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Shade vs Sun Grown - What Makes Cigar Tobacco So Different?
Tobacco growing techniques shape a cigar’s appearance, flavour and burn. Two of the most important distinctions are s...
Every Cigar Wrapper Explained in 12 Minutes (by Cigar Hour)
Every premium cigar in the world is wrapped in one of just twelve leaves and in this video, Cigar Hour breaks all of ...
Restore Your Cigar Cutter in 10 Minutes: Boil, Jiggle, Repeat
Is your cigar cutter feeling sticky or sluggish?A quick, simple boil-and-rinse routine removes built-up gunk and gets...
The New & Improved 135 Rule for Cigar Storage
For years the 70/70 rule has been the go-to for cigar storage, but recent testing and feedback from collectors and to...
The Essential Leaves: How Simple Tobacco Becomes a Luxurious Cigar
A cigar may look like a single, seamless object, but it’s the result of three distinct classes of tobacco leaf — wrap...
The Anatomy of a Cigar: Caps, Shaggy Foots, and Why They Matter
Cigars may look simple, but each one is the result of careful construction. A well-made cigar has three main componen...
Top 5 Tips & Tricks Every Cigar Smoker Should Know
Top 5 Tips & Tricks Every Cigar Smoker Should Know
Whether you're just lighting your first stick or you're deep i...
The Tradition of Barber Pole Cigars
Simply looking and admiring a Barber Pole Cigar; you don't immediately contemplate how much extra skill is required t...
Cigar Basics: The Most Important Cigar Tool
Everyone has a drawer full of knives- a knife for every purpose- a bread knife, a chef's knife, paring knife, maybe a...
Relighting Your Cigar - Should You? Can You?
Today Grant "The Cigar Merchant" Ovenden discusses the possibilities of relighting a Premium Cigar after it has gone ...
Do Different Tobacco Types have Specific Flavour Profiles?
Thanks to Pete for suggesting this great BLOG topic -Â it proved to be quite a challenge!
Every different cigar line ...
Understanding Cigar Sizes and Smoking Times
Let me start that Cigar Sizes vs Smoking Times is a very subjective discussion; every person enjoys a cigar at differ...