Editor’s Note: Here is our YouTube edited Roundtable for you to enjoy. On the Smoking Syndicate Roundtable 17, the Cigar Coop Coalition tackles the Macanudo Emissary España Robusto. Emissary represents a new pillar in the Macanudo brand. It’s meant to be a more premium pillar revolving around a theme of European sophistication. It’s not just […]
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The Smoking Syndicate Roundtable 16 – El Oso Fumar Take 307 : Room 101 Johnny Tobacconaut Toro – For Asheville
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Editor’s Note: Here is our YouTube edited Roundtable for you to enjoy. On the Smoking Syndicate Roundtable 16, the Cigar Coop Coalition tackles the Room101 Johnny Tobacconaut Toro. Tonight’s show will be a special one in that we are raising funds for Operation Airdrop to help our fiends impacted by Hurricane/Tropical Storm Helene in Western North Carolina. Also […]
The Smoking Syndicate: La Aroma de Cuba Connecticut Corona
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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 […]
The Smoking Syndicate: JRE Aladino Cameroon Reserva
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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 […]
The Smoking Syndicate: Micallef Blue Robusto
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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 […]
The Smoking Syndicate: Tabacalera Caballeros The Knight Toro
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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 […]
The Smoking Syndicate: Crowned Heads Coroneta Maduro Earl
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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, […]
The Smoking Syndicate: Espinosa Sumatra Toro
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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 […]
The Smoking Syndicate Roundtable 15: Micallef Blue Robusto
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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 […]
The Smoking Syndicate: Macanudo Emissary España Robusto
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Ben Lee tackles the Macanudo Emissary España in the Robusto Size. This cigar is features Spanish-grown tobacco.