The Cuban Cigar
This article examines some of the tantalizing affects of the Cuban Mystique and how stories of how your fellow Rochester Americans have participated in some illegal smuggling of the white collar type.
After waiting patiently for only 4 minutes in total silence the conductor finally choose to grace us with his presence. There seems to be a ritual where the audience claps every time this Penguin in his bowtie and tails waddles on and off the stage.
There have been countless ways to describe the smooth roll of warm smoke over the tongue and few real experiences match the descriptions except maybe a true Cuban Habanito. The climate, soil and wind all affect the tobacco leaf in their own distinct ways, and the hand manufactured tradition of rolling cigars has been passed down to new generations for at least two centuries on the now Communist island.
This combination of perfect climate and superb hand rolling skills is how the Cuban Cigar gained it's devoted following.
This great product achieved rock star status in the United States only after 1962, when President Kennedy signed the trade embargo with Cuba as a result of the Cuban Missile crisis he first called his press secretary, Pierre Salinger into his office and told him to find one thousand H. Upmann Petit Coronas immediately.
Salinger left his office and returned the next day with 1200 of the best he could find. The President upon receiving the good news gripped a quill and scratched his John Hancock on the trade embargo with Castro and Cuba. President Kennedy then continued to enjoy Cuban cigars well past the Embargo and began the elitist mystique that surrounds the Cuban cigar.
One of the things that has made the Cuban such a desirable luxury item is how or in what way it can be obtained. There is no better question on the golf course than to casually ask your foursome "Hey guys, could someone hold my Cuban?" The glimmer and aw from your friends will increase at least 2 fold.
To associate yourself with a banned illegally imported product and to match it with a casual game of golf can be a huge ego booster to any man. Take our advice and try it, you may find your golf game and your nose shoots up in the air, while your tongue enjoys the taste of a mediocre cigar that has the mystique of elitist America.
-IAN
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