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Continue reading →: Measuring a Blender’s SkillWe’re accustomed to appreciating a blender’s skill through their best work. But is a masterpiece really the best way to measure that skill? The more I’ve learned about blending, the more my answer has changed.
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Continue reading →: Review: Pospiech Smoke This Trust MeThis cigar’s profile is subtly complex. It’s well-structured, packed with flavor, and in constant motion from the first puff. I like it so much that it’s going into my Current Go-Tos list!
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Continue reading →: Review: Penn Standard Broadleaf Toro Deluxe TubosThe Penn Standard Broadleaf isn’t a particularly complex cigar, but it doesn’t need to be. It’s simply a delicious cigar with plenty of room to express itself. What makes it memorable is how easily it pulls me into the experience, right up until the Broadleaf finally bares its teeth near…
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Continue reading →: Review: Tatuaje El Triunfador Original CazadoresSmoking the El Triunfador Original is like cruising down the PCH in a roadster with the top down and my Wayfarers on. Yet another great smoke from Pete Johnson.
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Continue reading →: Las Villas Cigars: The Factory Hiding in Plain SightLas Villas is not a name that comes up in the cigar community very often. But what I discovered was a complete, end-to-end cigar ecosystem from production to retail. And it all started with a $55 bundle of cigars.
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Continue reading →: Cuban Cigars: You Already Get ItYou often hear people speak in reverent tones about Cuban cigars, bordering on snobbery, because they’ve experienced something many others haven’t. Or have they?
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Continue reading →: Introducing the Bagidor!
The Bagidor is one of those stupidly simple ideas that makes you wonder why nobody did it sooner. It looks like a simple cigar bag. Then you start using it. Forty-stick capacity, a locking metal zipper, real humidification, and enough versatility to go from intake humidor to golf-course cigar caddy.
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Continue reading →: Smoke This Trust MeThis is both a suggestion and a new cigar line brought to us by the same guys who own Powstanie, but they fly under the Pospiech, Inc. flag, owned by Mike and Gregg Szczepankiewicz. Say that three times fast. The line was announced at PCA 2026 and shipped to retailers…
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Continue reading →: New Current Go-Tos PageI smoke a lot of cigars. And because I’m smoking 3-5 a day, I keep a pretty large daily-driver rotation so I can have variety without constantly digging into the expensive or harder-to-replace stuff in my humidor. But even with all that variety, I’ve noticed I go through phases where…
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Continue reading →: Review: NF Cigars V DécadaComplex from the start, yet incredibly structured. If I only had a single word to describe it, I’d call the V Década poised. This is what fifty years of experience tastes like.




