We arrived at Cuban Crafters, a large cigar store/warehouse/lounge/restaurant, to discover that a table was laid out ready to serve us lunch. Miguel Freire, the store's manager, was joining us for lunch.
But before we ate, there would be wine and cigars. Most of us had red wine, except for Ade and Kevin. At each end of the table was a small box with robusto cigars, the Medina 1959, a Cuban Crafters brand, and then a second small box with Cuban Crafters cutters and Macanudo 1968 duo-flame torch lighters.
The Medina robusto was a very nice cigar. While we smoked and drank, we talked about the insanity of the current anti-smoking climate. Miguel aka Mike told jokes. Everyone was in a good mood, I mean a really good mood. We felt like we could've stayed at that table just smoking and talking the rest of the day. But we were getting hungry. The lunch fare was simple but hearty. Some people had Cuban wraps. I had chorizo with french bread and pickles.
It was time for our tour. Did we really have to move? Well, once we got going it would probably get easier. We walked through their humidor room, and picked out some cigars to purchase. Then we followed Mike as he led us upstairs a couple of flights to where their cigars were stored. Then we walked through their shipping and internet and phone orders departments.
Finally, it was back downstairs to finish up and make our purchases. Only to discover that the four cigars I had picked out were free. What? More free cigars? Wow, I could get used to that.
Oh and btw, we were really late for meeting Maria and the Camacho folks. We were supposed to meet them at 4, and now it was gonna be more like 7 by the time we reached the restaurant. Well, that didn't bother us much. We were having a good time.
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