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Gents, Today a client gave me some cigars that he said were very "special" but I'm not a cigar guy; I maybe smoke one or two a year. It's a three pack of Arturo Fuente Opus X cigars in what appears to be a tin case. Are these awesome, worth keeping? TS | ||
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Caribou gorn |
Opus X are, indeed, premium cigars. Typically they are around $30 each and they go up from there depending on the particulars. I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log. | |||
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Irksome Whirling Dervish |
Does the pope wear a pointy white hat? | |||
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Don't know anything about these, but Cigars International rates them as "Strong." As a low-volume cigar smoker myself, I'd wait for a special opportunity to try them out. -------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18 | |||
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Drug Dealer |
Nope, they're awful. Send them to me and I'll dispose of them properly -- by incinerating them one at a time.  When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. - George Bernard Shaw | |||
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Opus after 2007 are no longer on the strong side, remember the days when these things use to put down plenty of people. At best I would say they are about a medium-bodied cigar. They are still on the rarer side though, since they are release only 3 times a year to a very select group of retailers. MSRP is about $12-$18 a stick, depending on size. If you don't have a humidor, be wise to swing by a cigar shop and pick up a boveda cigar bag to put them in... | |||
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| Blinded by the Sun  |
If you do not have a cigar cutter you can buy a cheap one from a store or take a very sharp pocket knife and cut a "v" about a 1/8 to 1/4 inch deep across 1/2 the foot. Enjoy it with glass of red wine, bourbon, scotch, or beer. If you aren't going to smoke them then give them to someone who will enjoy them. They are to good to allow to go to waste. ------------------------------ Smart is not something you are but something you get. Chi Chi, get the yayo | |||
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You have a very good client. The Fuente Fuente Opus X (FFOX) line are indeed rarer due to its limited releases. They are aged tobacco and often command premium prices. You have what’s called a “tin”...I just enjoyed a tin of robustos last night at the cigar lounge’s weekly poker night. My local B&M sells those tins for about $55. It’s definitely full-bodied with medium to full strength...lots of creamy leather notes. For an occasionally smoker I recommend placing them in an airtight container with a 69% Boveda pack. It’ll keep them fresh for not a whole lot of investment. | |||
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My dog crosses the line |
Great cigars. They will dry out in a short period of time if not stored properly. Go ahead and fire them up. Enjoy. | |||
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| Thank you Very little  |
Nice cigars, fire one up this evening with a glass of scotch (single malt) or Bourbon and enjoy. Properly stored you can keep them for quite a while if you don't, just fire them up and enjoy, well one at a time | |||
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quarter MOA visionary |
Yeah, you could do worse than Opus X.  | |||
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Get Off My Lawn |
Very good cigars. As Jeff stated, don't just throw them into a kitchen drawer and forget about them. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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Cigar Nerd |
I feel they are overpriced and overrated, that doesn't mean they are a bad smoke. They are actually quite good with some resting/aging time. I second the suggestion of going to a shop and buying a bag with a xikar or boveda humidity pack. In about a year they will be a great smoke. There will be whores, tits and sex. | |||
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| You're going to feel a little pressure... |
Since the OP has gotten a few good answers to his question, allow me to ask our experts a different one: If someone gifted you a Cuban cigar, are you allowed to fly with it or will TSA declare it contraband? Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | |||
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| My dog crosses the line |
Bruce, once it’s here they don't care. | |||
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| My dog crosses the line |
The TSA doesn’t care. Customs cares. | |||
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| Blinded by the Sun |
When I use to fly all the time, I'd take the bands off just so some TSA goober didn't get his panties in a wad. ------------------------------ Smart is not something you are but something you get. Chi Chi, get the yayo | |||
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| You're going to feel a little pressure... |
Sounds like a smart move. Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | |||
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