Ferdinand Piet joins us as our special guest for Special Edition #108. Recently Ferdinand was forced to shut down his website, Ministry of Cigars. We will get into the story what happened and why cigar media has virtually ignored this story. We will also have a segment on “Belle of the Ball” vitolas (and […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Episode 51 was inspired by long-time listener Dennis G. On this show, Dave and Coop will attempt to win the other over with a genre of music that the other normally doesn’t listen to. We’ll also try to win Dennis over with a couple of genres of music that aren’t in his wheelhouse. For this […]
In 2020, Nicholas Melillo’s Foundation Cigar Company would celebrate five years in business. As is typically the case with many cigar companies, a commemorative cigar was released to mark the occasion. That cigar would be the El Güegüense 5 Year Aniversario. It’s an offshoot of the original El Güegüense brand, which also happened to be […]
Recently, two of Viaje’s oldest lines, the Viaje Oro and the Viaje Platino, have returned and arrived at stores. During the early days of the company, the Viaje Oro and Viaje Platino were regular production offerings. In 2012, Viaje announced these lines would be moving into its small batch model where they would be periodically […]
It’s been thirteen years since the original Tatuaje The Frank was released. This week, the long-awaited return of The Frank will go into motion as Tatuaje The Frank Redux 1 will arrive in stores. Tatuaje The Frank Redux 1 is based on the original release of Tatuaje The Frank. The cigar itself is a box-pressed […]
Early in 2020, Protocol Cigars would release the second installment of its Lawman Series known as the Protocol Eliot Ness. Eliot Ness pays homage to the American Prohibition agent, famous for his efforts to bring down Al Capone. It was originally planned for a late 2020 release, however, due to the supply chain delays as […]
On September 20th, Ben Lee of The Smoking Syndicate was the special guest on Episode 126 of How Bout That Cigar. On this episode Ben talks about the launch of The Smoking Syndicate, joining the Cigar Coop team, and a unique and fun exercise called “Tiers For Fears”! Note: Due to age restrictions, you […]
Spare Notes is a new series on Smokin Tabacco that I am collaborating on with Matthew Tabacco. It’s a platform where Matt and I can talk about topics and subjects that we haven’t covered on our shows in an agile, free-form open discussion forum. On Episode 7 of Spare Notes, , we talk about La Aurora […]
Each week, I have the opportunity to produce the news segment for KMA Talk Radio. On the Cigar Coop “blog,” we will now post replays of the shows the week following the date the show is aired. On September 25 Ram Rodriguez, Owner of El Artista Cigars was the special guest. Catch the full show […]
In this interview from our archives, we interview Nestor Andrés Plasencia at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show. If there was “the story” at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, it was the launch of Plasencia Cigars. The Plasencias have over 150 years experience in the cigar business and truly are one of the iconic families in […]
Tonight we reach a milestone with our 50th episode of Prime Time Jukebox. We’ll celebrate the occasion by going back 50 years ago and looking at one of the most iconic years in music – 1971. On this show, Dave and Coop will share the some of their favorite albums from that year – along […]
