It’s that time of the year again. The Cigar Coop Cigar of the Year Countdown – better known as the Box Worthy Thirty. This is a retrospective where we reveal the Top 30 cigars for 2017. This is the seventh consecutive year for the countdown on Cigar Coop. Starting on December 19th, we will reveal […]
Tonight on Episode 34, we welcome Ram Rodriguez of Tabacalera El Artista. While known for making a cigar for baseball great David “Big Paps” Ortiz, this is a family-owned company with a long history and tonight we will learn more about the company’s story. We will also talk a little David Ortiz and Red Sox […]
Over the past eight months we have launched two separate podcasts brands, the Prime Time Show and Prime Time Special Edition. The idea of the Prime Time Show was to be an industry-focused show where we get to know personalities in the industry and talk about various topics. Prime Time Special Edition is our newsmagazine […]
The Plasencia family is well known as one of the premier families in the cigar industry. Tonight we are honored to welcome company CEO, Nestor Andrés Plasencia. We will learn the story of how the Plasencias became a pioneer family in tobacco-growing and cigar production. Chances are just about every cigar enthusiast has smoked a […]
This Tuesday is Thursday on the Prime Time Show again – and this time for Episode 33 we have a blockbuster. The Cigar Aficionado Top 25 Pre-Game Show. Whether you love or hate this list, it’s our most polarizing one and we will break it down – Prime Time style. This concept was born last […]
Tonight on Episode 32, we welcome the man behind Serino Cigar Company, Carson Serino. Carson is a passionate cigar enthusiast as well as Vice President of Serino Cigar Company. He recently has released his own blend called “The Wayfarer” and we will talk about that tonight. Being a “Wayfarer”, Carson is a person who likes […]
As we commence the 2018 Cigar Year on November 24, 2017, Cigar Coop is unveiling a new rating system. This new rating system uses the Stogie Geeks rating system we adopted in 2013 as a baseline framework and builds upon it. This will have a sole focus on cigar value and be a complementary offering […]
This Tuesday is Thursday on the Prime Time Show. Given its Thanksgiving on Thursday, we are doing a regular Prime Time Show on Tuesday night. We will have the whole team here as Aaron, Bear, and Coop welcome Oliver Nivaud, National Sales Manager for United Cigar Group. We will talk all things United Cigar including […]
After two weeks on the road, we return to our regular setup as we bring you Episode 30 of the Prime Time Show. This week our special guest is Ian Reith of Dapper Cigar Company We are a week away from Thanksgiving, so we will talk a little Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving cigars in our […]
A couple of weeks ago, we did a remote at the second annual Espinosa Cigars’ La Zona Palooza 2017 event. On Special Edition #16 Bear and Coop will recap this event. This won’t be your “we woke up and had a hearty breakfast” trip recap. We will dive into the uniqueness of the event, why […]
