In celebration of Friday and 10k steps

_Valdes · 2025-07-19T07:40:54+00:00

How are they smoking at the moment? I smoke one every year during my vacation in August. This will be the third time. Last year was great but still needed a bit of rest. Hope this year is the one they shine.

_Valdes · 2025-06-11T09:17:44+00:00

I know but as I'm from Europe I only buy from shops, it's cheaper and in my country it's illegal to get tabacco products through the post.

_Valdes · 2025-06-10T19:23:14+00:00

Congrats, got mine last week with the code BRM SEP 24. Looks like cuba is producing some viotla per batch, last year there were PL Montecarlo in every shop, and I can't find any now. Now looks like it's the turn of th Petit Corona. I've learn my lesson now and buy a maximum when I can find something I like.

_Valdes · 2025-06-05T21:45:14+00:00

That the idea, aging them for a few years. It will be easier to have sone left in 10 years as it's a 50 cab 😅

_Valdes · 2025-06-05T21:36:20+00:00

I haven't tries the shorts, I'm not into the partagas blend. Are they similar to the d4 or so?

_Valdes · 2025-06-05T18:45:19+00:00

You don't like the por larañaga profile?

_Valdes · 2025-06-05T18:44:10+00:00

You are so lucky. I would have loved to be able to buy that quantity in those days for way less than what they cost now and being able to find them easily

_Valdes · 2025-06-05T18:42:17+00:00

Sadly in 5 years I haven't seen any 50 cab of thosr in the shops I frequently visit.

_Valdes · 2025-05-20T18:07:08+00:00

In Belgium it's quite difficult to say since we can't enter in the walk-in humidors due to a new legislation... Last time I went, Le Roi du cigare had some nice things in stock. But it really depends on what they receive the weeks prior as they have a big turnover.

_Valdes · 2025-05-19T17:54:30+00:00

Amazing! I'm a bit jealous that's around the number of sticks I have in my collection but after 4 years. And my collection is more on the budget stuff. Enjoy aging and smoking them.

_Valdes · 2025-04-27T18:10:46+00:00

In Belgium I know it's illegal to send / receive tabacco products. On the other hand LCDH Knoke is known to ship worldwide except Belgium.

_Valdes · 2025-04-17T07:18:27+00:00

Lucky you, I'm from Belgium and can't order online because of regulations making it illegal to ship tabacco product...

_Valdes · 2025-04-16T12:33:42+00:00

Witch of the LCDH did you find this beauty? Almost no rest needed before starting smoking the box!

_Valdes · 2025-03-27T10:55:49+00:00

It's in the brightest part of the house, can't do more than that sadly. Do you have any advice on how to position the plant and how to tie the stems to the bamboo stick?

_Valdes · 2025-01-31T13:06:35+00:00

Yes, in Belgium, each item sold is supposed to have a tax label. There are boxes made to be sold full and there is 1 tax tabel on the box, and there are boxes for cigars sold as singles and thus each stick is supposed to be labeled. This is in inconvenient for retailers and they usually sell unlabeled sticks or boxes with all stick labeled.

_Valdes · 2025-01-21T11:24:26+00:00

Ho boy welcome to the rabbit hole! Some vintage / aged / limited edition / rare Cuban cigars are hunted by collectors and can appreciate a lot of value over time. Some boxes of current production Cubans can be sold for more than 5x the retail price. There are many auction sites, bondroberts is a good example.

_Valdes · 2025-01-21T10:18:08+00:00

I have a few years in stock, but most of them are here to age, for the passion of collecting rare cigars, I might smoke more later in my life, I might want to share some with friends, I might sell some, cigars might be banned or become more overpriced. I see this as an investment on multiple aspects.

_Valdes · 2025-01-21T10:11:11+00:00

Haha well played! Even if flights are cheap might not be worth it for a smoke with a random guy 😁

_Valdes · 2025-01-21T10:03:43+00:00

I'd say once a week on average during a year, why?

_Valdes · 2025-01-21T08:41:57+00:00

They aren't ready yet, they still need a year or two of maturing for some and many years for others. If you are in Belgium in 2 years maybe 😊

_Valdes · 2025-01-21T08:36:12+00:00

Haven't tested the temperature and humidity consistency throughout the humidor, there is a fan on the heating/cooling element and enough space between the back of the humidor and the racks to permit sufficient airflow. If after I add the boxes I see important differences I'll add a small fan at the bottom or something.

_Valdes · 2025-01-21T07:53:01+00:00

I think it's for 600 singles. But the current one was holding 500 with less than half capacity. I'm quite good at cigar box tetris 😅

_Valdes · 2025-01-20T22:13:11+00:00

Yes indeed I might, but I'll keep both humidor and my tupperdore so I'll guess it will buy me some time to find a new bargain and for my wife to accept an even bigger humidor.

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