Cuban cigars with Family

I guess you can say that smoking Cuban cigars was simply my destiny. I mean I grew up in a family of third generation Cuban cigar smokers. Their not many of us. Plus the ones that are, they are not into Cuban cigars. After all, it is a pleasure that is reserved for only the selected few. Yes thanks to my bloodline, it wasn’t long that when I personally got started into smoking Cuban cigars, I was hooked just like the rest of my family. I guess you can say that smoking Cuban cigars is part of our heritage.

So you are probably thinking how I got into Cuban cigar smoking or at least when did I have my first one? To tell you the truth, I actually don’t remember which was my exact Cuban cigar but one thing is for sure, it was at a fairly young age. We had our first Cuban cigar smoking session at around the age of twelve. Yes some might think that is fairly young age but you must understand, that Cuban cigar smoking is not really smoking.

What caught my attention was the aromas and the smell that filled the room when thy lit those cigars up. It was almost quite heavenly and appealing to me. Of course watching my grandpa and dad have a great time together added to the whole scene of enjoyment. It was nice to see how smoking Cuban cigars brought peace and happiness to all the boys in my family. It was almost magical and very peaceful to watch.

However, Cuban cigar smoking wasn’t something I observed just between my dad and grandpa. It was something that all the boys did in our family including a few occasional puffs by the women every now and than. Every Tuesday’s and Thursdays Uncle Johnny and Sean will drop by with their family and kids and they would run off to the living room with glasses of Scotch. Soon they would be all siting around in wooden chairs with some light music playing in the background going on and and about their days.

I remember each of them had their own favorite brand. If they shared the brand, they definitely liked a different model more than the other. Like Uncle Eric and Uncle Sam loved the Cohiba brand, but they both had a different model that they favored. Uncle Eric liked the Cohiba Siglo 6 while Uncle Same loved the Cohiba Robusto. It’s amazing how none of the family members agreed on one particular brand model.