Free Cuba Review

[dccraft]

Great Review!! Thanks for the warning on this one.

[SR Mike]

Originally Posted by hk3

Probably about what it tasted like

As he said in the review, "with hints of crab grass and dandelion"

[kasper13]

I accidently won a 5er on cbid for $3. I bid on them as a joke, guess I will have to hand them out to people who don’t know better and hope they get distracted by the band and don’t notice how they taste

[Coz77]

Originally Posted by bobarian

Steve, Another great review! I am so glad I was not there to experience the aroma as you smoked that rocket. We will see how that baby compares to the Angry Elf that Papajohn sent me yesterday. Maybe you should smoke the whole thing instead of doing a PPP!

Nice Job Steve I love these kind of reviews....Way to take one for the team.

@ Bobarian... I look forward to your Angry Elf review

[rizzle]

Originally Posted by kasper13

I accidently won a 5er on cbid for $3. I bid on them as a joke, guess I will have to hand them out to people who don’t know better and hope they get distracted by the band and don’t notice how they taste

I too won a 5'er for $3. You've got to smoke at least two before you throw the rest away. The first will be just as Ratters described. The second to confirm that, yes, they are actually that bad.

No more dollar smokes for me, I've learned my lesson. But I do love looking at that label and laughing when I flip through my journal.

Great review Ratters!!

[Ratters]

Originally Posted by rizzle

I too won a 5'er for $3. You've got to smoke at least two before you throw the rest away. The first will be just as Ratters described. The second to confirm that, yes, they are actually that bad.

No more dollar smokes for me, I've learned my lesson. But I do love looking at that label and laughing when I flip through my journal.

Great review Ratters!!

Oh man, I don't know how someone could smoke this twice. I wasn't joking about the gagging, I really almost threw up.

I purposely didn't mention the label to see if people would notice.

Thanks for the props everyone, last week I wondering what to do with these smokes I was gifted and thought some dog rocket reviews would be fun. But I wasn't expecting this. Guess I learned my lesson.

[jjirons69]

Oooo...I got one of these in my lottery winnings. Not saying who, but it wasn't Richard, even though he seems to love giving them out for discussion value. I might try to slide it to my brother-in-law. He's a good sport!

Awesome review, Ratters!

[boxer757]

Great review, I was literally laughing out loud over here. I'll be sure to never smoke one of these.

[KickU2Sleep]

I don't think that's fare to judge the whole brand on just one cigar..I think to really get the true taste of the cigar you should smoke the entire bundle. I mean come on, it's got Cuba in the name. I thought that always meant it was a premium smoke..j/k...As a smoker of many dollar sticks, I can only hope for more reviews like this one, so I know what not to buy in bundles...Hey maybe one day when my pallette has improved enough to taste more then smoke, I'll review my favorite dollar sticks.....Great review by the way.

[BengalMan]

Sorry you had to go through all that, lol.

Next time do yourself a favor and spend the extra 70 cents on a Flor De Oliva

Seriously though, that was hysterical, thanks for the review.

[SixPackSunday]

thanks for the review.

i also called a friend who does screen printing and am now having a shirt made that says 'FREE CUBA' on it. i dont know why, but i like the idea of that shirt.

[Codename47]

I remember when I thought about buying these. Shipping form USA would have cost more than cigars

[ProBe]

Great review thankx.

[docruger]

Originally Posted by Ratters

Cigar: Free Cuba
Wrapper: Connecticut shade (Dominican?)
Binder: Dominican
Filler: Dominican long filler
Vitola: Toro
Price: $1 if bought by the bundle. They actually make you take two bundles. Bastards.

Setting: Sun room, about 85 degrees out, 2pm, drinking a diet Sunkist that's about to be replaced with a root beer.



Pre-light. Well, the cigar is definitely shade grown, but with definite veins that are dark and give it a "vericose vein" appearance, and a wrap that you can see and is verging on loose. The cigar is firm and springy to the touch, well, if you find down pillows to be firm and springy. The foot give the appearance of a cigar that is going to draw VERY well. The cigar has a sweet smell to the wrapper, reminicent of my Backwoods days. I was going to smell the foot but didn't want to risk tabacco bits up the nostrils.



First third: The cigar clipped easily and I was rewarded with some tobacco confetti from the head. I felt so special. The cigar lit up easily with the Ronson, a lighter befitting the grand stature of this smoke. The promise of a free draw dutifly fulfilled, I was rewarded with a copious amount of smoke rich in the taste of.... well, bland tobacco. Not even the sweetness was present. Dry hay with some dry grass and hints of Sahara cause all I'm getting is DRY. It's like the cigar sucked all the moisture out of my mouth. The cigar ash is a nice light gray, maintaining it's integrity up to a full 1/4 inch. The loose draw does allow for a large amount of smoke to taste. I don't think I ever wished for a plugged cigar before.



Second third: The blessing of a loose draw is that the cigar is burning rather quickly. I must say the burn is even, if a tad wavy. The body has definitely moved up into the mild range. Though I must admit that it is producing a lot of smoke. Thin, dry, smoke. The hay and grass flavors remain, with hints of crab grass and dandelion entering the picture. But you do get some nice bitterness in there too. Did I mention it was dry. As a bonus, each puff is rewarded with a fireworks display of ash off the end. Thoughtful of them to add the extra entertainment. The ash is holding to almost the 1/2 inch mark now, well, whats left after the fireworks.



Final third: As I enter the final third I thought I was going to pull a Jerry. Seriously. But I kept it together. The body is moving into the medium range actually. Wish it woulda stayed mild. The dryness is lessening but I think it's because my salivary glands have gone into overdrive. The finish is sharp and unpleasant. It leaves a burning feeling in the back of your throat and roof of your mouth. OK, I just dry heaved twice at about the label and I think I'm gonna give up the ghost on this one. I was hoping to bring it to the nub, but can't. Wow, how do people smoke these things.



Final thoughts: Well, I thought this was gonna be a fun review of a relatively tasteless and mild cigar. Wow, was I wrong. How do people smoke this shit? It seriously was as bad as the Backwoods. Man, I wish my friend woulda given me a corona. I gotta ask him if he actually smokes this thing of if he was just messing with me. The blessing is that it does burn quickly. It normally takes me about two hours to get through a toro, I was down to the label on this in 45 minutes. I think I need to smoke a El Duque to get bad taste out of my mouth. If you actually spent the time to read the review do the opposite of what I'm about to write. If not they get what's coming to them. ;D BTW, the staff who did the reviews for this on CI should be shot.

Liked it: Loved it, go out and get one if you can.
Buy again: Sure, they're a steal.
Reccommend: To all my friends.

I think that maybe before you write a review like this maybe you could make sure where ever you get the cigars from that the humidor is doing what it should, because that picture looks to me like the stick is pretty dry.I bought a 2 fer bundle deal of torpedo's and not only did they look good they were firm had a good even burn held a 1 1/2 inch ash and had a fairly good mild taste to them.

[karmaz00]

very nice.thanks for the post