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casManG · 07-31-2009, 05:10 AM

Hey guys, I was looking around at different sites and I was wondering if anyone has tried any of the Cigars International House Blends? The seem to be linked with the different real brands, like they are just branded with the CI label. In the catalog they have their CI Legends (by drew estate), and they have a sampler of their different CI label cigars. Also, Cigar.com seems to have their own House Blends.

Anyway, just trying to see if they are comparable?

N99 · 07-31-2009, 07:11 AM

The Cigar.com house blends are mixed fill "sandwich" cigars. (at least the Brazilian maduro are)

The CI "legends" are good cigars (the ones I have tried are anyway) and I dig the Camacho, Rocky, Pepin and La Aurora the most. I do not know if they are mixed or long fill, although I would hope they are long fill.

Edit to add that Cigar.com and CI seem to be the same entity with different storefronts.

hockeymaniac · 07-31-2009, 08:44 AM

The CI Legends are long fill and good cigars. Well, I didn't like the Drew Estate one. The Comacho, La Aurora, Rocky, and Perdomo are all good. Also check with Famous Smoke. They have many house brands which mostly seem to be made by Nestor Plasencia. The few I've had have been good. I tried the Cigar. com house blends and they didn't do anything for me. But that's just me, you might enjoy them. The games afoot.

mannish · 07-31-2009, 03:34 PM

i have only tried the pepin CI legend and I prefer a smaller ring size, not something I would order again.

mugzy · 08-01-2009, 07:42 AM

I sometimes find a good cigar trying different house blends. The problem is when you return to get more frequently they will be different.

Briandg · 08-01-2009, 08:56 AM

House blends that are cheap are a crap shoot. Lowest bidder sometimes, and not always a lot of effort expended on perfection. Nestor, as mentioned, does many, as does natsa. Matasa does a buttload of private labels for Fink's cigars. Every maker makes Fumas, cheap and off label, as well as some seconds lines, and private labels. That is an essential part of business, keeping people busy, using a constant flow of labor and materials, and adding volume to sales, when the flagship brands cycle up and down in demand. You can't buy a thousand bales of tobacco and find nothing but perfect leaves,you have to do something with the rest of it, and you can't run a business without buying thousands of bales.

I tip my hat to the JR ultimate. A terribly good cigar, but not cheap, and very rarely discounted.

Consuegras from JR are a fine price, as seconds, and in general, still well constructed and a good smoke.

The JR alternate is a cheaper bundled smoke at around $1.50 each, and certain numbers are said to be very good. Most of them that I have had have been fine, well constructed, and far better than many other cigars of that same price point.

matalo · 08-01-2009, 04:55 PM

While not a house blend, per se, and not to rock the boat, too much, I offer you the cigar, when aged, tastes just like a fine ISOM.....Consuegra!

jpags · 08-01-2009, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by N99

The Cigar.com house blends are mixed fill "sandwich" cigars. (at least the Brazilian maduro are)

The CI "legends" are good cigars (the ones I have tried are anyway) and I dig the Camacho, Rocky, Pepin and La Aurora the most. I do not know if they are mixed or long fill, although I would hope they are long fill.

Edit to add that Cigar.com and CI seem to be the same entity with different storefronts.

They may be the same, but their prices aren't, Cigar.com charges $49.95 for a bundle of Flor De Oliva Robusto. At CI, it's $32.95.

Mad Dawg · 08-01-2009, 06:04 PM

IMO, the best "house blend" I've tried yet - by a wide margin - is Old Henry. The line is blended exclusively for Holt's by Don Pepin Garcia, and while they're certainly not cheap, they are consistently excellent.

They're even better when they go on special.

Smokestack Jack · 08-01-2009, 06:25 PM

I'll put my money on theHonduran Bundles in Connecticut wrapper from Famous.

07-31-2009, 05:10 AM	#1
casManG Starting Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 19	CI or other house blends good? Hey guys, I was looking around at different sites and I was wondering if anyone has tried any of the Cigars International House Blends? The seem to be linked with the different real brands, like they are just branded with the CI label. In the catalog they have their CI Legends (by drew estate), and they have a sampler of their different CI label cigars. Also, Cigar.com seems to have their own House Blends. Anyway, just trying to see if they are comparable? __________________ Sweet cigar deals http://www.amazingcigarbargains.com

07-31-2009, 07:11 AM	#2
N99 Herf Meister Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: WA State, north of Portland,OR Posts: 6,049	The Cigar.com house blends are mixed fill "sandwich" cigars. (at least the Brazilian maduro are) The CI "legends" are good cigars (the ones I have tried are anyway) and I dig the Camacho, Rocky, Pepin and La Aurora the most. I do not know if they are mixed or long fill, although I would hope they are long fill. Edit to add that Cigar.com and CI seem to be the same entity with different storefronts. __________________ Ave Imperator, Te Morituri Salutamus! THINK, GADDAMIT! gone bad (fff)

07-31-2009, 08:44 AM	#3
hockeymaniac Herf Meister Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hutto, Texas Posts: 6,674	The CI Legends are long fill and good cigars. Well, I didn't like the Drew Estate one. The Comacho, La Aurora, Rocky, and Perdomo are all good. Also check with Famous Smoke. They have many house brands which mostly seem to be made by Nestor Plasencia. The few I've had have been good. I tried the Cigar. com house blends and they didn't do anything for me. But that's just me, you might enjoy them. The games afoot. __________________ Member Full Flavored Federation Such a long long time to be gone and a short time to be here "No, I'm not a pessimist. At some point the world shits on everybody. Pretending it ain't shit makes you an idiot, not an optimist."

07-31-2009, 03:34 PM	#4
mannish Herf God Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Springville, AL USA Posts: 15,792	i have only tried the pepin CI legend and I prefer a smaller ring size, not something I would order again. __________________ “We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are.”

08-01-2009, 07:42 AM	#5
mugzy Starting Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 11	I sometimes find a good cigar trying different house blends. The problem is when you return to get more frequently they will be different. __________________ http://acecigarmart.com

08-01-2009, 08:56 AM	#6
Briandg CW Squirrel Wrangler Herf God Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: southwest Missouri Posts: 35,518	House blends that are cheap are a crap shoot. Lowest bidder sometimes, and not always a lot of effort expended on perfection. Nestor, as mentioned, does many, as does natsa. Matasa does a buttload of private labels for Fink's cigars. Every maker makes Fumas, cheap and off label, as well as some seconds lines, and private labels. That is an essential part of business, keeping people busy, using a constant flow of labor and materials, and adding volume to sales, when the flagship brands cycle up and down in demand. You can't buy a thousand bales of tobacco and find nothing but perfect leaves,you have to do something with the rest of it, and you can't run a business without buying thousands of bales. I tip my hat to the JR ultimate. A terribly good cigar, but not cheap, and very rarely discounted. Consuegras from JR are a fine price, as seconds, and in general, still well constructed and a good smoke. The JR alternate is a cheaper bundled smoke at around $1.50 each, and certain numbers are said to be very good. Most of them that I have had have been fine, well constructed, and far better than many other cigars of that same price point.

08-01-2009, 04:55 PM	#7
matalo Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Huntsville, TX Posts: 966	While not a house blend, per se, and not to rock the boat, too much, I offer you the cigar, when aged, tastes just like a fine ISOM.....Consuegra! __________________ Thank you, matalo

08-01-2009, 06:04 PM	#9
Mad Dawg Administrator Herf Dog Herf God Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Republic of Texas Posts: 34,199	IMO, the best "house blend" I've tried yet - by a wide margin - is Old Henry. The line is blended exclusively for Holt's by Don Pepin Garcia, and while they're certainly not cheap, they are consistently excellent. They're even better when they go on special. __________________ Gone, But Never Forgotten. ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ That which does not kill me....has made a grave tactical error.

08-01-2009, 06:25 PM	#10
Smokestack Jack Herf God Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Warsaw, Mo. 65355 Posts: 13,366	I'll put my money on theHonduran Bundles in Connecticut wrapper from Famous. __________________ *SSJ... Herfin' in the Heartland* I can't help it, I have an excuse. What was that excuse again?

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