Culebra ???

[brainvictim]

Hey everyone, I have just received a Drew Estates Medusa, which is a culebra cigar. My question is how would you go about smoking such a cigar? Do you untangle it and smoke individually, or do you go all out and try to smoke it as one piece. I am leaning towards untangle and then smoke, but still I must ask just to see if anyone has experience with such a cigar. Thanks in advance guys.

[cvm4]

Smoke each cigar individually :thumbsup:

[tobby4]

No experience but i would say untangle and smoke individually

[brainvictim]

Thats what I was figuring.

Has anyone tried smoking it all in one piece? That would be a good story, I think.

[pdonlin]

If I got one of them I would probably smoke them all as one piece, should get some looks.

[derek]

I was always curious on how to smoke one of those, but i would probally un tangle it.

[Halon]

I bought one with two of my friends and we smoked it together (untangled it, of course). Was one of the Drew Estate Medusas. It was a cool experience overall.


TYLER

[MichiganM]

Thanks for sharing the experience Tyler.

[tripp]

I always wondered this as well.

thanks for bringing it up.

[robusto_ps]

Yeah do them all at once, Three is nothing compared to those guys smoking 25 at time.

[Poni]

Here's something I found -

The unusual physical appearance of this cigar is really
like no other. A Culebra is a 3-in-1 twisted cigar made with freshly rolled
panatelas that are five to seven inches long. Immediately after rolling,
the still-supple cigars are twisted into braids of three which are tied
together at each end to set the culebra's peculiar shape. (In Cuba, after
completion, culebras are usually packaged in tin foil instead of a box.)
Culebras can be smoked two ways: all at once (if you dare!) or separated
and smoked one at a time. These crazy-looking cigars actually originated
in the 19th century cigar factories to keep workers from stealing cigars.
One culebra cigar was given to each employee who would usually unbind it
to smoke separately throughout the day. By doing this the owners would
know which employees were smoking their allotment and which were smoking
the profits. Likewise, if you're going to smoke one of these, you should
unbraid the cigars and smoke them one at a time. On the other hand, it
might be more fun to take one strand and share the remaining two with
some friends.

I think i also remeber something in MRN about them aging differently, but i could be way off.

[CWS]

Here's something I found -

The unusual physical appearance of this cigar is really
like no other. A Culebra is a 3-in-1 twisted cigar made with freshly rolled
panatelas that are five to seven inches long. Immediately after rolling,
the still-supple cigars are twisted into braids of three which are tied
together at each end to set the culebra's peculiar shape. (In Cuba, after
completion, culebras are usually packaged in tin foil instead of a box.)
Culebras can be smoked two ways: all at once (if you dare!) or separated
and smoked one at a time. These crazy-looking cigars actually originated
in the 19th century cigar factories to keep workers from stealing cigars.
One culebra cigar was given to each employee who would usually unbind it
to smoke separately throughout the day. By doing this the owners would
know which employees were smoking their allotment and which were smoking
the profits. Likewise, if you're going to smoke one of these, you should
unbraid the cigars and smoke them one at a time. On the other hand, it
might be more fun to take one strand and share the remaining two with
some friends.

I think i also remeber something in MRN about them aging differently, but i could be way off.

Very cool information!:thumbsup:

[Headbanger]

IF I were to get my hands on them, I would HAVE to try all three together. I thought Partagas still has these in production?

[caudio51]

I always wanted to try one of these. Bit hard to come across though...

[cvm4]

IF I were to get my hands on them, I would HAVE to try all three together. I thought Partagas still has these in production?

They are still on the production list but just haven't been made due to machine difficulties.

[caudio51]

Ah, they are machine made....

[cvm4]

They should be all handmade for '06 production, IIRC.

[Headbanger]

We don't need no stinking machines (spoken in thick bad Spanglish accent).

[tripp]

That is some very good information.

[DocLogic77]

I'm with Pd on this one. Smoke that bad boy tangled in a very public place. It's best to do this in a die hard sports bar. While smoking it cheer for the opposing team at the top of your lungs. Good times. :headroll: