Alex
I like habanos too, and had the chance to meet one of the oldest "torcedor" from the island. We smoked many churchills and montecristo, and he even "torcio" some habanos for me. Pure art, the man started smoking at the age of 11 and ended his last days at the end on 87, 5 years ago, we drank rum the summer before he died, and smoked like crazy for 2 days.
I regret i couldnt learn the technique, nor i will never have access to the plants to produce the finest habanos.
He just loved churchills, according to him, theres nothing better in the world, and his hands produced many back in the days he was active.
He loved to hear me talking about my country´s history, and i loved to hear about his country's history, while smoking and drinking, next to my swimming pool and doing a bbq.
I remember he also told me he was sad that new "torcedores" werent putting the effort the old ones used to, and regreted the quality of the modern day habanos.
As he told me once "Its not just about finding the correct plant, but also rolling part of cuba's history inside them, and remember the days of the romanticism and revolution while smoking one".
