Smoke Inn 2024 Advent Calendar Day 11

Today, we examine the contents of the 2024 Smoke Inn Advent calendar for day 11. Warning: spoiler alert.

An Advent calendar counts down the days until Christmas. This tradition is believed to have originated with the German Lutherans. The calendar features moveable parts, such as flaps, doors, or pockets, that reveal a daily surprise. In 2021, Smoke Inn released its first Advent calendar, where the “surprise” is a different cigar daily. For the first time since 2021, Smoke Inn has redesigned the packaging.

Today’s reveal is the Crowned Heads Le Pâtissier Canonazo. The term “pâtissier” is French for pastry chef. This cigar is inspired by another Crowned Heads release with a French baking theme, Le Carême. In 2021, Le Pâtissier debuted in a Lonsdale format as a PCA Exclusive. The PCA Exclusive was an unbanded cigar produced at Tabacalera Pichardo. In 2022, Le Pâtissier was made into a four-cigar regular production line (minus the Lonsdale) – complete with dress packaging. At that point, the Canonazo size was introduced. Only a few months later, it was announced that Le Pâtissier’s production would move to the NACSA factory, marking the first time Crowned Heads had worked with this factory.