For the 12th year, the Cigar Coop brand will be providing coverage of the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show and Convention. This is also the 12th consecutive trade show we are covering and are proud to be a part of a very small group of media to say that. Our four-part series for the 2022 PCA Trade Show has you […]
On Episode 74 of Prime Time Jukebox, we continue our recap of the Rolling Stone’s recent refresh of their Top 500 songs of all time. This segment will cover songs 200 to 151 and Dave and Coop will go through some of their favorites that made the list, and assess how fairly these favorites […]
On Thursday June 30th, Will Cooper and Bear Duplisea made a guest appearance on the Smokin Tabacco Show for some Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show Pre-Game talk. Also joining the festivities were Matt Tye and Garret Robinson from How Bout That Cigar. The video of the show can be found here: The audio can be […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are primarily used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or in some cases giving a score for the first time. It might be […]
SakaKhan. SakaKhan. SakaKhan. At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust will launch the first size of what is being dubbed Mi Querida Black SakaKhan. Mi Querida Black actually made its debut at the end of 2022 as a part of the JR Cigar 50th Anniversary series. At the time the […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Gurkha Cigar Group International will launch a line known as Pure Evil. Pure Evil was blended by Damian Tapanes at his factory, American Caribbean Cigars. The blend features a Habano wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler. The cigars are being released in three sizes: Robusto, Toro, […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show), Lampert Cigars will unveil a new limited edition cigar – the Lampert Family Reserve 2021. The Lampert Family Reserve 2021 features an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper with a Dominican binder and filler. The Dominican tobaccos were grown, fermented and aged by the Kelner family in the Dominican […]
Aganorsa Leaf has added David Palm to the sales team. David will cover North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. He has nearly 20 years of experience in the territory and comes highly recommended. “When it became known we had a position available in the Southeast, many of our retailer partners reached out and […]
A new installment is coming to the Omar Ortez series. This month, Altadis U.S.A. will roll out the Omar Ortez Connecticuts. This cigar will join the Omar Ortez Originals and Omar Ortez Maduros. The cigars are produced at Ortez’s factory, Agroindustrial Nicaraguense de Tabacos S.A. where the Ortez family has been producing cigars for over […]
Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust is bringing back the Todos Las Dias Thick Lonsdale Mas Fuerte. The company is taking pre-orders at the 2022 PCA Trade Show through July 29th. The Thick Lonsdale Mas Fuerte is a bolder version of the Todos Las Dias blend in a 6 x 46 vitola. Back in 2020, Dunbarton Tobacco […]
Ten years. One decade. 3,653 days. On August 15, 2022, Cigar Coop will celebrate its 12h anniversary in operation, however, each year when July 3rd comes around, it’s time to celebrate another milestone – the “Ironman Daily Publication Streak.” Today marks ten consecutive years Cigar Coop has published original content on a daily basis. Ten […]
For the third year in a row, we are once again bringing the Virtual Trade Expo Concept back. The concept is very simple. We give a cigar company a 15-minute slot to come on and talk about their summer/upcoming releases. We are scheduling this over two shows. This should eliminate backlog and provide a little […]
