After opening a couple of boxes of Cohiba Siglo IV I noticed how the same cigar coming from two different factories and packaged in the same month can have such a difference in wrapper color. From light blond to dark chocolate but both have their own beauty and I am glad to be able to [...]
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After two devastating storms hitting Cuban cigar industry one after another and destroying 3,414 barns where the harvested tobacco was being cured and damaging another 1,590 when they ripped through the western province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba needs 5 million dollars to repair the damage and the news is out that the cigar supply [...]
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Ike was one of worse hurricanes Cuban cigar industry has seen in many years. Report say hurricane Ike destroyed a substantial amount of Cohiba cigar-wrapper crop and there are predications that prices will increase due to temporary shortage of these prime cigar-wrappers. It is very unfortunate that Cohiba was affected since they had the best [...]
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Have you heard of Mr. Stinky? He really exists. The maker of famous Stinky Ashtrays.
Stinky introduced these ashtrays a few years back and since then it has become the top favorite ashtray for serious cigar smokers around the world. They come in two sizes and the bigger size is called the Herf Edition which fits [...]
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This picture was taken at BMW Toronto as a promotion for Toronto Life magazine which gave us an entry into the random draw of having our picture in the next Toronto Life issue.
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Yesterday while smoking a cigar on the third floor with my buddy I had a couple of extra cigars, a Cohiba Robusto and a Bolivar Royal Corona in a Xikar 5 cigar case. I had the case on the stair case rail with my lighter and while turning back I hit the cigar case and [...]
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It’s very interesting how many fake Cuban cigars you can find with a simple search on Toronto’s Craig’s List. What is more interesting is that as per sellers all of them are purchased from “reputable sources” such as people on the beach or on the street. What they ask for a box of Cuban cigar [...]
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After reading good reviews about some of the long filler Mini Cigars, I decided to go ahead and get a few boxes to try them out. They go around $10 each.
After receiving them today I was surprised to see their flawless construction, packaging and quality specially the box pressed Ashton Esquire Maduro, yes, you heard [...]
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Just received a box of 10 Cuaba Salomones (57 x 7 1/4). Yes its a 57 ring!!! I’m hoping to try these after they age a bit even thought the box code is OEB OCT 06.
Very nice looking perfecto as you can see from the close up.
They are some of the nicest perfectos made and [...]
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Cigar Reviews:
There are 2 sites I like to use to find out what peoples opinion of a specific cigar is or where I can post my opinion. cigar-reviews.org is great for cuban information and cuban reviews. The other is top25cigars.com which is great for non-cubans and much more information. Cigar Aficionado has reviews but only [...]
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