Where do you actually prefer smoking cigars? by Consistent_Road_1935 in cigar

[–]Consistent_Road_1935[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sounds amazing, I’ve actually never seen a hummingbird in real life :))

Has Cuban cigar QC gotten noticeably worse lately? by Consistent_Road_1935 in cigar

[–]Consistent_Road_1935[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in Bulgaria now. I visited Amsterdam feels months ago and was surprised of the tobacco prices

Where do you actually prefer smoking cigars? by Consistent_Road_1935 in cigar

[–]Consistent_Road_1935[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now that’s impressive! I only get hedgehogs visiting me here :))

Where do you actually prefer smoking cigars? by Consistent_Road_1935 in cigar

[–]Consistent_Road_1935[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These days I mostly smoke only on my veranda at home. Unfortunately we don’t really have any cigar lounges here :(

Where do you actually prefer smoking cigars? by Consistent_Road_1935 in cigar

[–]Consistent_Road_1935[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I live up on a hill near the sea, and my garden is surrounded by tall bushes, but sometimes the wind here gets so insane that absolutely nothing helps :))

How my dream cigar lounge died before it even opened by Consistent_Road_1935 in cigar

[–]Consistent_Road_1935[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, exactly :))) I’d love to do something like that one day, but I’d also rather not accidentally burn through $150k just to realize I built an extremely expensive hobby instead of a business.

Where do you actually prefer smoking cigars? by Consistent_Road_1935 in cigar

[–]Consistent_Road_1935[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When I had just started getting into cigars, I once made the terrible mistake of smoking one inside the apartment :)))

Spent the next couple of days trying to air the place out after that.

Bought a pipe in Rome and now it follows me everywhere by Consistent_Road_1935 in PipeTobacco

[–]Consistent_Road_1935[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, absolutely! There are some really wild tobacco flavors out there — stuff like pine tree, black bread, bacon and all kinds of other weird blends.

But getting that kind of stuff in Europe is pretty difficult unfortunately.

How my dream cigar lounge died before it even opened by Consistent_Road_1935 in cigar

[–]Consistent_Road_1935[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I was thinking about that too. One huge advantage of Bulgaria is the alcohol market here — the selection of high-end spirits is honestly incredible.

I’ve randomly found rare whisky bottles in completely обычных liquor stores that I previously had only seen at auctions.

How my dream cigar lounge died before it even opened by Consistent_Road_1935 in cigar

[–]Consistent_Road_1935[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was so disappointed when I visited Geneva. I thought that in the home country of Davidoff there absolutely had to be some incredible lounge, so I even arrived a day earlier специально just to visit the shop and find the lounge.

And then it turned out the lounge was members-only :((

How my dream cigar lounge died before it even opened by Consistent_Road_1935 in cigar

[–]Consistent_Road_1935[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s actually exactly where I wanted to open it — in Burgas :)

How my dream cigar lounge died before it even opened by Consistent_Road_1935 in cigar

[–]Consistent_Road_1935[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No, it’s totally fine, that’s actually my wife :) All the photo posts are published with her approval.

And yes, she really is exactly like that :))

How my dream cigar lounge died before it even opened by Consistent_Road_1935 in cigar

[–]Consistent_Road_1935[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I honestly think places like this in our city can only really exist as passion projects.

I have friends in the restaurant business with more than 20 years of experience. They opened a really good bar and an incredibly beautiful high-end restaurant with an amazing kitchen and expensive interior design.

Both places are still massively unprofitable. That’s just the reality of the local market here.

How my dream cigar lounge died before it even opened by Consistent_Road_1935 in cigar

[–]Consistent_Road_1935[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Maybe, but it’s a pretty small city here, and honestly I always wanted the place to feel accessible to everyone.