
Cigar Wrapper Leaf Quality: Color, Veins and Texture Explained
Pick up two cigars of the same size and the first difference you notice is the wrapper. One is pale and silky. The other is dark, oily and slightly rough. Those differences…
Field notes on cigars, pouches, vapes and accessories — written for adults 21+ who want the real thing.

Pick up two cigars of the same size and the first difference you notice is the wrapper. One is pale and silky. The other is dark, oily and slightly rough. Those differences…
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Search "cigar kit for beginners" and you will find plenty of blogs handing new smokers a Churchill on day one, wrapped in a story about Winston Churchill and five quick tasting notes.…
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Quick answer: The Churchill is a long cigar format, traditionally 7 inches by a 47 ring gauge, named after Sir Winston Churchill. The exact origin story is genuinely disputed among cigar historians.…
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The corona cigar size is the 5.25 to 5.75 inch, 42 to 44 ring gauge format that the entire cigar industry uses as its benchmark shape. Every other size, from the stubby…

A premium cigar is a fermented, aged leaf that keeps reacting to the air around it. Leave one on a shelf for two weeks and the wrapper turns brittle, the draw tightens…
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If you have spent any time looking for the best beginner cigar sampler pack, you have probably noticed the same problem on every site you land on. Long lists of cigars, big…
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