With many of us missing Baseball, the Prime Time Team has put together a special show to discuss the game many of us love. Tonight we will be joined by Hector Alfonso of Espinosa Cigars, Miguel Schoedel of Crowned Heads Cigars, and making his Baseball Show debut, Rob Rasmussen of Cigar Dojo. We’ll discuss a […]
Announcing the first ever Prime Time Jukebox “Battle of the Bands!” It works like this. Dave and Coop have picked 16 musical artists. We seeded them from 1 to 16 and placed each of 16 teams into brackets – NCAA Tournament Style. Starting Monday, May 4th, 2020, we will have one matchup from Dave and […]
The Cigar Industry Report is a one-stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of the news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. In addition, each week we will look back at Cigar Coop history. Look for this report every Saturday morning at […]
The Joya Copper is the fifth installment of Joya de Nicaragua’s “Joya” series. The Joya series was launched back in 2014 with the release of Joya Red and is intended to offer a more contemporary styled smoke in terms of packaging and blend at a reasonable price point. When it comes to the Joya series, […]
With the COVID-19 pandemic basically shutting down the Las Vegas Strip, it has cast some doubt on whether the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) will be able to hold its annual Trade Show and Convention scheduled to open on July 10th. Over the past week, several hotel and casino properties have put initiatives in place when […]
We are proud and very excited to welcome the one and only Jonathan Drew, President and co-Founder of Drew Estate as our special guest. It’s been a while since Jonathan has done a full interview, but he will be here tonight for the entire show. Put your seatbelts on because this will be one show […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, General Cigars showed off what was a new installment to its Amazon Basin series, the CAO Orellana. The CAO Orellana is described as a “prequel” to the CAO Amazon Trilogy series, but for all practical purposes, it is the fourth blend to be released in the series. The CAO […]
Lost & Found a new series called, No Free Lunch. The line consists of four unique blends in four unique sizes. It’s also part of a new initiative by Lost & Found where 100% of the profits will be donated to charity. Lost & Found is a company founded by Robert Caldwell, Tony Bellatto, and […]
VegaFina has released a new limited edition cigar known as the VegaFina Fortaleza 2 Andullo. As the name indicates, the cigar uses Andullo cured-tobacco, one of the Dominican Republic’s oldest curing techniques. Andullo tobacco undergoes a very different curing process than traditional cigar tobacco leaves. This involves putting tobacco leaves in palm seed pods. The […]
On Special Edition #74, Ram Rodriguez of El Artista joins us on the Special Edition side of the house. El Artista is a factory best known for making a cigar for David “Big Papi” Ortiz, but its a factory that is known for making other brands. We will dive into all of those things […]
While the big news today was the sale of its premium cigar business by Imperial USA, it is still business as usual. This was the case for one of the units involved in the sale as JR Cigar announced it is launching an exclusive Romeo y Julieta for its retail operation – the Romeo y […]
Since JRE Tobacco Company launched in 2016, the brand that has become the workhorse blend of the portfolio has been Aladino. In 2019, JRE Tobacco would introduce its fourth blend under the Aladino line with the Aladino Connecticut. While JRE Tobacco already has a Connecticut Shade cigar with the Tatascan Connecticut, that cigar is sweet-dipped. […]
