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Tobacco Business Awards 2020 Nominees Revealed
Tobacco Business Magazine is excited to announce the 2020 nominees for the Tobacco Business Awards. These awards are designed to honor the best businesses, entrepreneurs, and products in various categories of the tobacco, vapor and alternative industries. The Tobacco Business Awards will be presented at an exclusive ceremony in Las...
Cigar Review | K by Karen Berger
First off, I must say that this K by Karen Berger is a beautiful cigar! It’s an exquisite sharp box pressed Solomon with a pleasantly dark and shiny marbleized Maduro wrapper. I mean it is flawless! This will be my 2nd time smoking this beauty, so I already have a baseline...
20 Top Cigars That You Should Buy Now
From left: Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua Maestro, Villiger La Vencedora Churchill, Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo de Río Seco, E.P. Carrillo Core Plus Maduro Churchill Especial No. 7 and Cohiba Robusto. The results are in. The newest addition to our online database consists of 81 ratings from the April issue...
Dos Chabetas Large 80 Ring Gauge Cigar Perfect Cutter
Now you never have to guess how much of the cigar's head you need to cut for a perfect smoking cigar. Even with the largest ring gauge cigars, the newest Dos Chabetas Perfect Cigar Cutter is designed to cut the exact amount off the head of the cigar. Just insert...
Picking Tobacco leaves for Cigars
Tobacco cigars are handmade with a blend of tobacco leaves. There are three types of leaves on the tobacco plant. Each is named based on their location on the plant. The Ligero are at the top of the tobacco plant. The Seco are those leaves in the middle of the...
Don Kiki Aged Cigars
Cigars can age for years. Normally 90 days is sufficient for the tobacco in the cigar to be fully married, but leaving them longer in the Aging Room improves the taste. Some are aged for over two years in an effort to bring their taste to the perfect level demanded...
TOBACCO AGING
Aging Tobacco. The fermented tobacco leaves are individually placed on burlap and each layer is stacked over another. They are moved to a different section of the curing house where the tobacco for the cigars ages for years. The temperature and humidity are regulated by nature and by the opening...