Just in time for the shopping season I got this awesome deal in the email from Tinderbox.com. The Cigar Lover’s Gift Set is normally priced out at $301, but its on sale for $129.99 with free shipping. This set is pretty good as you get only the most delicious, rare cigars are featured in this set, from Graycliff 1666 (Retails for $22 per cigar), Gurkha Master Select (Retails for $10 per cigar), Rocky Patel, Don Pepin and the limited edition La Herencia Cubana!
Cigar Lover’s Gift Set includes:
(5) Don Pepin Garcia Cuban Classic(5×50)
(5) Graycliff 1666 Presidente (7×48)
(5) Gurkha Ltd. Master Select #4 (6×52)
(5) La Herencia Cubana Toro (6.5×52)
(5) Rocky Patel Vintage ’90 Robusto (5.5×50)
(1) Yukon Humidor (40 to 50 capacity)
(1) Humi-Care Crystal Humidification Jar (4oz)
If my wife wouldn’t kill me for buying for myself, I’d have already ordered one of these sets just for the cigars!
Casual cigar owners often ask themselves: is a humidor really necessary? The answer is: only if you care about the quality and taste of your cigars.
After all, for some smokers, the after-dinner cigar is more symbolic than anything – a conspicuous display, perhaps, of taste and leisure, or a social or familial ritual. If, however, you smoke for taste – which is the best reason to smoke – you should probably invest in a humidor: a specially-constructed box designed to maintain your cigars in near-70% humidity and at a proper temperature when they’re not being smoked.
This came in this afternoon! Tinderbox.com has an amazing 1/2 price sale on Victor Sinclare Connecticut Yankee blend cigars. A box of Robusto for 39.95 (and its a 20 count box at that) instead of the listed $90. Thats more then Half off!
From the email:
Rare Victor Sinclair Blend – Half Price Sale – Limited Time Offer! Over 50% OFF – Box of 20 Premium Cigars! Don’t pay full retail in stores or on other sites!!
Victor Sinclair Connecticut Yankee features the extremely rare Connecticut-grown Havana-seed leaf wrapper. Each cigar has a smooth, rich flavor combined with a premium blend of aged Nicaraguan and Dominican tobaccos.
So what are you waiting for? Grab this deal today to add to your collection (or share with the boys on the golf course)!
I had the opportunity to use an pretty handy little gadget the other day that could quickly become the Cigar Smokers best friend. The Cigar Spike. The Cigar spike is a small triangular piece of plastic that fits in nicely on your key chain. The purpose of the spike is to render your stogie smokable by piercing the closed end of the cigar so you can draw through it.
Use of the spike is simple, you prep the cigar for smoking, you push the spike through the end of the cigar, and you light and enjoy (the cigar, not the spike). It works in much the same way a punch does by creating a hole in the end of the cigar for the smoke to come through. I actually liked this method of opening the cigar as opposed to cutting the tip off for a couple reasons, the biggest being I tend to hold the cigar in my mouth while working outside with my hands. Generally to do this I have to apply a little pressure which can flatten or ruin the end of the cigar (no doubt you know someone who likes to chew on the end of the cigar).
With a cut tip, you can end up tearing up the end of the cigar and if you’re like me, there’s often a bit of the tobacco that ends up in your mouth (you know, the loose flakey pieces you have to spit out). The spike relieves that issue by leaving the wrapper at the end of the cigar intact, so you’re smoking through a straw.
One of the other nice features is the fact that its not a blade, its not metal. You can carry it through security at airports or concerts as its on your key chains. This is another plus as if you’re like me, when I carry a cutter in my pockets I end up fidigiting with it, worried that I’ll take off the tip of a finger. Well, no worries with the spike.
In all, the spike makes a good addition to any humidor (or key chain for that matter) and is available in a number of colors. You can order a green ones for the golfer in your life for a cool $2.99 for 3 spikes or you can pick up Blue, black or orange from Cigar Spike or check your local cigar store to see if they have the spike.
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Thats Right! If you love to smoke ‘em you know enough to review them! We want to know what you think of the cigars you’re smoking (or have recently smoked) and we’re going to give out a 5 Cigar Sampler every month to one lucky person who submits reviews.
Whats that? You haven’t smoked anything in a while? Well then, how about reviewing your favorite beer, wine or liquor. Maybe you have a favorite lighter or the latest Cutter or Humidor that you’d like to review, well, those are fine as well!
Entering is easy. To submit your review, all you have to do is email it to reviews@cigarhaus.com along with any photos and a short bio you want included with the review. Reviews MUST be at least 200 words long (and no worries, they can be much longer!) and reviews with a photo of the cigar in question (even if its a stock photo) are more likely to be published. If you’re an affiliate for any of the online cigar stores, or you own your own store, feel free to include your affiliate link when linking to the product (why should we be the only ones to benefit from your work?).
All the email addresses used to submit reviews will be put in a list and a random generator will pick the winner of the sampler. If you submit multiple reviews in a month, you’ll be entered multiple times for that drawing and the count starts over at the beginning of the month. Its a win/win!
So what are you waiting for? Light up your favorite stick, sit down and the keyboard and tell us what you think about it today!
Cuban cigars originate from the Caribbean, which has a tropical climate very different to Europe. As a natural product, your Havana cigars need to be kept carefully. They are used to being in a warm climate with a relatively high humidity.
Therefore they will need to be protected from extremes of temperature and humidity (particularly low humidity). This is particularly difficult to achieve in air conditioned and centrally heated buildings, where the air tends to get de-humidified and cigars can dry out very quickly. Some cigars come in aluminum tubes which can help preserve them in dry climates, however they tend to mature at a much slower rate than ‘naked’ boxed cigars.
Do you have friends who are chain smokers? Do you want to gift them something special in festive seasons or some special occasions to celebrate with joy? If your answer is positive, then you can gift them cigar that would bring smile to their faces. For such a person cigar and tobacco gifts would be an ideal gift. Nowadays cigar has been become a standard of smoking and life style of some persons is changed. Cigar smoking is better than cigarettes for healthy life. With the resurgence of cigar smoking, a number of people have switched to smoking cigars from cigarettes for several reasons. The first and foremost reason is health as cigars are comparatively much healthier than cigarettes. Due to rise of this new trend, there has also been an enormous boom in the cigar trade with the birth of a number of new cigar brands and the advent of many new cigar flavors and accessories.
This came through on the email this afternoon, you can get a pretty cool looking Romeo Y Julieta humidor with the purchase of a box of cigars. Even better? The boxes are all 25% off!! Here’s the text of the email:
FREE Romeo y Julieta 20-Count Humidor with box purchase ($30 Value!)
Romeo y Julieta Viejo ‘B’ is the greatest, most celebrated blend of Romeo y Julieta ever! Since its Cuban birth in 1875, Romeo y Julieta has been one of the world’s most popular cigar brands. The new and rare Viejo blend is incredible. The perfectly aged tobaccos create a smooth, mellow flavor and mouthwatering creamy smoke. With an Old World Cuban-style triple cap, each Viejo cigar is meticulously box pressed to perfection by the most skilled rollers. Boxes of 20.
The boxes Range from $104 (for the sampler) to $140 for a box of Belicoso. Honestly, you can’t beat those prices, and the Humidor itself is worth at least $25.
On a whim today, I stopped by the local Cigar store today in search of a Room101 Cigar as I had been seeing a lot of noise on twitter about these sticks by Camacho Cigars and designer Matt Booth. The chatter had been pretty much good about them since they came out and all the other reviews were as well. I figured if it was time to branch out from the norm, why not start with these?
The stick I picked up today was the 305 (apparently named after an area code for Miami). The cost was about $7 per stick, which isn’t bad for a “designer” cigar as some can run much higher. The 305 is a Robusto with a Semilla 101 Wrapper grown exclusively for this project. It provided a surprisingly nice smoke that while it’s labeled as a Medium Bodied cigar, could easily pass for a full bodied smoke.
The initial draw had an initial spice to it that calmed down a touch to reveal some rich flavors that did not leave me feeling like I had been smoking the inside of an old shoe. I actually enjoyed this smoke so much that I continued to smoke it past the band (which came off easily with the heat) as I enjoyed the flavor and the aroma of the cigar itself.
The burn was nice and even as well and the ash hung on as well, I tried to let it go as long as I could, but after an inch or so, I cleaned it up a bit. All in all, if you’re looking for a good designer cigar that won’t break the bank to add to your collection, the Room101 sticks would be ideal. I went ahead and picked up another for myself just so I could make sure the first one wasn’t a fluke
Brand:Camacho Line:Room101 305 Vitola:Robusto Origin:Honduras/Dominican Republic Wrapper:Semilla 101 (Honduras) Binder: Honduras Filler: Honduras/Dominican Republic Flavor: Medium, chocolate/earthy undertones Strength: Medium Price: $7 – $10 a stick, around $180 a box OverAll: (5/5)
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Just in time for the shopping season I got this awesome deal in the email from Tinderbox.com. The Cigar Lover’s Gift Set is normally priced out at $301, but its on sale for $129.99 with free shipping. This set is pretty good as you get only the most delicious, rare cigars are featured in this set, from Graycliff 1666 (Retails for $22 per cigar), Gurkha Master Select (Retails for $10 per cigar), Rocky Patel, Don Pepin and the limited edition La Herencia Cubana! 
