Cuban snus to USA question

[holnrew]

I might just get some of this, because I can. And you can't :P

[RobME]

I might just get some of this, because I can. And you can't :P

I know you didn't direct this at me but living in the USA, it seems we can, we just have to work a bit harder for it. Other than that, your sentiment is really :twisted: nice!

[Wholesome]

Just got my can of MC los from Northerner today. No problems whatsoever. Wow, what a classy tin!

[Mr. Unloadingzone]

Ill stand by my case that cuban tobacco is no different than any other.
You do not pay for the quality of tobacco when it comes to cuban.... you are simply paying for a name.
I could grow pot in Cali, Georgia, Amsterdam, Canada and so on. As long as its the same seed in each location itll be the same quality.
Different strains offer different tastes but when it comes to cuban you are paying for a name. Nothing more.

Actually, you are paying for one more thing: location. When Castro took over, a lot of the tobacco companies grabbed their seeds and ran to Jamaica and Honduras to start again. Same seeds. But different mineral content in the soil, different weather; maybe different magnetic fields for all I know, but tobacco grown from identical seeds in Cuba and in the before mentioned countries will taste different.

Same thing with wine: French grape cuttings have been tried all over the world, but only certain areas like California or Australia can the wines themselves come up to the same standards. You can't discount the environmental factor when it comes to tobacco or wine. I'll bet if you used the identical pot seeds and grew them in Cali, Georgia, Amsterdam, Canada or where ever, there would be difference, either in taste or THC (assuming you grew them outdoors). Not that anyone really grows pot for the taste (so I've heard.....). :lol:

[holnrew]

I might just get some of this, because I can. And you can't :P

I know you didn't direct this at me but living in the USA, it seems we can, we just have to work a bit harder for it. Other than that, your sentiment is really :twisted: nice!

:P

Actually I'll be interested to hear your thoughts on it, the tin does look enticing.

[MrGrov]

Just for the record, did you know it is virtually impossible to buy Gotlandssnus here in mainland Sweden? Gotland is a swedish island and ironically enough the snus is only sold there. :wink:

[chainsnuser]

Just for the record, did you know it is virtually impossible to buy Gotlandssnus here in mainland Sweden? Gotland is a swedish island and ironically enough the snus is only sold there. :wink:

Is there an embargo against Gotland? :wink:

Cheers!

[Kerprodo]

Nice, led me to research Gotlands history, culture, geography, etc. Sounds and looks like a great place!

[auggie]

I just put in an order for one tin each of

Montecristo Loose
Montecristo Portion
R&J Portion
R&J Mini White Portion

at snusworldwide.com. This will be being shipped to Houston, TX.

Thanks for listing the website!!!

[RobME]

@auggie; YW. I hope you like 'em. Please post your experience of the vendor & the snus.

I ordered portions only, two cans of each. The order was placed & confirmed on the 16th, shipped on Friday the 18th, and I just received them today, Tuesday. Their just getting chilled and I'm stoked! I'll post my impressions later on.

Rob

[Grim]

LMAO!!!

Im glad you all assume im a f***ing idiot.

The fact is you are paying premium price for cuban snus made in sweden simply because its cuban. Thats all.

Its pointless to pay 5 or more bucks for only 35 grams of snus simply because its cuban.

Now personally if thats what you want to do, by all means do it. I will gladly pay 50 bucks for 100 grams of kardus if they bring it back this season.

Hell ive dropped 300 bucks for a bottle of scotch.

I ve had cuban cigars and was not impressed. I was impressed however by the fact it burned soooo slow. But nothing special.

bottom line : You pay high price only because of the name. Thats how it is with most products. 2 dollars for snus and 3 bucks for a name. Plain and simple.

[lxskllr]

Montecristo lös is pretty special. I don't know that it's worth what they charge to use as a full time snus, but it's definitely worth it for occasional use. No other snus has that flavor, and at $5 per 35g, snus is still a bargain. Cigarettes are are about $5 for 20g+/-, and that's gone in half a day. I can live with Montecristo's prices.

[RobME]

LMAO!!!

Im glad you all assume im a f***ing idiot.

I'll exempt myself from that. If you go back and re-read what I wrote you (did you ever read it the first time?), I cut you a lot of slack and gave you respect, as did everyone else.

The fact is you are paying premium price for cuban snus made in sweden simply because its cuban. Thats all.

That's not a fact, that's your opinion. There's a difference you know. Fact is all premium products command a premium price. Your suggesting Cuban tobacco isn't a premium product; isn't worth it, Is your opinion.

Its pointless to pay 5 or more bucks for only 35 grams of snus simply because its cuban.

It's like saying all scotch's are the same. (No, I won't run with this example)... All tobacco's are not the same and some of us are willing to pay a premium to have them. If you can't discern the difference, or it's not important to you then, well... no one's twisting your arm.

Hell ive dropped 300 bucks for a bottle of scotch.

I wonder what it was. Are you sure you didn't just buy into a name?

I ve had cuban cigars and was not impressed. I was impressed however by the fact it burned soooo slow. But nothing special.

Like anything else, some are excellent and some are not. Some'll take your head off. Maybe you just haven't had enough experience with a variety of Cuban brands.

bottom line : You pay high price only because of the name. Thats how it is with most products. 2 dollars for snus and 3 bucks for a name. Plain and simple.

Your bottom line, and your opinion only. There's certainly enough people here who've gently posted (you) food for thought. The FACT is that Cuban tobacco is distinctive. It has it's own character & quality unlike any other tobacco in the world. If you're unappreciative of this (fact) or are unwilling to reconsider that maybe there's something to all this, then I gotta tell ya, it's fine by me.

You're a hard-head and that's OK too. Sometimes being that way is even a good quality; but not always. In this case you really should think twice about pushing off your opinion as fact. As I said before, "I do respect your opinion, for you (not for me), even if I might not share it.

The only real fact I got out of your post here is that in no other post did anyone made any assumptions about you. You just assumed they did.

Lastly, I'll add, that I started this thread because of my own enthusiasm, and to share what came out of it with others. I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything.

Rob,

PS - I'll be posting my opinion on the MC & RyJ soon. I had them both and ...

[chainsnuser]

Grim, do you have political reasons to run down Cuban tobacco?

If so, then I only can tell you, that IMHO the actual Cuban regime, run by some communist freaks (yeah, I mean it) sadly gives the vast majority of the Cuban people a higher life-standard than they ever could expect, if US-American money would rule the country with a pseudo-democratic president, who is on the payroll of a US-banana-company or in this case more appropriate: a US-tobacco-company. Just look at Cuba's neighbour-countries.

Cuban tobacco is indeed special. Not that everybody has to like it, but if I ever smoke again then preferably a Cuban cigar. RobME has already said everything that has to be said about respecting other people's taste. I, for example, have no problem, if you pay 300 bucks for a bottle of scotch.

Cuban snus is another topic, but its absolutely good enough to spend 5 bucks for a can.

Cheers!

[---Nicotinic Acid---]

Calrification:

Am I to understand that only Northerner will send Montecristo los, but NOT Montecristo portions or either of the Romeo Y Julieta?

Buysnus won't send any cuban snus to USA?