Reviews
Date Added: Sunday 19 February, 2012
I agree the Minutos arn\'t very pleasant but the Cristales are a cheap starter Cuban cigar very mild and tasty never harsh or bitter and even burning ideal to practice cigar lighting and cutting even though these are also machine made and already cut, these are a very relaxing cigar for a good hour of smoking. When you are ready to move on to better things i highly recommend PUNCH cigars they are very high quality, well built, lovely taste which is not overpowering and a very pleasant cigar aroma, Hand Rolled in various sizes and prices, the cedar lined tubed Petit Coronations 4 5/8\" x 40 rg right up to THE ORIGINAL CHURCHILL size from c.gars.
Date Added: Friday 14 October, 2011
For the reviewer below please try one of these,they are virtually the cheapest Cuban cigar going but they are very mild already cut so you don't need a cutter and will last well over an hour they are a real chill out cigar you will feel so relaxed after smoking this. then if you get into smoking cigars may I suggest the Por Larranaga Petit Corona this is a beautiful hand rolled cigar mild and creamy but you will need a cutter or punch for this and i suggest you watch some internet videos on how to cut and light cigars anyway have a nice birthday, cigars are a very interesting subject to learn about so like everything else in life start at the bottom and work up.
Date Added: Sunday 02 October, 2011
Smoked another one of my Guantanamera Cristales on the decking of the Lewinnick Lodge pub Pentire Headland Newquay overlooking the Atlantic ocean and Fistral Beach, It was again sheer bliss easy draw, lovely mild to medium taste, no burning issues stayed lit to the end what more could you ask, marries well with a glass or two of sweet Madeira wine which adds to the taste, lovely cigar to chill out on a lovely Sunny day and one of the most popular cigars sold in the tobacconist in Newquay.
Date Added: Sunday 02 October, 2011
Smoked another one of my Guantanamera Cristales on the decking of the Lewinnick Lodge pub Pentire Headland Newquay overlooking the Atlantic ocean and Fistral Beach, It was again sheer bliss easy draw, lovely mild to medium taste, no burning issues stayed lit to the end what more could you ask, marries well with a glass or two of sweet Madeira wine which adds to the taste, lovely cigar to chill out on a lovely Sunny day.
Date Added: Monday 26 September, 2011
This is my husbands review
Well just smoked another one of my Guantanamera Cristales and amazingly it lasted 2 hours to 1 inch from the band never went out and was smooth tasting to the very end any uneven burning issues were dealt with by simply rotating the cigar so that the unburnt wrapper was at the top and serious issues by tilting the lit end down at 45 degrees and rotating the cigar so that the wrapper is at the top and just letting the cigar catch it's self up, don't use a lighter to do this or this will impair flavour, draw slowly like an hamster puffing it's cheeks up and about every 30 mins purge the the cigar of any unwanted tastes by slowly blowing through it so to sum up
A 2 hour smooth Cuban cigar for less than a fiver.
A cigar is for smoking not wrapper looking so don't pre-judge
Date Added: Saturday 24 September, 2011
Further in my quest to better the status of this lovely cigar My wife bought me a box of Guantanamera Cristales for my birthday this week I sat on our patio and lit one of these cigars at 2:30pm using the simple hold the flame near the end and rotate the cigar clockwise it lit strait away I used to use the toasting method but in my opinion this is a waste of time and butane the quicker the cigar is lit and burning even the better, the cigar burnt slowly with a good easy draw the taste is a lovely light to medium tobacco flavor, solid ash to over an inch it never went out in the hour and a half relaxing smoke letting die out gracefully at 4pm when it's cold simply put the butt back into the plastic tube and dispose of without odour in your bins
The true colours of this cigar is in the smoking not the looking and the stereotype attitude that all machine made cigars are rubbish is rubbish so a 5 7/8" Cuban cigar for less than a fiver, try one if you don't like not much loss but if you do like then start saving loads of money compared to £10, £12, £15 cigars
