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We have all experienced it. You light up a cigar, settle in, and find the experience underwhelming. Perhaps it is harsh, one-dimensional, or simply bland. Then, a week later, you try a different stick and the difference is night and day. It is smooth, complex, and rich, offering distinct notes of cocoa, cedar, or spice […]
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With most cigars, this means cutting away part of the cap on the head that closes the cigar, while leaving some of it glued around the end to keep the filler leaves together.
A properly lit cigar is important because it means all the components (wrapper, binder and filler) will be evenly lit, thus imparting the flavors of the blend as the maker intended them to be experienced.
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Our owners, Ivon & Javier, had the amazing opportunity to visit Tabacos de Costa Rica, one of the largest vertically integrated cigar company!
We hope you enjoy our list and smoke your way through it. We’ll be on our social media channels after 4 PM to break down the top 5 and celebrate the #1 cigar of 2024.
Box Pressed cigars have grown in popularity over the years and Aganorsa makes a fair share of them: our Aniversario series; Validation Corojo, Maduro, and Connecticut; and many of the Supreme Leaf vitolas are all box pressed. Box pressing involves putting the cigars into a press after they are rolled to create a square rather […]
The day we’ve all been waiting for and in our case, smoking towards, is finally here. Weeks and weeks of tasting and re-tasting have resulted in these five outstanding smokes which we are proud to proclaim as the Top 5 Cigars of 2023. Congratulations to everyone involved in producing the 25 cigars that make up […]
One is the intended result of aging in stellar conditions, and the other is…well, mold. The differences between the appearances of plume or mold on your cigar may be hard to discern, but knowing the signs of each can save you from a bad smoking experience.
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