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Cohiba seems like it has been a staple on the scene even longer than it may have even existed. We all know the original origin of the brand, blended specifically for Castro, Fidel not Raul, to hand out as diplomatic gifts, but the Cohiba brand we’re concerned with is General Cigar’s Cohiba manufactured in la Republica Dominicana.The standard Cohiba, sometimes called a red dot because of the red

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2009 is now a part of everyone’s conversation, however, early reports, as of May 14th, 2009, prove that “Lovers of the Leaf” remain loyal to the pleasure of smoking a cigar!Has there been some slowing in sales, yes, but a percentage can be attributed to a buying frenzy before April 1, 2009.Regardless of the current economy and SCHIP combined, we love our cigars, enjoy the discussions, read and

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When I look back at the last 8 years of my cigar-smoking journey, I can’t help but remember a number of amazing blends crafted by Tabacalera A. Fuente. It all started when a good friend of mine gave me an Arturo Fuente Hemingway Signature Cameroon. At the time, the Hemingway I smoked took me deeper into my fascination with cigars. I thought the Signature was the ultimate mild to medium bodied

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The La Aurora Cigar factory is the oldest continuously operating cigar factory in the Dominican Republic, with La Aurora cigars known as the first Dominican cigar. The reason they are still in business is because of the quality of their product and the integrity with which they run their enterprise. The León Jimenes Group, owner of La Aurora Cigars as well as Presidenté Beer and other ventures,

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As reported by Rich Perelman (from CigarCyclopedia.com), Thompson Cigar Store is hosting a week of cigar manufacturers from Monday to Saturday prior to the Super Bowl in Thompson Cigar’s home city- Tampa, Florida.January 26th-31st:Monday thru Saturday 11am to 5pm Free Admission Everyday!Monday- Gurkha, La Perla Habana, and XikarTuesday- Don Pepin Garcia, 601, La Aurora, and XikarWednesday- Avo,

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This is now the best time to find deals on cigars. Why? Every smoker is looking for killer deals, and every retailer is trying to top one another with the best deal. I have seen so many brands come out in last couple of years, that sometimes I need to do a double take just to keep up. How can the average smoker try all of these new brands, and still have time to smoke the timeless classics?

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Felipe Gregorio cigars are the daily passion and namesake of Philip Gregory Wynne. Two decades ago, Wynne transitioned from selling helicopters to making cigars. Not content to try to run it merely as a business, Philip fully immersed himself in the process of becoming a genuine tobacco man. Felipe, himself a dedicated cigar connoisseur since he was 16, even used to buy his cigars from Zino at

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Not to be confused with blue-mold, cigar bloom or plume is a good sign. It is a reaction between moist air and the aromatic oils in a cigar.What bloom or plume signifies is the proper RH or Relative Humidity has been achieved. If your cigars have this light grey mist on them, use a soft cloth to wipe away mist, and enjoy. If however, you see mold which is greenish-blue in color and gives off a

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Gurkha continues to be one of the hottest brands year after year. The demand for Gurkha has never been higher than it is now. We wanted to come out with a selection of five Gurkha Churchill blends that would excite every cigar smoker. Gurkha sells some of the most expensive cigars in the world, and backs them up with rare vintage tobaccos that could only be supplied by the Torano family. For

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One of the greatest perks around our office is the amount of cigars we have access to. We 3 Regular Guys are genuinely mired in too many cigars to smoke and evaluate. Even trying our best to punctuate our work day with a couple trips to the patio for “research,” it is still difficult to stay on top of our workload. And since lately it feels like a tropical rainforest outside, we try to burn up as

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In the beginning, the care of a cigar, or to maintain the freshness was purely by chance, or better said- none.The evolution to today’s very sophisticated electronic systems, began with a simple moist sponge in the box of cigars- then to the old “ice-box” then to refrigerators, and then to the development of a simple sponge within a receptacle of sorts- Bingo!- the birth of a humidity controlled

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We have received a number of letters and emails from our dedicated customers, and wanted to take a moment once again to say thank you for the overwhelming support. Here are just a few customer testimonials that recently came in. Feel free to send us any comments you might have, so we can understand how to better satisfy you. Dear Sir: Received my first shipment of La Paloma Corojo as

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When we were given the opportunity to have a premium 16-cigar sampler created like this one pictured, we jumped on it. Rocky Patel Sun Grown, Gurkha Masterblend, C.A.O. Brazilia, and Cusano 18 Connecticut (4 cigars of each blend) have been selected for this limited production offer. We all agreed that this sampler should be dedicated to the front cover our July Thompson Cigar catalog, and it

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Reyes is Spanish for Kings, which seems fitting when you look at the Reyes’ family resume in the tobacco business. A century and a half working directly with tobacco creates a positive sense of obligation, as trustee of a craft handed you by generations before. So it is with Augusto Reyes, who is known as a veritable king by industry insiders but less so by John Q. Smoker. Reyes has been crafting

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No other brand name has the universal “awe” as Davidoff, since the founder’s foray into his first Cigar Shoppe in Switzerland. Zino Davidoff has ennobled the words “the good life” to a class all to itself.Zino Davidoff’s desire to the quality of a Product, presentation of that Product, thus assuring that a Davidoff cigar is the mark of excellence.At his Cigar Shoppe, he met Dr. Ernst Schneider,

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Does huge savings on great smokes get your attention? How about brand names like Carlos Torano or Trinidad? We here at Thompson Cigars have decided to make some room in our massive humidor warehouse for new products coming in this year. We have created an “Outlet” category online to help us with our space problem. This means our loyal blog readers can take advantage of some killer prices,

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The 2 Regular Guys were happy to welcome Corona Chris as the new 3rd Regular Guy. See, Colm and Scott convened in a smoke-filled room, or possibly it was a tiki-bar for a Friday lunch, and determined getting Chris onboard would actually be best for us. While Corona Chris has the unfair advantage of choosing which cigar we smoke next, we have the fair advantage that by making him smoke the same

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It now appears that cigars from Nicaragua are fast approaching total production of Honduras, but at a pace that does not demean cigars from Honduras, but says cigar smokers seem to enjoy Nicaraguan cigars in their “collection” of cigars for the variety of tastes.It is further evident that the city of Estelí, Nicaragua now rivals Santiago, Dominican Republic with brand owners, and brand

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I’ve been waiting to do a review on this lighter for a long time. The problem was that our inventory has always been too low for a “Blog Special”, finally the time is right.Three triple torch lighters for $29.95 with a lifetime warranty! The Transporter lighter is by far the best value we currently have on any triple torch lighter. Our own cigar shop in Tampa easily goes through a case of these

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Are you trying to think of an unusual and special gift for Valentine’s Day this year? If your sweetheart is a cigar aficionado, then you will score big points with him for your Valentine’s Day gift of cigars or cigar accessories.Women can easily learn to make good cigar gift selectionsDon’t shy away from this gift idea because you think you don’t know enough about cigars to make a smart

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We Two Regular Guys have admittedly been slacking. Let us qualify that: we’ve been extremely busy with our other job responsibilities, and have done a terrible job of smoking cigars and writing reviews. Not to worry: we’ve been smoking lots of cigars, we just haven’t blogged about any of them.A few weeks back Corona Chris gave us each an Oliveros Silver Eagle Toro. We stashed them in our desk

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As with the Dominican Republic, Honduras is responsible for cigar production and exporting that employs many thousands, and the quality of products made, the consistency of the unique taste is their benchmark.From the cities of Danli to San Pedro Sula cigar manufacturers such as Nestor Plasencia, the Toranos, the Eioras, to Altadis and General (now Swedish Match) all are consumed in the quality

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Back by popular demand is our latest “Blog Special” for the holidays. I hope I have secured enough inventory for our Cigar Blog 101 readers to take advantage of our Mega Sampler for themselves or for gifts. I will warn you now; this sampler could sell out in 1 day or last until Christmas. When you have a sampler that could easily retail for $100.00, it doesn’t take long for everyone to

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The CAO America was officially released at RTDA in Houston this August. We 2 Regular Guys were not special enough (oh, we know we are special though) to get the invite this year to join the Thompson Cigar entourage headed to the tradeshow. Corona Chris and the venerable Al Remp did however, so they’ve got the stories. Needless to say our first question when those guys got back into the office was

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The Dominican Republic continues to be the largest cigar producer with an estimated 60-65% of all countries. With this portion, there are many thousands of those involved, some estimates of 200,000, from growers to producers of finished cigars. The Dominican Republic Government employs hundreds from the tobacco institute (which has a facility of experimentation) to a minister of tobacco, knowing

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