TriShield]

Well putting aside the whole range of arguments why fakes are bad (not least for the cuban govt), it would still be interesting to know what the fakes were like to smoke. Did you try any?

Sure, they would be nothing like a genuine cohiba, but assuming that they were 'good' fakes (not full of short fill and assorted rubbish etc) then they could still be good smokes for the money. I've tried cuban fakes in the past that were so cheap that they undercut the cheapest non-cuban cigars available but tasted a damn sight better than them (although no where near as good as what they were supposed to be of course), so sometimes even with fakes you can get value for money if you know what I mean...

plus one here.
I've smoked some pretty tasty fugazi from the island itself.
30 a box as I recall.

[eggopp]

Fake or not id smoke the bleeders lmao... i smoke anything haha

[macker89]

Hmm...got me thinking now, fella's. Maybe I shoulda bid ?20 for a box or something, just to try em.

[seanbeer]

We should be glad that the quality of the fake boxes are so bad, otherwise, we have real problem !

[akreissl]

Does anyone have a version of the 'my friend/family visited Cuba....' story and the sticks were real?

Yeah, I do, my cousin went and bought some sticks from the factory, got me a Punch Churchill.

[monkey66]

Yeah, I do, my cousin went and bought some sticks from the factory, got me a Punch Churchill.

Factory visit is a bit different to the scenario I was suggesting.

[bopmachine]

I have no idea why but I would actually like a box of the fake glass top cohibas. Not the cigars themselves, just the box. I'm thinking it would be a nice shadowbox art project.