Tag: Puros
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What Ashes might say
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…
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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.
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Hirochi Robaina and Sila Blume
The culture I was born into was the Latino-Caribbean. Documents show that I reached this planet by way of Spanish Harlem to a Cuban father and a Puerto Rican mother. In my blood I carry in part the unity of a Chinese slave and his African slave wife. During my quarter of a century in…
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In February 2015 every Smoke leads to Cuba / XVII Habanos Festival
It is just last year that I found out for the first time about the Festival of Cigars that takes place in La Habana, Cuba every year. A month ago I was invited in Toronto to attend the next one. Today my registration for the XVII Habano Festival was approved. Soon I will be smoking Cubans in…
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Fine Tobacco Calender 2015
January 14 – 17 4to Festival del Tabaco Puro Sabor Nicaragua Nicaraguan Cigar Festival January 23 Nebraska Cigar Festival Lincoln, Nebraska Nebraska Cigar Festival February 15 – 20 Procigar Festival Dominican Republic ProCigar February 22 – 27 XVII Festival Habano La Habana, Cuba Habanos August 22 The Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival Broomfield, CO Rocky Mountain…
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December 2005
This is a photograph of the box in which some cigars were delivered to the place where I bought them. All I wish to say to that is the following. As I reported, the very best cigar I have had in my life of 55 years, was lit for me in Tokyo and it was…