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1. Determining Quality
In addition to using visual cues such as cigar color, thickness and brand to determine quality, there is a hierarchy that helps determine a cigars excellence. There are three categories which dictate the price and quality of a handmade cigar. In order of ascending quality they are: Premium, Super-Premium, and Vintage....click for complete discussion
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2. Premium Cigars
Cigars in this category comprise the majority exported throughout the world. They are made with long-leaf filler tobacco and certain parts of the cigar making process may or may not be aided by a machine (such as the bunching of the filler tobacco)....click for complete discussion
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3. Super Premium Cigars
Most likely cigars in this category will be aged longer than those in the previous, and the tobacco that goes into the filler and binder will have special attention paid to it during the tobacco harvest and cigar making process. Highly skilled cigar makers will hand select the type of leaves that go into the filler and binder, using their instincts to combine different parts of the tobacco plant in the filler to create a more complex flavor and aroma. ...click for complete discussion
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4. Vintage Cigars
The most expensive cigars available, vintage cigars are the top of the line partly because they are made from a single year's outstanding crop. Not unlike a single malt scotch, cigars in this category will have more varied and unique flavors that could only come from a specific crop. They are designed to age well and serve as collectors items. ...click for complete discussion
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5. Does Price Determine Quality for Cigars?
By Cameron Elliott
One the biggest mysteries is what separates a cheap cigar from an expensive one, and if that relates to differentiating a bad cigar from a good one. Part
of the answer is that good cigars use higher quality tobacco and better blends of tobacco. Good cigars are hand rolled instead of machine made. But
there's more to it than that.
Whenever I buy cigars, I'm intimated by the vast array of smokes before me. Admittedly, I am indecisive. Too many choi...click for complete discussion
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6. Splurging: Cigars Worth Every Penny
This is a time of year when many people tend to splurge. They take an extra helping of mashed potatoes, they leave a check in the mailbox for the postman, they bake cookies for their coworkers. This is also a time of year when splurging on yourself can be a great reward: it’s a time to open up your wallet and say, “Ah….I think I’ll buy myself that.” For those who want to splurge on a cigar - who want to purchase an expensive cigar that they normally wouldn’t buy - the following is a list of stog...click for complete discussion
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7. Tobacco Beetles: What to do if they Attack
by Jennifer Jordan
The term Tobacco Beetle garners several images in the heads of those who hear it. Some people may have an image of a beetle relaxing in a recliner, smoking a pipe and reading the Termite Times, others may picture tiny bugs festering on the leaves of tobacco plants, sniffing in the aroma of luxury. But, for the cigar lover, the term Tobacco Beetle produces a chilling image that is unmistakable: a bug, a humidor, and a big problem.
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8. Who Needs the US? Habanos Profits Up in 2007
Cuban Cigars, the only cigars with the ability to "smoke" all others, saw a raise in sales during 2007. According to Habanos SA, a government run tobacco company located in Cuba that controls the distribution, advertising, and exportation of Cuba cigars, sales increased to 402 million. Eat your heart out, JFK.
Excluding the US, which has a forty six year trade embargo against Cuba, a trade embargo that - much to the disappointment of smokers everywhere - includes cigars, Cuban cigars ...click for complete discussion
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