Cigars any advice?

[UVvis]

I have a friend that likes cigars. He is always looking for good ones here and there. I was wondering if anyone has a brand or two of nicer cigars they like, and a place where I could order him some for his upcoming birthday (1.5 months out)?

My knowledge of cigars is that they are made of tobacco, come in a variety of sizes, and are wrapped in tobacco leaves. Yep, that's it.

Thanks in advance.

[David Thomas]

I no longer smoke cigars, but
these Natural Cigar Offerings from Drew Estate are my favorite (in order of preference):
1. Dirt
2. Root
3. Clean Robusto

The Acid brand, also from Drew Estate, has a Cigar called "Kuba Kuba" that is very good, but far from traditional.

For a traditional cigar you can't go wrong with anything from CAO, I prefer the cameroon.

[graffex]

+1 for CAO

I really like the CAO Brazilia it's one of my favorites. It's a very full bodied cigar. The CAO Cameroon is very nice also, it's alot "lighter" than the Brazilia. You really can't go wrong with anything in the CAO line you just got to pick based on how heavy you like the taste.

Like David said Acid's are very good as well but they're quite different than most cigars. They have a very earthy/spicy flavor to them as there made from various herbs. I like to enjoy them every once in a while just for something different. They have a very, almost overpowering aromatic smell.

Arturo Fuente, Cohiba, Romeo y Julieta, basically any name brand cigar is good you just go to figure out how strong of a flavor you or the person your getting it for likes.

[waterdog]

Upmann is a nice, very smooth smoke. And they're decent on price .... $ 5.00 to $ 6.00 range for a Vintage Cameroon which is great~ IMHO

[johnson601]

what about some good ol' Swisher Sweets...

[graffex]

what about some good ol' Swisher Sweets...

Haha

Can't forget about Backwoods, Gold & mild, and of course Philly blunts

[scubie02]

i'm kind of partial to 5 Vegas, but you could always go to one of the sites like

http://www.cigarsinternational.com/

or

www.thompsoncigar.com

and order one of the samplers for him--maybe he'd discover a new favorite. Gives him a chance to try something new perhaps with no risk.

[f.2]

For Dominican, I like Davidoff

[VA_Dinger]

Wait till Cohiba notices this thread.

[-Wes-]

That's who popped into my head too. He had that "Cigars for Dummies" thread on Grant's old site. I wonder if he saved it by any chance.