Posted by Mike Field on January 22, 2009 at 11:21:31 user mikefield.
In Reply to: Re: Note on Dutch cigars (was: Smoking in S&A books) posted by Owen Roberts on January 07, 2009 at 16:14:06:
On the other hand, my ambition for years was to smoke a real Romeo y Julietta. But when I did I was actually quite disappointed with it. I later found an unknown Jamaican brand (whose name I no longer remember) that was a far nicer smoke.
The Dutch made (and still make) pdg cigars for the same reason that their speculaas are the best-ever spice biscuits -- because they had the Indies trade for so long.