Your First

[Heath]

Oh boy my first "cigar" was a blunt. But my first "real" cigar was either a macanudo or a CAO Brazilia. I think it was the macanudo.

 

[Lipher]

acid cold infusion tea

 

[Rupe]

My very first was a Backwoods back when I was in college. It was pretty much backwoods, swishers and the occasional Dutch Master back then. Through the 80's and 90's I would have an "It's a boy" or "It's a girl" as a celebration cigar every now and then but that was about it.

Then in 2003 I had the chance to have dinner with the president of DeWalt Tool while on a trip to Germany. After dinner he bought Cuban cigars for everyone in the group. I believe that I ended up with a Cohiba but I honestly can't remember for certain since I knew absolutely zero about brands at that time. All I know is that I finally discovered what a "real" cigar was and suddenly had a whole new appreciation for them.

 

[mdwest]

Garcia Y Vega.. I bought a 5 pack from Walgreens in the late 80s...

Then stepped up to the generic Honduran 20 mazo packs that Walgreens sold for about $12 in the early 90s...

By the time the "boom" hit in the 90's I had already graduated to "real" cigars... But it was mostly NC RyJs, Cohibas, Partagas, etc...all very common sticks.. And only an occasional smoker...

When the boom came.. I got turned on to Padron and Fuente pretty early on... And never looked back... (Although I still occasionally enjoy an NC RyJ, HdM, etc...)..


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[rev.b]

Montecristo #2 New York City a first for both.17 yrs ago and 3 cigars were $78.00 at some huge but very nice cigar lounge.................yeah ass raping I know lol but fantastic smoke all the same while sitting on a massive rock in central park beside the plaza watching the world go by and people watching....................HOOKED!!!

 

[drbell15]

My friend brought back a "cuban" from France when we were 16 and claimed it had some other stuff rolled into it. It was so dried out because he hid it in a shoebox from his parents. I liked it enough to bum a Hav-a-tampa off his neighbor's boyfriend a few months later.

 

[SDShark]

Mine was a Brick House. I don't remember which vitola, but it wasn't bad.

 

[UpInSmoke]

CAO Gold

 

[RacFocus]

Probably a wood tipped swisher sweet. Wouldn't touch them with a 10 ft pole now.

 

[maduromc]

I had my first cigar at 16. It was a Bering Imperial that I had stolen from my father. Definitely an interesting experience, but I'd waited until turning 18 to try another.

 

[Phaedron]

Mine was a "Cuban" I picked up at a grocery store in Akumal, Mexico when I was down there for my 40th birthday ten years ago. What the hell did I know? But it must have been good enough to make me want to come back for more...

 

[StocktonJohn]

Swisher Sweet. I think I was 15 or 16. First real cigar was an H Upmann Rothschild in about 1995 I think. Loved it. Down hill from there.....

There was a JDN stick I used to love back then... that was the one that got me to love cigars. Can't figure out now which one that was... anyone remember those old JDNs?

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[StogieNinja]

My first was a Arturo Fuente Double Chateau (I think. I know it was a Fuente with a light wrapper and a green band around the bottom of the label), given to me by a friend's dad when I was 16. Loved every second.

Lost my dinner about five minutes after I was done. Still thought it was worth it. Thats how I knew I was in love!

 

[Griz]

Same as a bunch of the others, some dang old drug store phillies and the occasional backwoods.... Looking back, YUCK.

 

[stukibuilt]

Another cheap walgreens/gas station blunt vote here. Probably a Garcia Vega or Swisher... My first hand rolled cigar was a Fuente when I was about 16-17... I don't remember the vitola and at the time I know I didn't care all that much... My buddy used to pocket them from a restaurant in town that had an unguarded and unlocked humidor; he would hand them out when we would have band practice or hang out... Ah, memories of a misspent youth... Ha ha.

 

[brandoncpm]

A couple Fuentes my wife brought back from a missions trip in the Dominican. Followed by a siglo iv on our honeymoon. That's the one that got me hooked

 

[ciggy]

Yep...Like a few on here I was 14 and took a "Backwood's" smoke from my grandfather and smoked it while fishing on a river bank. At that time I thought it was hot shit and so I smoked quite a few of those when I could get my hands on one. From there it was an occasional Swisher and then It was a RP Edge Light that got me hooked on the real deals. Of course now I don't consider that a premium cigar but it steered me in the right direction...The rest is history!

 

[YodisMatt]

Heavenly Vanilla.


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[DaBears]

my first was a Drew Estates ACID Kuba Kuba

 

[javajunkie]

first "cigar" was a swisher perfecto. or rather, six of them. it was my high school graduation party, i was fifteen, what did i know?

my first CIGAR? bolivar CE. exGF had family in canada, and her mom (god love her) brought me back this beautiful little robusto. i was 17, it was honestly wasted on me, but it was glorious. spun me, but it was glorious.

first cigar that "got" me? fuente hemmi signature. had been dabbling through a local's humidor, and one of their guys recommended this as one of the best. first cigar i found myself getting into taste, texture, aroma, actually smoking like a cigar, and thoroughly enjoying. and they still bring a smile to my face.