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Purchased: 5-Pack Toro (6 X 50)Price: $42.29Store: FoxCigar.comBuy Again: YesBox Worthy: Yes, but I’m not completely sure yet.Experience Rating: 89 Okay, I admit it. I’m a fanboy of LGC. I’ve smoked a bunch of their lines, and I haven’t had a bad one yet. And this is yet another one to like. So why amContinue reading “La Gloria Cubana Los Gloriosos”

Purchased: Box of 10 (5.75 X 54) Light BPStore: Cigar Art, Dallas TXPrice: $70.00By Again: YesBox Worthy: ObviouslyExperience Rating: 95 To be completely honest, I don’t buy Curivari cigars in 5ers or singles. What’s the point? I go through them regularly so paying the higher per stick price of a single or 5er doesn’t makeContinue reading “Curivari Buenaventura Pralines P554”

First off, to be clear, let’s not confuse “”unpopular” with buying cigars that are often scorned by the community like Rocky Patel or Gurkha, which is really a shame because both brands make some great sticks. What I’m talking about here are brands and blends that don’t show up on most people’s radars. It’s notContinue reading “I Love Finding and Buying “Unpopular” Brands/Blends”

Purchased: 2 X Toro (6 X 52)Store: Henry’s Cigar Lounge, Mansfield TXPrice: $11.25 eaBuy Again: YesBox Worthy: YesExperience Rating: 95 This is my very first Micallef. The brand has been on my to-try list for a while. And in smoking this, I should have tried them earlier. But better late than never. In any case,Continue reading “Micallef Purple First Impressions”

Purchased: 2 X Short Robusto (4.5 X 48)Price: $7.50Store: Cigar Art, Dallas TXBuy Again: YesBox Worthy: I’m not sure. It’s a great stick, but not one I’d smoke regularly enough to keep a box.Experience Rating: 91 I love visiting Dallas. It’s a great city with a bunch of different districts; each with their own character.Continue reading “Black Label Trading Company Rorschach”

I’m active in a few online cigar forums and often run across the same question: “Where can I buy ‘so and so’ cigar?” B/SOTLs being helpful make lots of recommendations and mostly share their favorite retailers. I’m oftentimes surprised by the suggestions because they point to sites that tend to be more expensive than otherContinue reading “Wading Through Online Retailers”

Purchased: Single (5 5/8 X 46)Price: $12.95Store: West Coast CigarsBuy Again: YesBox Worthy: YesExperience Rating: 94 I have been a huge fan of the 7th Habano. In fact, besides the Padron ’64 Natural, the 7th Habano ranks up there as one of my favorite cigars. But as I mentioned in a previous post on thisContinue reading “Tatuaje Seleccion de Cazador 7th Reserva”

Purchased: 5 X Magnificos (6 X 60)Price: $37.99 Store: CigarPlace.bizBuy Again: YesBox Worthy: YesExperience Rating: 96 I must admit that I wasn’t too excited about this stick when I first smoked one. Compared to the Reserva Limitada, it seemed bland. But not one to dismiss a stick based on a single experience, I decided toContinue reading “Curivari Seleccion Privada Maduro”

Purchased: Box of 10 Ki (Robusto 5 X 50)Store: The Burnt Leaf LoungePrice: $108/boxBuy Again: Yes. Box Worthy: Yes.Experience Rating: 100 Since I went to Brazil early last year and bought several of these, I had been trying to find them in the US, but to no avail. I finally was able to connect withContinue reading “Don Emmanuel Annunaki Ki”