On Episode 230, the one and only Steve Saka of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust is our special guest. We will be talking lots of Deliberations with Steve tonight on a host of topics. Plus Steve has brought one his new hand-carved ashtrays that one lucky viewer of the live show will get a chance to […]
Back on August 13, 2020, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Steve Saka announced a temporary halt on opening new purveyor accounts. It took a little while, but last week Saka announced he is opening up a window that will allow for the onboarding of new accounts. Saka made the following statement in a press release: [themify_box] […]
In 2021, JR Cigars celebrated its 50th anniversary in business. To commemorate the release, JR Cigars commissioned various manufacturers to participate in delivering a cigar into the series. Throughout 2021, JR Cigars released one of these cigars on a near-monthly basis. The final installment would be a cigar from Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust known as […]
Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust released a new size in the Mi Querida Triqui Traca line called the No. 448. The Mi Querida Triqui Traca was born from the Firecracker series at Two Guys Smoke Shop in New Hampshire. The Mi Querida Triqui Traca Firecracker was very well received, so Steven Saka, president of Dunbarton Tobacco and […]
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust (DTT) has announced the latest edition to the Muestra de Saka line – The Bewitched. The cigar will make its debut this summer, but the company is already taking pre-orders from retailers. Originally “The Bewitched” was a limited edition store exclusive to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Owl Shop of Worcester. […]
Smoke Inn has announced its latest project in the South Florida store’s exclusive Red Meat Lovers Club Series, “The Beef Stick.” The Red Meat Lovers Club project is a collaboration between Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust’s Steve Saka and Evan Darnell of the Red Meat Lovers Club. The Beef Stick introduces a 6 x 48 format […]
“…whatever tweaks Saka made for the Sobremesa Brûlée Blue really came through with flying colors…this makes Sobremesa Brûlée (Blue) a winner.” Wrapper: Ecuador Connecticut Shade G2BW Binder: San Andreas Negro Filler: Nicaraguan Country of Origin: Nicaragua Factory: Fábrica de Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua, S.A Vitola: 6 1/4 x 46 Price: $ 14.95 Sponsor: Yes Samples […]
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 rescoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust (DTT) has begun shipping its initial full shipment of StillWell Star to retailers. StillWell Star is a line of cigars by Dunbarton Tobacco that was introduced at the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. StillWell Star is a line positioned as luxury pipe tobacco cigars. DTT Master Ligador Steve Saka […]
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 October 9th, 2021 Steve Saka, Owner of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust was the special guest. Catch the […]