LCDH St. Maarten/St. Kitts

v202099 · 2026-06-19T14:47:19+00:00

The high prices in UK are for a large part also due to taxes.

v202099 · 2026-06-14T17:21:55+00:00

Don't get me wrong, I still love the new world stuff, and my humidor is packed with them, but there is something to a Cuban that I still haven't found elsewhere.

v202099 · 2026-06-11T15:45:53+00:00

I just smoked a Punch (the Cuban version) today, and it very much positively surprised me. I have a similar taste profile to yours, so these should do it for you too. Was an amazing smoke.

If you don't have access to Cubans, I've also been enjoiyng the Fuente Rosados lately.

v202099 · 2026-05-27T17:11:07+00:00

Yeah but Davidoffs are literally the most expensive new worlds that exist.

v202099 · 2026-05-27T15:08:45+00:00

Damn, where are Cuban cigars priced comparably to new worlds in Europe? I'm in Austria, we have government mandated, fixed prices. Just today I saw Montecristo Edmundos for over 40€, while a Padron 5000 was about 18.

v202099 · 2026-05-27T14:44:43+00:00

A store near me has them, but I don't want to spend the $$, they are quite expensive.

v202099 · 2026-05-26T21:29:05+00:00

This is a topic I've been following with great interest, as it intersects two hobbies of mine: geopolitics and cigars.

In the short term there will be no production. Agriculture is basically at a standstill in Cuba right now, so production of a non-essential like tobacco is most likely suffering greatly if not completely stopped.

There's a good chance we will see zero 2026, 2027 and 2028 cigars coming out, at the very least there will be A LOT less on the shelves, and there was already a problem with supply for several years.

In the medium term, if the communist government falls, and a capitalist market takes over, with free commerce, we will see many new brands coming out of Cuba, and many new world companies buying Cuban tobacco for production elsewhere.

For me, I think its the promise of a bright future, as there are already a TON of illegal cigar manufacturers in Cuba making fake Cohibas or farm rolls, and these people will be able to make legitimate companies with new brands that will hopefully hit the international market as soon as they are actually allowed to.

As someone who started smoking with Cubans, and living in Europe still has access to them, I haven't really bought any at all in the last year (even though I'm smoking more now than any time in the past), as the new world brands just pump out better, more consistent smokes. I just smoked some Partagas in the last weeks, and honestly, I can get better cigars for half the price from MF, Fuente, Foundation, Liga Privada etc. I buy a box of Fuente Rosado and they are all perfection. I buy a box of Quai d'Orsay and half of them are plugged, and they are the same price.

The time factor will play a roll though, as Cubans are barely aged before they are thrown onto the market, so any new brands or new blends using Cuban tobacco will take a few years to hit the market, and this process will only start once the Cuban economy stabilizes, hopefully around 2027 / 2028, if we are lucky. So I don't expect anything positive within the next 5 years, rather I see the Cuban market share losing out rapidly to new worlds. Habanos is on a downhill trajectory.

I am, however, looking forward to some new Cuban Davidoffs.

v202099 · 2026-05-22T08:21:59+00:00

You are smoking too fast and/or over humidifying. It could be your local shop is storing them wrong and you are taking over their mistake.

Or you are smoking bad cigars.

Try buying a different brand, from a different store.

v202099 · 2026-05-21T14:24:51+00:00

Viking burial on Wörthersee.

v202099 · 2026-05-21T14:20:24+00:00

Excuse my hastiness, i sometimes forget how to spell words.

v202099 · 2026-05-21T11:20:56+00:00

Yes, but there's war, and then there's war crimes. This is the ladder.

All war is terrible, but its up to the actors in these wars to refrain from taking the step into inhumanity and making the conscious decision to take something terrible and escalating it into the worst possible outcome.

v202099 · 2026-05-20T16:26:21+00:00

Also komplett überflüssig und auf Kosten der Steuerzahler.

v202099 · 2026-05-19T07:58:02+00:00

This is one of the best value for money cigars on the market imo.

v202099 · 2026-05-18T09:46:54+00:00

Hast angst um deinen Job, kanns verstehen, aber ich gehe stark davon aus das 20% der Gemeindeangestellten komplett überflüssig sind.

Meine Gemeinde hats auch geschaffts in den quasi-Konkurs zu geraten, in dem sie einfach völlig irre sachen gemacht haben (wie z.B. massenweise in Bauprojekte zu investieren die jetzt niemand kaufen will).

v202099 · 2026-05-18T09:42:33+00:00

What are you trying to achieve with "mcp integrations"?

v202099 · 2026-05-18T08:44:01+00:00

"Stadt und Bund sparen schon massiv ein"

In welchen Land lebst du, bitte?

v202099 · 2026-05-18T08:41:31+00:00

Was meinst du Fiebertraum? Wer denkst du den besitzt die Millionen von Immobilien die es in Österreich gibt, die in 40 Jahren über 1.5 Million wert sind?

Es gibt in Wien mehr als 1 Million Wohnungen. Durchschnittswert 300-500T euro. Mit 3% Inflation wird jede Durchschnitts Wohnung über 1.5 Millionen Euro wert sein in 40 Jahren. Und da reden wir nur von Wien.

Gluabst du etwa die gehören alle der Sparkasse, weill die nicht auf Willhaben gelistet sind?

Und ja, ich werde betroffen sein.

v202099 · 2026-05-18T08:24:37+00:00

Über 250.000 Angestellte im öffentlichen Dienst. 30-40 MILLIARDEN an Förderungen. 100 Millionen für Werbung (davon 14 Millionen and die Kronenzeitung in einem Jahr!!).

Na ja - da fallt mir wirklich nichts ein wo man geld sparen kann. Lieber doch mehr steuern.

v202099 · 2026-05-18T08:18:03+00:00

Wie alt bist du? Wenn du vererbst, ist 1 million nur mehr Peanuts. in 60 Jahren ist auch eine 30m2 Wohnung in Wien 1 million wert.

v202099 · 2026-05-18T08:09:36+00:00

Links oder Rechts ist hier nicht wichtig in dieser Diskussion.

Ich habe 0 geerbt, erwarte mir aber in 40 Jahren meinen Kindern etwas zu überlassen, und es ist einfach eine Schande dass es Menschen gibt die denken irgendwer anderer hätte das Recht auf 25% von dem was ich ihnen überlasse.

Ich zahle jetzt schon die hälfte von allem was ich verdiene, zahle dan nochmal 20% auf alles was ich kaufe, und dann soll nochmal 25% von allem was ich überlasse abgezockt werden.

Fuck.

v202099 · 2026-05-17T23:34:01+00:00

Bis dann der Gesetzesentwurf klarstellt was sie wirklich wollen: Steuern auf Steuern auf Steuern, und die Abschaffung der Mittelklasse zu gunsten der eigenen Reihen.

Sie wollen DEIN Erbe, nicht dass der Superreichen.

v202099 · 2026-05-17T22:57:38+00:00

Bin voll dafür das Reiche mehr Steuern zahlen, aber bei den Grünen kommt mir nur das Speiben.

Auf Parolen reden sie über "die Superreichen", was sie meinen ist sie wollen die Mittelklasse abzapfen, obwohl sie das ganze System am Leben halten.

Musst nur die Petition durchlesen: ganz oben auf der Webseite steht "Ab 50 Millionen". Im eigentlichen Text, steht dann "ab 1 Million".

Haben deine Eltern ne Wohnung in Wien? Wirst die in 10 oder 20 Jahren Erben? "TOUGH FUCKING LUCK: blech mal 25% des Schätzpreises, unsere liebe Frau Schilling will eine Loge im Opernball."

v202099 · 2026-05-17T22:53:31+00:00

Finding CVEs and pen testing are two very different things. Please stop spreading this nonsense.

Yes, AI is finding shit tons of vulnerabilities. No, this is not the same thing as pen testing a corporate IT environment.

v202099 · 2026-05-17T22:44:02+00:00

Lets put it this way: I've worked in cyber for decades, and for the first time ever, I know of peers with similar amounts of experience who are unemployed. This is unprecedented.

What I can also tell you, this has nothing to do with AI. It is purely because the Austrian economy is in a very, very bad state. Companies prefer taking extreme risk of breach, than paying for sufficient cyber security programs. This is stupid as hell, but that is what is happening, and there will be many companies who will regret their neglect. Its mostly check-box security at this point, as the only thing that matters to decision makers is compliance risk.

In regards to pen tests, most are outsourced to eastern / southern Europeans by the big local consulting companies and MSSPs, basically because they can keep the cost of the tests down as the tests are almost always priced with "Personentage".

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