An Introduction Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jason, and I’m a cigar addict. It’s not the tobacco I’m addicted to; it’s all the things to do with cigars. It’s the labels, the designs, the boxes, the humidors, the history, the community, the paraphernalia, and the experience. My girlfriend Myranda is not sure…
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I am joined via Zoom by journalist, author, podcaster, and cigar aficionado Nick Hammond. Nick is the author of Around the World in 80 Cigars: The Travels of an Epicure. Nick and I discuss how the book came about before diving in to some of the great stories found in the book. From his travels…
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Shemp. Pete Best. Benjamin Harrison. George Lazenby. Dark Fired Kentucky. What do these all in common? Dark Fired Kentucky is the often forgotten pipe tobacco group. I’m guilty of it myself, I’ll list out the basic food groups Aromatic, Burley, English, and Virginia. Um, oh yeah, I guess Dark Fired. In part, this is because…
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Tim takes a trip in the wayback machine to a cigar that he learned about very early on in his cigar Journey, The Drew Estate MUWAT. This particular one has some age on it. As Tim tries to remember how this Finley aged stick compares to what he remembers he enjoys another self roasted coffee…
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The Muestra de Saka Unstolen Valor was not interesting to look at, but it did come with an interesting back story. “Valor” means “great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle.” Upon first sight and smell, it may have required a small amount of valor in order to try this stick – but…
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James returns to Habano Cigar Lounge in Davenport, Iowa to smoke and review the Oscar Valladares McFly and drink Janus Coffee Roaster’s Dark Roast. You can now sign up for a Coffee of the Month Club at https://www.januscoffeeroasters.com/ [arve url=”https://rumble.com/embed/v11itwj/?pub=14sdft” /]
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From Meltdowns to Hot Takes First, we need some context. A few weeks ago the PCA put out an article on “Responsible Marketing.” You can click here to read the entire article, but it basically says that cigar manufacturers have a responsibility to not market their wares to kids. Specifically, “marketing that makes use of…
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Late last year, I had the chance to smoke the La Aroma de Cuba Pasión for a an episode of Cigars & Coffee. I remembered being impressed with it and decided that it needed the full review treatment. I’ll be honest, when I first smoked this back in December, I did not have high hopes….
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This episode is a continuation of Episode 73, where Nick Syris (owner of LH Cigars and Cuban cigar expert) continue our discussion of the history of Cuba. We begin with the infamous Fidel Castro coming to power and how that changed things for the Cuban people and the geopolitical landscape. We discuss how the Russians…
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Picture this: I love food. I love cigars. I love gin. You know what I don’t like? Exercise. Of any kind. However, I have friends that are more active in that way than I am and I acquiesced to their request to go hiking while on vacation in Arizona. The location we hiked (I attempted…
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