The Brown Truck O' Happiness pulled away about four minutes ago after leaving me with these beauties. The pic is immediately before I remove the ribbon from the cigars and transfer them to my humidor. Now I buy these cigars primarily for the taste, but one could make a case for buying them based solely upon the aesthetics of the packaging. If one was a shallow sort of person, that is. I only wish there was a way to capture the incredibly spicy-sweet aroma that wafts out of the box when you open it... because that, too, is truly a remarkable pleasure in and of itself.
Buck,
ReplyDeleteWhat prey tell do you do with all those boxes? You storing pictures in them? Just wondering. I have a thing for wood boxes in fact I have real wood crates (military style) in my basement because they are the most utilitiarn of boxes one could own. They caught my fancy and I cant get rid of them.
Yeah I know, I am damaged goods!!
BT: Jimmy T sends.
I save 'em, Jimmy, and then I give 'em away. Last year I sent SN3 a large box full of 'em (along with assorted other goodies) for his birthday. Grandson Sean will be the beneficiary of at least five of the things once he arrives here in P-Ville next month. My father passed his cigar boxes down to me in the way-back and I do the same for my youngest son and my grandson. But my boxes are a whole helluva lot better than those sleazy old pasteboard Dutch Masters boxes I used to get from The Ol Man. :D
ReplyDeleteAhhhhhhh -- that aroma! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that those are some lovey cigars. I want a box too. What is it about wood boxes?
ReplyDeleteLovely :) and I love cigar boxes too.
ReplyDeleteI need to catch up on all your great posts. Been a busy week all round unfortunately
I love the smell of cured tobacco, though I usually don't like the smell of it burning.
ReplyDeleteMy offices in downtown Durham NC are in the shadow of the Liggett & Myers cigarette factories that were running at least into the 90s, but were already converting into apartments by the time I started working downtown. The sweet smell was at times overpowering. And sweet.
My one modest regret from last year's Cuba trip is that I didn't do anything tobacco-oriented.
Lou: I dunno just WHAT it is about wood boxes, but there's something...
ReplyDeleteAlison: I know you're busy with your guests... and: it's summer!
Phil: I'm thinking I'd like one of those L&M apartments! And you went to Cuba and didn't have at least a few cigars? Say it ain't so!
Like everyone else here, I love the smell of good cigars. I don't mind too much the smell of them being ruined by flame.
ReplyDeleteBut the smoking thing won't happen.
I would keep some on hand for others if I wasn't afraid of them going bad.
Enjoy your smokes!
I would keep some on hand for others if I wasn't afraid of them going bad.
ReplyDeleteCigars don't "go bad"... in fact they improve with age (like a lot of other things in life, including people). This assumes they're kept at proper humidity and free from bugs and mold. You don't need a fancy-shmancy humidor to protect them, either. Note the Tupperware-like box on the right in the photo, which serves as one of my two humidors. It works pretty well, too. But then again, cigars don't have a long shelf life in these parts.