Havannas nicht besser
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Carlos A. Toraño ist der Chef von Toraño Cigars. In einem Interview mit dem Magazin Smoke gibt sich Toraño selbstbewusst. Grosse Nicaragua-, Domingo- oder Honduras-Zigarren bräuchten den Vergleich mit Havannas nicht zu scheuen:
I don’t think Cuban cigars will in any way have the market in the United States that they do in the rest of the world. One reason Cuban cigars have dominated outside of the United States has to do with distribution monopolies. For example, for years the only cigars you could get in Spain were Cuban cigars.
Cuba makes good cigars. With an 80% market-share outside the United States, they can’t all be junk. I just don’t think they are better than the cigars that we make or that other companies make. Today, I would put any great Nicaraguan or Dominican or Honduran cigar up against any Cuban cigar in a true blind taste test.
