Over the past few years, cigars produced in Costa Rica have performed extremely well on Cigar Coop as evidenced by the performance ratings over the years. When the opportunity presented itself to visit the Tabacos de Costa Rica factory located in Costa Rica, I was quite intrigued to find out why these cigars were consistently […]
2018 would be a big year for Mel Shah and Bombay Tobak as the company would launch a new brand known as MQBA. In a time when innovation is on the decline in the cigar industry, Shah and his company brought something a little different to the IPCPR Trade Show with MQBA. MQBA is made up […]
It’s the Red River edition of Special Edition as Bear and Coop broadcast from “opposite sides” of the famed Red River… For this episode, Bear and Coop welcome back Mel Shah of MBombay. Mel’s coming into IPCPR with MQBA – one of the most unique cigar lines we have seen in some time. We will […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show and Convention, Mel Shah‘s Bombay Tobak is launching a new line called MQBA (pronounced em-kyoo-bah). It’s a unique project that will become part of the company’s regular production schedule. MQBA consists of four unique cigars, each consisting of 100% percent tobacco grown at the company’s farm in Ventana, Ecuador. […]
Earlier this year, Bombay Tobak released a torpedo size of its MBombay Classic. At the time, the MBombay Classic Torpedo was only available in a five size sampler. Now, the size is heading to regular production, as company President Mel Shah has announced the MBombay Classic Torpedo will be available in 25-count boxes beginning […]
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 […]
The MBombay Classic Torpedo is the newest vitola to be introduced to Bombay Tobak’s MBombay Classic line. This past November, the MBombay Classic Torpedo was made available to attendees at Cigar Aficionado’s Big Smoke event. This past week company owner Mel Shah announced the release of the MBombay Classic Torpedo. What is unique about this […]
Bombay Tobak has added a new line extension to its MBombay Classic line. The new MBombay Classic Torpedo is heading to cigar retailers. The new offering will be sold exclusively as part of a sampler consisting of Bombay Tobak’s MBombay and Gaaja brands. In a press release Bombay Tobak stated, “‘Figurados are always a challenge […]
For this year’s IPCPR Trade Show, Mel Shah’s Bombay Tobak upgraded to a more spacious booth – and it accommodated the healthy flow of traffic throughout the week. This seemed to be a natural progression of things as the company now has two strong brands (MBombay and Gaaja) and eight lines between those brands. With […]
Mel Shah of Bombay Tobak joins us as special guest. We catch up with Mel of all of the happenings with MBombay. We also celebrate five consecutive years of daily publishing on Cigar Coop with the Top Five Cigar News Stories over the past five years. For reference on the segment we did on the Top Five News Stories, see […]
