Cohiba – Smoke and Minds

Cuban at Paley Park

Sila Blume

August 23, 2015

Cigars, Cohiba, Cuban, New York, Paley Park, Tobacco

Watching various torcedores and torcedoras one gets to study details and sequences, subsequently coming somewhat closer to understanding why a good cigar costs a bit more. I have had the privilege of studying the movements of various cigar hand rollers live. In our modern age it is also possible to observe great masters like Norma Fernández…

Sila Blume

July 10, 2015

Cigar Rollers, Cigars, Cuba, Tobacco

Behike, Cigars, Cohiba, hand rollers, Norma Fernández Sastre, Puros, Tobacco, Torcedoras, Torcedores

Dismantled Pigtail of a Cohiba Behike

Sila Blume

July 9, 2015

Cigars, Cuba, Tobacco

Behike, Cigar, Cohiba, Pigtail, Tobacco

On this very day I enjoyed my second Cohiba Behike 56

A generous friend presented me with two samples of the iconic Cohiba Behike (56 gauge) a week ago. Yesterday I began planning the situation in which to light one of them. Here is just a frozen moment during the long process. I shall be reporting in more detail soon.

Sila Blume

July 8, 2015

Cigars, Cuba, Smokers, Tobacco

56, Behike, Cigars, Cohiba, Cuba, Cuban, Puros, Tobacco