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Purchased: 10 X Toro (6 X 54)Price: $11 eachStore: West Coast CigarsBuy Again: If I could…Box Worthy: I would totally try to get a box of these. But they’re limited and no one online has them.Experience Rating: 100 Though I’m nowhere close to smoking the variety of the professional cigar reviewers, I do smoke aContinue reading “LCA La Sirena Super Sea Monkeys”

Purchased: 5er Toro (6 X 56)Price: $35.00Store: Miami HumidorBuy Again: YesBox Worthy: AbsolutelyExperience Rating: 98 For so many years, I wasn’t at all brand aware. I loved cigars, but just didn’t pay that much attention to the particular brand that I was smoking. Okay, I did have some standards that I’d go with such asContinue reading “Paul Stulac Red Screaming Sun”

From Google Gemini: Yes, how you cut a cigar significantly impacts the smoking experience and perceived taste. The size and shape of the cut affect the amount of smoke and flavor drawn, influencing intensity and smoothness.  Here’s how different cuts affect the cigar: In essence, the cut you make determines how much smoke and flavor isContinue reading “Does a Cut Really Make a Difference?”

Purchased: 25-Count BundlePrice: $175.00 ($7/stick)Buy Again: YesBox Worthy: YesExperience Rating: 94 I recently vacationed in the Dominican Republic for one of my son’s wedding on the north side of the island in the Puerto Plata region. We started out at an AirBnB in Cabarete, then moved Sosua to stay at the Marriot Ocean Club whereContinue reading “Steel Horse Maduro”

tldr; Though many may think certain cigars should be smoked at a certain time of day or occasion, I believe you should smoke what you want when you want. This morning when I picked out a cigar to smoke, a question came to my mind, Is this a good morning smoke? I had picked outContinue reading “When to Smoke What”

Purchased: Box of 20 Toro (6 X 52)Store: CigarPagePrice: $119Buy Again: YesBox Worthy: ObviouslyExperience Rating: 94 I’ve recently become a fan of Don Pepin Garcia cigars, having been introduced to the Blue Label earlier this year. I’ve known about the brand for a long time, as the My Father factory, where these are manufactured, isContinue reading “Don Pepin Garcia Cuban Classic 1950 (Black Label)”

Purchased: Single Regios (5.5 X 50)Price: $16.99Store: West Coast CigarsBuy Again: YesBox Worthy: Absolutely If someone asked me what my favorite brand was, without hesitation I’d say it was Tatuaje. I’ve smoked many of the blends and vitolas and I haven’t had a bad smoke yet. But out of all of them, the brown labelsContinue reading “Tatuaje Selección de Cazador Regios”

Having spent the previous week in the DR, one thing stuck in my mind when I returned home: I feel as if I had been gone for a month! It’s as if something happens in the space-time continuum where the world just slows down. You may not feel or act any different from your normalContinue reading “The Magic of the Dominican Republic”

I’m in the Dominican Republic for the next week and a half for my son’s wedding and thus far, it has been an incredible trip! We’re on the north side of the island in the Puerto Plata region in a town called Cabarete. Though it is mildly touristy, it has much more of a localContinue reading “Vacationing in a Cigar-Producing Culture”