Contraband

For reasons that I fail to fully comprehend, the United States continues to impose trade embargoes against Cuba, making the procurement of Cuban cigars not only very difficult, but criminal as well. However, I have a friend who frequently travels to Europe for business, and he was willing to smuggle a couple back for me.

The contraband, as he likes to refer to them, were quite delicious. I was the happy recipient of a Cohiba and of this, the Partagas No. 2. With a wonderful draw and good ash, they were a treat to smoke.