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Affordable Cuban Cigars in Lebanon, Jose L. Piedra Jose L. Piedra Petit Cazadores with Lebanese Mezza.

Have a Cigar: Jose L. Piedra Petit Cazadores

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Name: Jose L. Piedra Petit Cazadores

Country: Cuba

Shape: Parejo

Size: (4 1/8 inches x 43)

Strength: Medium

Small, inexpensive, and unpretentious. This is a cigar that pairs well with arak and Lebanese mezza.

The Jose L. Piedra Petit Cazadores is a medium-bodied cigar that burns gently and, for its size, produces a generous amount of smoke.

Overall, I’d say it’s a good second cigar. It’s neither complex nor big enough to be the star of the night. But it’s good enough to be the stick that you light before the end of the night.

Flor de Oliva Original Churchill and a Xikar cutter and lighter

Have a Cigar: Flor de Oliva Original Churchill

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Name: Flor de Oliva Original Churchill

Country: Nicaragua

Shape: Parejo

Size: Churchill (7 inches x 50)

Strength: Medium

I’ve tried the Flor de Oliva before, but it was the Toro vitola. This one was a Churchill. Its size was bigger; therefore, I liked it better.

The Flor de Oliva Original Churchill is a medium-bodied cigar. It has a good draw, and it burns evenly. Its smoke rises like a coquettish belly dancer and quickly disappears. Every draw is a bouquet of Nicaraguan notes. It is an easy cigar to smoke, not too complex. Overall, there’s nothing to complain about.

I paired it with arak and smoked it while enjoying delicious Lebanese mezza.

From all of the Oliva cigars that I have tried so far, I still think the best is the Oliva Serie V Melanio Figurado. But I would gladly smoke another Flor de Oliva again.

Smoking an LFD Colorado Oscuro at Fidel Lebanon

Have a Cigar: La Flor Dominicana (LFD) Colorado Oscuro No. 5

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Name: La Flor Dominicana Colorado Oscuro No. 5

Country: Dominican Republic

Shape: Parejo

Size: (5 3/4 inches x 60)

Strength: Full

Cigars give you the chance to turn long-lost friends into friends again. Old friends become new friends. And this happened to me more than once. It is almost unbelievable.

The other day, I sat down with someone who used to be my classmate. “How long has it been?” I asked. “It’s been more than a decade.” Can you believe it?

We sank in the leather armchairs of the cigar lounge and smoked cigars.

Who are you now?
Do you remember who we used to be?
Who are you planning to be?

One of the best things smoking cigars ever gave me is time with long-lost friends.