Dutch Cigars

I lived in Beijing for a period of time and a friend of mine was the distributor of Dutch Cigars selling them to all major outlets such as supermarkets, tobacconists, bars , clubs and other various outlets. My friend used to leave a collection of Dutch Cigars in a Spanish Cedar wood cabinet behind my two favourite bars and nightclub continually refilling the box so that it was never empty. He never used to charge me for them either which is truly amazing although for some reason I have always been blessed with such good friends due to my reciprocal generosity!

It was only on my first visit to Indonesia that I realised that the bulk of the Cigar tobacco leaf is supplied to Holland by Indonesia as there are many quality tobacco plantations. I do not sleep for long periods of time only needing a couple of hours sleep a day to satisfy my body rest requirements and I do my grocery shopping between 12pm and 6am and I have found a great 24 hour supermarket that has a group of restaurants, bars, cafes and a little tobacconist that sells a huge selection of Indonesian Cigars and cigarettes.

I was amazed to find some incredible Coronas and other smaller cigars on offer that were really good quality. I found a Cigar called Macho in the Lanceros, Panatella style made famous by Fidel Castro and later Clint Eastward in the Spaghetti Westerns and this Cigar was a really good quality Cigar and so unbelievably well priced. The Macho has a typical clove essence used in many of the famous Indonesian cigarettes as there is a dried clove placed within the box; the Macho also has a mild sweet flavour that I found very pleasant and similar to the Macanudo range of Cigars. although the Dutch cigars are not in the same range as Cuban cigars they are a very nice alternative sometimes and particularly when Cubans are not readily available for purchase!

Holland have a great cigar history and brand names that I grew up with in England; every Christmas watching the men and relatives of the family smoking, Henry Wintermans, Willem and Manakin cigars....