Machine made Cuban cigars

I've been smoking a lot of machine made (and some machine rolled-hand finished) cigars lately. Most examples have had similar taste profiles to their hand made brothers. They are a lot cheaper, and are usually ready to smoke right away. They do not seem like they will benefit from any serious aging. One drawback is the fact that they are usually short filler cigars, so you might have to pick some tobacco out of your teeth.

If you crave that Cuban taste, but not the Cuban expense, these cigars might be the wayto go for a nice afternoon smoke. I've tried some examples from Romeo y Julietta, Rafael Gonzales, Partagas, and Quintero. All were decent smokes, but I enjoyed the Rafael Gonzales the most, which is not suprising since the Lonsdale of the same brand is one of my favorite smokes.