The Performance Rankings were introduced in 2012 as a statistical analysis based on the average numerical score of all cigars assessed on Cigar Coop. It is meant to serve as a barometer in terms of how the cigars were assessed. Today we slice this data by vitola – a category introduced for 2015. This […]
The Performance Rankings were introduced in 2012 as a statistical analysis based on the average numerical score of all cigars assessed on Cigar Coop. It is meant to serve as a barometer in terms of how the cigars were assessed. Inspired by Developing Palates, in 2021 we introduced a new category – prices of cigar. […]
The Performance Rankings were introduced in 2012 as a statistical analysis based on the average numerical score of all cigars assessed on Cigar Coop. It is meant to serve as a barometer in terms of how the cigars were assessed. Today we slice this data by Country of Origin – a category introduced for 2015. This […]
In 2020, we started tracking a simple metric on Cigar Coop – how do cigar companies rate in terms of the readership on Cigar Coop. This year, we rank the 25 “most-read” companies on Cigar Coop. This is a very important data-gathering exercise for Cigar Coop. It shows what companies our readers are most interested […]
The 2022 Cigar of the Year Countdown is now in the annals of history. With the Countdown completed, it is time to look at some of the numbers. In this article we look at two items: A breakdown of the cigars on the Countdown by vitola, country of origin, factory, company, price, limited editions, […]
In 2020, Cigar Coop introduced two new performance rating categories: Impacts of Sponsored Cigars on Scoring and Impacts of Samples Used on Scoring. Performance Ratings are a collection of analytical data for the past Cigar Year on Cigar Coop. The sponsored and samples categories were introduced in response to feedback the media consistently hears pertaining […]
For the 12th consecutive year, we bring you our selections and analysis for the Top 12 cigar industry news stories and themes for the year. Unlike how we consider cigars for our Cigar of the Year Countdown, these news story selections are based on the actual calendar year for 2022. These stories are individual stories […]
As the name indicates, Cayman Cigar Company is based in the Cayman Islands. Not only is the company the first to manufacture and produce cigars out of the Cayman Islands, but the company is going to market with a mission – a focus on charity. The company says every dollar that doesn’t go back into […]
Today marks the final installment of the Summer of ’22 series. In our concluding instalment, we take a look at Meerapfel Cigar. It was a about a year ago that Jeremiah Meerapfel announced his Meerapfel Cigar brands. It’s not only a project that pays tribute to each generation in his family’s rich tobacco history, but […]
At the beginning of 2021, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) announced it would be dividing its portfolio of premium cigar brands. As a result, several brands moved into a new subsidiary known as Forged Cigar Company while other brands will remain under the existing General Cigar Company umbrella. Five key five brands going to Forged included: […]
