At Cigar Coop, we have been afforded the opportunity to smoke many pre-release cigars. When we smoke a pre-release cigar, we document our experience and thoughts on the cigar with a pre-review. In a pre-review, we don’t provide a rating or score. In most cases, we can usually get a good pulse for where […]
The concept behind our Cigar of the Year countdown is to acknowledge the best cigars released for a calendar year. We base this on the new cigar blends released during our Cigar Coop calendar year. Much like you wouldn’t give the original Rocky movie (made in 1975) the 2012 Movie of the Year, we don’t […]
#10: Tatuaje Mummy Our selection for #10 Cigar of the Year is the Tatuaje Mummy/Mini Mum blend. This is not considered to be a “tie”on the cigar of the year countdown as our strategy has been to rank the blend as a whole (although we do pick our favorite vitola at the end). The Mummy/Mini […]
Tatuaje Cojonu 2012 Habano Coming in at #19 in our 2012 Cigar of the Year Countdown is the Tatuaje Cojonu 2012 Habano. This cigar is part of three cigars of the Tatuaje Cojonu 2012 line. The Cojonu line was introduced in 2003 and subsequent line additions were done every three years after that. The Cojonu […]
Tatuaje Apocalypse The Tatuaje Apocalypse is the fifth release in South Florida retailer Smoke Inn’s Microblend Series. The series was created to commemorate Smoke Inn’s 15th anniversary. The concept involves Smoke Inn teaming up with some of the biggest names in the cigar industry to produce a one time limited run exclusive to its shop […]
West Palm Beach, Florida – December 21, 2012 marks the conclusion of the 13th Ba’ak’tun in the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar. It is believed that Armageddon would overtake the peoples of the world and all creation at this time. On December 14th, be prepared to smoke the last cigar you will ever have: the Tatuaje […]
Tatuaje Mummy The Tatuaje Mummy marks the fifth release of Tatuaje’s Monster Series. This annual release series was created by Tatuaje founder Pete Johnson as a tribute to monster and horror movies. Every year since 2008, cigar enthusiasts have anxiously look forward to the release of this cigar and seek to procure a box. Each […]
Tatuaje TAA 2012 For the second year in a row, the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA) has selected Tatuaje Cigars to blend an exclusive cigar to be made available to its member retailers to sell. TAA releases are commonly done in extremely limited releases. The Tatuaje TAA 2012 follows up last year’s Tatuaje TAA 2011. […]
Tatuaje Mummy and dress box Tatuaje Cigars announced the list of its its thirteen “Unlucky Retailers” who were chosen to receive dress boxes of the fifth release of Tatuaje’s Monster Series – the Tatuaje Mummy. This means that thirteen retailers will able to acquire the custom-designed boxes with the appropriate monster theme for sale. Other […]
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we provide an assessment rating and score […]
