ISO Papo cigars

[Johnny-O!]

Oh, he's real. I only asked you tell us who he is. But I dont think he rolls cigars. From what I understand he rents casa particulares and is a taxi driver for the area and somewhat of a hustler. Nothing wrong with that. But tell me of his credentials as a roller; he worked at Partagas 20 years, rolled for the king of Spain every summer, you know the neat details. John

[ChefBoyRG54]

hustlers?!?!?!?  In Cuba of all places?!?!?!?  nah, never would happen.

[mastershake72]

John, why is it that you so often bring a confrontational element to your discourse with other people? There were many ways in which you could've conveyed the point that you're trying to make and yet you elected to do so in a contentious manner. You've brought BZ energy to an ISO post. I feel that any response would best be placed elsewhere but for the sake of coalescence I'll leave it here:
1. I've met Papo once and I bought a bundle from him, I'm not his personal biographer.
2. I personally don't care about Papo's backstory because I can't smoke a backstory, it's all about the product. In this case, the product was solid and I'd strongly recommend it to folks visiting the island that take a farm day.
3. I have no vested interest in this topic, as my sales history doesn't feature any reselling of customs that I've purchased on the island.
4. You however, do have a vested interest in reselling customs. And it just so happens that 1 of your favorite pastimes is hating on other customs and custom resellers by questioning the integrity of the reseller and/or the quality of his product in order to pump your own wares.
5. I find it odd that you'd call in to question the provenance of cigars from somebody who actually sells in Cuba. You call your cigars "world famous" but you've been dodgy about the actual provenance of these for as long as I've been on this site. And I understand why considering that they don't look, smell or taste like any cigar I've ever had from the island. And that's because they look, smell and taste like Mexican San Andres cigars, which is exactly what they are.
6. Now I'll calmly sit back and wait for the standard stuff - for you cast aspersions and insults, Chef to reply with "TLDR" and your loyal army of fanbois/shills to chime in to defend you no matter how uncouth your words or how classless your actions are. And of course they'll have to remind everyone of how great latest JO offerings are, how they taste exactly like/even better than the real thing (and for a fraction of the price!) Then there is the obligatory comment to tell everyone to shut up and stop spreading the word because they have a purchase to make at the end of the week/month/next paycheck. Finally, there has to be at least one comment insulting the palate of the doubter, because after all "CaN yOu NoT tAsTe ThE dIfFeReNcE?"

[Johnny-O!]

I only asked that anyone with information on his rolling skills/experience please come forward and give that information. I have yet to find that this guy rolls his own cigars. I do not beleive his name is Papo Robaina. Not saying there is anything wrong with the cigars. You see, its just that medio tiempo does not exist. So there is his 1st hyped lie, as he promoted his cigars at one time or another to have medio tiempo. His second lie is that Lanceros do not have ligero in them, only seco and volado. Lanceros are too thin to have ligero in them. If you did put ligero in a Lancero it would burn your throat raw. To give you a better example Siglo VI uses 1/2 leaf of ligero. So when Dallas says he's dissecting cigars with a man that knows nothing about rolling cigars and you say he puts high quality ligero in a cigar that doesnt use ligero its incompetence or BS. Medio tiempo is ligero, so there you have more BS. You can mis-direct all you want about my cigars but you're not helping anyone out here with your misinformation. John