Category: Cigar Reviews

• A Flatiron is not a Torpedo, but a Flatiron / Notes on the Martinez Flatiron #2 Cigar

  In the neighbourhood of the Flatiron Building, a foreign culture has been absorbing the New York district since 1974. Bedded six streets and two avenues away from the iconic architecture, the Martinez tobacco factory is a representation of the Dominican cigar hand rolling tradition. Six days a week the torcedores begin the day by starting […]

  Sila Blume

  July 31, 2015

  Cigar Reviews, Cigar Rollers, Cigars, Martinez Hand Rolled Cigars, New York, Smokers, Tobacco

  #2, Antonio Genaro Martinez, Building, Cigars, Culture, District, Factory, Flatiron, Hand, Jesus Martinez, Martinez, Natural, Rolled, Rollers, Tobacco, Torcedores

• Arturo Fuente – Chateau Fuente, Rothschild Natural / A Review

  A strong taste was always my taste. My coffee I like intense. The usual seven grams that compose a classic Italian espresso was seldom enough for me, just like it is not for the international scene of third-wave coffee shops. I enjoy deep and complex whiskey, aged rum; I am crazy about the dark world […]

  Sila Blume

  April 28, 2015

  Cigar Reviews, Cigars, Tobacco

  Arturo Fuente, Chateau Fuente, Cigars, Review, Rothschild Natural, Tobacco

• A Green Pigtail / Portrait: “Candela” from Holy Lance

  HL / Holy Lance Series: Illusione “Candela” Strength: Full Size: 7 1/2 X 40 Shape: Panatela Country of Origin: Honduras Wrapper Color: Claro Wrapper Origin: Nicaraguan Wrapper Leaf Type: Habano Reviews – Read the review on OLS Cigars here. – Read Matt’s review in the Cigar Inspector here. – Read a review of the same cigar in […]

  Sila Blume

  November 11, 2013

  Cigar Reviews, Cigars, Fumé – Montclair, NJ, Tobacco Lounge

  Candela, Cigar Reviews, Fume, Green Leaf Cigar, Holy Lance, Illusione, Panatela, Pigtail, Tobacco