The La Aroma de Cuba Connecticut Corona was introduced at the 2023 PCA Trade Show in Las Vegas, NV. It fills a spot that was conspicuously missing from the La Aroma de Cuba lineup since it didn’t have a Connecticut wrapper cigar. The cigars are made by My Father in Esteli, Nicaragua, featuring Nicaraguan tobacco […]
JRE Cigars introduced a unique cigar at the 2024 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show: the JRE Aladino Cameroon Reserva. This cigar is made completely of Cameroon tobacco grown in Honduras by Julio and Justo Eiroa at the JRE tobacco farm. This special cigar has been in development since 2017. Blend and Origin Wrapper: Honduran Cameroon […]
Earlier this year, Micallef followed up the very successful Micallef Black with the Micallef Blue. The Micallef Blue isn’t just a redo of the Black with a different wrapper, the Micallef Blue is a completely different blend. Featuring a San Andrés Sumatra wrapper, the Blue enters a very competitive market of sub-$10 cigars. The vitolas […]
Tabacalera Caballeros was founded in 2022 by cigar enthusiasts Cristian Quintana and Marco Accardi. It started with three lines: Connecticut, Habano, and Maduro and later added the Knight line. Each blend is offered in three vitolas: Robusto, Toro, and Gordo, except The Knight, which is only offered in the Toro vitola. Today, we will be […]
Crowned Heads release a new core line at the 2024 PCA Trade Show called Coroneta. Coroneta is a derived from from the word coronet which is a small crown for lower royal ranks below monarchs from the 16th century. Each size of the Coroneta is named after the British heraldry that would wear the coronet, […]
Earlier this year, Espinosa Cigar introduced a new cigar line to their portfolio, the new Espinosa Sumatra. This new line features a Sumatra wrapper grown in Ecuador which has been used before by Espinosa Cigars, but this is the first use of it out of their La Zona cigar factory. The Espinosa Sumatra was first […]
Editor’s note: This is our YouTube edit of Roundtable 15 featuring the Micallef Blue robusto. The Smoking Syndicate Roundtable tackles the Micallef Blue Robusto Micallef Blue made its official nationwide debut at PCA 2024. It’s the second cigar in the unofficial “color” series following 2023’s Micallef Black. With both Blue and Black, Micallef is targeting the market with […]
Ben Lee tackles the Macanudo Emissary España in the Robusto Size. This cigar is features Spanish-grown tobacco.
The Tatuaje Cojonu line was born out of the Seleccion de Cazadore (aka Brown Label) line where Tatuaje owner, Pete Johnson, asked master blender, Don Pepin Garcia to make a stronger blend. The name came from Don Pepin saying that the blend had “cojonu”, Cuban slang for “cojones” or “balls”. The name stuck and Pete […]
Editor’s note: This is the YouTube edit of our livestream on Facebook. The Smoking Syndicate Roundtable tackles the La Aurora 120th Anniversary! The La Aurora 120th Anniversary made its debut in 2023 to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the oldest premium cigar factory in the Dominican Republic. Blended by Manuel Inoa, the 120th Anniversary blend […]
