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J.C. Newman Cigar Co. Ships the American 250th Cigars
Tampa, Fla. – Today, J.C. Newman Cigar Co. began shipping cigars to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the United States. Two hundred and fifty premium cigar retailers will each receive a special set of 250 cigars handmade in America’s last large cigar factory. These limited-edition cigars and boxes bear the [...]
ProCigar Festival 2026 Expands Friday Night Auction
Every year in Santiago, the week builds toward one moment. Factory tours are done. The white shirts are pressed. The room fills with collectors who know that by the end of the night, someone is going home with a piece of cigar history. The Friday Night Auction at the ProCigar [...]
La Aurora Launches Anthony Muñoz 78 Cigar
It seems that every few years, a cigar brand partners with an athlete. Frankly, most of the time, it feels like a logo swap and a photo op. This one carries a little more weight. La Aurora is stepping onto the field with Pro Football Hall of Famer Anthony Muñoz, [...]
Editorials
Stop Waterboarding Your Cigars: The Humidity Mistake Many Smokers Make
I’m going to get a lot of hate mail for this, but a lot of cigar smokers purchase great cigars…then they drown them in humidity. A while back, I was in a cigar lounge when a customer asked the owner a simple question. What humidity should I keep my cigars [...]
Pairing Cigars
The L’Atelier Surrogates is just one example of a cigar that we’ve enjoyed on many occasions with some type of root beer. Any number of cigars from My Father, Tatuaje or L’Atelier, for example would be perfect options. It may not be the fanciest, but chances are your local [...]
The Perfect Cigar Lounge: What Cigar Smokers Actually Want
I don't think I'm unique. Every cigar smoker who walks into a new shop immediately starts judging the cigar lounge and sizing up its potential. We never stop looking for the perfect cigar lounge. The kind that says, "If I built a lounge, it would look like this." Then there [...]
Cigars Accessories
Hall of Fame Cigar Accessories Worth Buying
Since I decided to roast the worst accessories last week, I should remind everyone that good cigar gear actually exists in the wild. Now, before someone comes back and tells me they found the perfect lighter/cutter combo for $3 on Amazon, let me say this. I’m happy for you. That [...]
Battle of the Lighters: Torch vs. Soft Flame
Cigar smokers will debate about anything—wrappers, ring gauges, whether pineapple belongs on pizza, who will win the Super Bowl, best Batman, you name it. Aside from "Mold vs Plume*," nothing sparks a fight quite like the lighter debate: Torch or Soft flame? Let’s break it down before somebody flips a [...]
A $16 Amazon Lighter That Turns You Into a 1970s Magician?
There are cigar lighters, and then there are “ladies and gentlemen, for my next trick…” lighters. I saw this lighter pop up on social media a couple of times. It reminded me of a 1970s magician. Suddenly, I’m less “guy enjoying a cigar” and more “guy about to saw [...]
Cigars 101
Pairing Cigars
The L’Atelier Surrogates is just one example of a cigar that we’ve enjoyed on many occasions with some type of root beer. Any number of cigars from My Father, Tatuaje or L’Atelier, for example would be perfect options. It may not be the fanciest, but chances are your local [...]
Cigar Flavor Descriptors
Ah.. the wonderful world of cigar reviews and descriptions. Sometimes reading cigar reviews can be as colorful as the personalities behind them. It’s not uncommon to hear people say that they didn’t get any of the same notes from a cigar as the review they read. When someone writes a [...]
Plume vs Mold. Enough Already.
I can’t take it anymore. If you spend more than five minutes in a cigar group, you will see this post. Blurry photo - checkWhite stuff on the wrapper - checkCaption asks if it is plume or mold - check Then in 3…2…1…the comments explode. Half the replies say "plume." [...]
