What's a good Tubo to give as xmas gifts?

[cuppajack]

I would like to give a few of my friends a Cuban when we get together for out annual Christmas party, but I'm not sure what to give.

I need 5, and would like them to be tubos in case my friends (who are only occasional smokers) don't get a chance to smoke them for a couple of weeks or a month. The tricky part is my friends range in preference and experience from smoking only very occasionally (when I toss sticks there way) and preferring mild bodied smokes, to a more regular smoker who likes the fuller, more complex smokes.

Anything that would be a "magic bullet" for everyone?

 

[tkoepp]

I have a hook-up for some little cubans



































But I think they are too big to fit in a Glass tube..

 

[Newfie]

May I suggest RyJ Coronas?

 

[Ginseng]

H. Upmann Coronas Majors. Partagas Deluxe.

A few months is pushing it though, even for unopened tubos.

Wilkey

 

[grateful1]

H. Upmann Coronas Majors.

:thumbs:

 

[xRanger]

Cohiba Sig VI A/T's. :thumbs:

 

[rob300c]

H.Upmann Corona Major
RyJ anything in a/t

Good luck!

-Rob

 

[cuppajack]

I totally forgot about the H. Upmann marque. It's been a long time since I've seen these... But that's a great suggestion!

Thanks everyone who chimed in.

 

[drew_goring]

How about a Cohiba Siglo II T/A.

Might be a little less intimidating to a non-cigar smoker as opposed to a Siglo IV.

 

[Wurm]

Montecristo Tubos A/T

Here is a review I did a while back...

 

[Mike33]

I would personally go with the Sig II's......not too powerful but kinda pricey IMO. Another one to look at, even though I haven't tried the tubed version, is the RyJ Short Churchill. Some think these need some age, but to me, they are pretty damn good right now.

 

[Smoking Mex]

One of my first ISOM was a RyJ Churchill tubo given to me as a gift from a friend who went to study in Spain for a couple years. He gave them to me in a tube for that very reason he was not sure I had a humi or if I would smoke it right away.

 

[Wurm]

A tube IS NOT a humidity device.

Leave it in a normal room for more than a few weeks... you will have a dryed out crappy cigar to smoke.

 

[centurycigar]

Punch Churchill is always a nice cigar

 

[Sunward]

I have 3 tubos i am handing out"

Cohiba Sig II (a bit pricey agreed).
RyJ #3 (nice and mild for non regular smokers)
H.Uppman Coronas major (Solid cgar easy to find with age)

:thumbs:

 

[armedak]

Pretty hard to beat the Upmann corona major on price, availability, and decent flavor.