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Quoted: +1 to tupperware & shot glass. 50-100 cigar humidor w/ a basic distilled water humidifier and a digital hygrometer if you want to keep them and start buying more cigars. This shouldn't set you back more than one or two hundred for a quality box & equipment.
Your Romeo Y Julietta's could be anything from crap to spectacular. They could be Cuban, Dominican or a crappy knock off. What's the box say the 'make & model' of the cigars are and what is the country of origin?
EDIT: I've got ONE cigar in my humidor and it isn't even mine! I'm just cycling this previously poor dried out stick for a friend of mine. Haven't had the cash to smoke good cigars for a while now.
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The wrapper is Gold & Red and says Habana under Romeo Y Julieta. The middle of the wrapper says Rodriguez Arguelles y C. I don't have a box.
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I remember there being an excellent article over at Cigar Aficinado with lots of comparative pictures showing several brands of famous Cuban & otherwise brands and comparative pix of the fakes that are out there. Frankly, though, Cohiba is probably the most faked. If your buddy didn't get them at a 7-11 or from some back lot dealer south of the border I'd just be inclined to think they're real.
Ofcourse I've smoked a few fakes that were actually alright and I've smoked some highly thought of/expensive cigars that I hated. /shrug
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Ah. Here is the
counterfeit gallery. Romeo y Julietta's are listed with genuine and fake examples.
EDIT2: Also on that site, if you measure the cigars length and can figure out their ring size (diameter) you might be able to see the CA rating on their Cigar Ratings section. It's pretty extensive. Really good site, good magazine too but I just wanted to know about cigars, not which car Tom Selleck is driving this year.