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- Knuckle Sandwich Maduro Cigar Reviewby Holden RasmussenA Journey to Flavor Town with the Knuckle Sandwich Maduro The Espinosa Knuckle Sandwich Maduro is a cigar that embodies boldness, creativity, and craftsmanship, brought to life by an unexpected collaboration. When Guy Fieri,… Read more: Knuckle Sandwich Maduro Cigar Review
- Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua Maestro Reviewby Monica FosterA Review of the Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua Maestro: Is It the Best Cigar Yet? This cigar review on The Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua Maestro highlights its release by Boutique Blends, reflecting Rafael Nodal’s… Read more: Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua Maestro Review
- How to Cut a Cigar Like a Pro – Tips, Techniques, and Toolsby Monica FosterHow to Cut a Cigar: A Complete Guide Cutting a cigar is a skill every cigar smoker should master. A proper cut enhances the cigar’s flavor, ensures a smooth draw, and provides a satisfying… Read more: How to Cut a Cigar Like a Pro – Tips, Techniques, and Tools
- Fat Bottom Betty Cigar Reviewby SydneyKotochIt is a simple fact that, for the infrequent smoker, infused cigars outsell non-infused cigars across the United States. Amongst powerhouse brands, such as Tatiana or Tabak Especial, no infused cigar brand is more… Read more: Fat Bottom Betty Cigar Review
- 10 Best Flavored Cigars for Every Palate: A Must-Try Selectionby Monica FosterFlavored cigars have become increasingly popular in recent years, offering a unique experience that goes beyond traditional tobacco. With the infusion of different flavors such as bourbon, vanilla, sweet honey, and coffee, these cigars… Read more: 10 Best Flavored Cigars for Every Palate: A Must-Try Selection
- Cigar Bar Wedding Ultimate Guideby Monica FosterIntroduction One trend that’s captivating couples today is the inclusion of a wedding cigar bar—an elegant touch that transforms a typical wedding into a truly memorable experience. Cigar bars are becoming increasingly popular at… Read more: Cigar Bar Wedding Ultimate Guide
- What Are Honey Dutches?by Monica FosterHoney Dutches, specifically Dutch Masters Honey Fusion cigarillos, are among the most popular choices for cigar enthusiasts seeking a sweet and mellow smoking experience. This blog post delves into everything you need to know… Read more: What Are Honey Dutches?
- Acid Kuba Kuba Review: Drew Estate’s Top-Selling Infused Cigarby Holden RasmussenIntroduction Drew Estate’s Acid cigars are among the top-selling brands in the United States, beloved by many “Drewbies” (Drew Estate enthusiasts). These Nicaraguan long-filler, handmade cigars feature a natural flavor infusion that imparts a… Read more: Acid Kuba Kuba Review: Drew Estate’s Top-Selling Infused Cigar
- Top 11 Mild Cigars for a Smooth Smoking Experienceby Monica FosterWhether you’re just starting out or you’re a seasoned smoker looking for something lighter, you’ve come to the right place. Our list of the Best Mild Cigars offers the perfect blend of smoothness and… Read more: Top 11 Mild Cigars for a Smooth Smoking Experience
- Oliva Serie V Melanio Edicion Ano 2023 Figurino Reviewby Holden RasmussenOliva Serie V is arguably the most successful cigar brand in America. Since the mid-2010’s, Oliva Serie V consistently earns 90+ scores from Cigar Aficionado and other industry journals, such as Cigar Journal or… Read more: Oliva Serie V Melanio Edicion Ano 2023 Figurino Review
- Cohiba Red Dot Toro Tube Reviewby Holden RasmussenCohiba, the most famous cigar brand in the world, is currently made by two different companies in two different “worlds.” The Cuban Cohiba is manufactured by Habanos S.A., the Cuban government’s cigar company. The… Read more: Cohiba Red Dot Toro Tube Review
- Do You Inhale Cigars?by Monica FosterWhen it comes to enjoying a fine cigar, the experience is as rich in tradition as it is in flavor. One common question among new aficionados and curious bystanders alike is, “Do you inhale… Read more: Do You Inhale Cigars?
- 9 Best Cigar Humidors of 2024by Monica FosterIn the search for the ultimate cigar experience, the choice of a humidor is as crucial as the selection of the cigar itself. As we step into 2024, the evolution of cigar humidors has… Read more: 9 Best Cigar Humidors of 2024
- Top 5 6×60 Gordo Cigars for Springby Holden RasmussenLuis Martinez, a long-time resident of Tampa and Key West, is not accustomed to the biting cold of sub-70-Fahrenheit weather. As the frost recedes and Spring blooms forth once again, cigar enjoyers emerge like… Read more: Top 5 6×60 Gordo Cigars for Spring
- Why Are Cuban Cigars Illegal in the United States?by Monica FosterFor decades, the mere mention of Cuban cigars has conjured images of luxury, sophistication, and forbidden indulgence. But why exactly are these prized smokes prohibited on American soil? There are deep historical, political, and… Read more: Why Are Cuban Cigars Illegal in the United States?
- Nica Reserva Toro Cigar Reviewby Luis MartinezLM Cigars’ newest and most successful Nicaraguan handmade brand is the Nica Reserva. Manufactured at the highly-praised PENSA cigar factory, home of El Baton and Brick House cigars, Nica Reserva cigars are a great… Read more: Nica Reserva Toro Cigar Review
- Top 10 Cigars of 2023by Luis MartinezAs the year draws to a close, the cigar industry recovers from record highs of tobacco consumption. Cigar imports from Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic and their resultant sales to the American market continue… Read more: Top 10 Cigars of 2023
- Top 5 Cigar Gifts This Holiday Seasonby Luis MartinezThe holidays are fast approaching! This is one of the busiest times of the year for the cigar industry, but LM will always rise to the occasion. All around the world, men and women… Read more: Top 5 Cigar Gifts This Holiday Season
- Holiday Corporate Gifts -Personalized Cigars Make Great Party Favorsby Luis MartinezThe perfect gift Looking for the perfect gift? Luis Martinez cigars now sells cigars imprinted with custom messages! Luis Martinez is capable of imprinting transparent cellophane or aluminum tubes for customized boxes of handmade… Read more: Holiday Corporate Gifts -Personalized Cigars Make Great Party Favors
- Top 5 Tailgate Cigars for Fallby Luis MartinezTailgating season is upon us! Stock up on cigars at www.lmcigars.com for the best time of the year. Cigars and football, name a better pairing! There are plenty of ballers who transitioned to the… Read more: Top 5 Tailgate Cigars for Fall
- Top 5 Cigars of the Summerby Luis MartinezThe dog days of summer are upon us, but for Luis Martinez and cigar aficionados like you this is the best time of the year. Every year in July, hundreds of manufacturers and thousands… Read more: Top 5 Cigars of the Summer
- Mi Querida Cigar Reviewby Luis MartinezSteve Saka was not a household name twenty years ago. When a cigar aficionado hears the name Padron or Fuente, ears perk up and the mind’s eye conjures forth images of tobacco and cigars,… Read more: Mi Querida Cigar Review
- Making Memories: Why Personalized Cigars are the Perfect Wedding Favor and Unique Giftby Luis MartinezWhat to gift your wedding guests Planning a wedding involves countless decisions, from choosing the venue to selecting the perfect menu. However, when it comes to showing gratitude to your guests for attending your… Read more: Making Memories: Why Personalized Cigars are the Perfect Wedding Favor and Unique Gift
- LM Cigars Sells Black & Mild Cigarsby Luis MartinezHistory of Black & Mild Cigars When John Middleton opened his small Philadelphia tobacco shop in 1856, he could have scarcely imagined that almost a century later his successors would make a brand which… Read more: LM Cigars Sells Black & Mild Cigars
- West Tampa Tobacco Co. Red Toro Review and Overviewby Luis MartinezLaunched about a year ago in May of 2022, West Tampa Tobacco Co. surged onto the premium cigar scene with dizzying success. Conceptualized as the spiritual successor to Tampa’s historic West Tampa cigar industry,… Read more: West Tampa Tobacco Co. Red Toro Review and Overview
- PDR Cigars Cafe 1878 Dark Roast Toro Reviewby Luis MartinezThe Café, then, is not an infused cigar in the sense that the infusion comes first and totally smothers the tobacco. Instead, it brings forth the best elements of that rich blend of Brazilian, Dominican, and Nicaraguan tobaccos and marries them to the flavor of café con leche while smoothing out the sharper edges inherent in the Nicaraguan terroir.
- Arturo Fuente Especiale Cazadores Naturalby Luis MartinezArturo Fuente’s Premium Value Arturo Fuente is one of the reigning families of the premium cigar industry and, without a doubt, the most prestigious cigar manufacturer in the Dominican Republic by virtue of its… Read more: Arturo Fuente Especiale Cazadores Natural
- Cigar Humidors 101: What is a Cigar Humidor?by Luis MartinezCigars aren’t like cigarettes, which can be smoked and then discarded. A cigar humidor is a small chamber that can keep your cigars at the ideal level of moistness. This means they won’t dry… Read more: Cigar Humidors 101: What is a Cigar Humidor?
- Cigar Basics 101: What You Need To Know About Cigarsby Luis MartinezCigars are a great way to relax, unwind and enjoy the company of friends or family. However, for many people who just started smoking cigars and might be new to this hobby, there is… Read more: Cigar Basics 101: What You Need To Know About Cigars
- Rough Riders Sweets Connecticut Reviewby Luis MartinezPremium Cigar, Sweet Value A late arrival to the premium cigar industry, Indianhead Cigars found a niche producing a variety of value-oriented, Dominican handmade cigars. Of those Dominican brands, the Rough Riders Sweets Connecticut… Read more: Rough Riders Sweets Connecticut Review
- How To Light a Cigar in 3 Easy Stepsby Luis MartinezIf you’re a cigar smoker, lighting your stogie can feel like a rite of passage. The first time I lit up a cigar, I was nervous about burning my fingers and afraid that it… Read more: How To Light a Cigar in 3 Easy Steps
- Cigars for Beginners: A Complete Guideby Luis MartinezIf you’re looking to try cigars for the first time, you’ve come to the right place. In this guide, we’ll talk about what you need to know before buying your first cigar and how… Read more: Cigars for Beginners: A Complete Guide
- Cigar Lover Gifts: A Shopping Guide for Cigar Loversby Luis MartinezThe cigar lover in your life deserves gifts of the highest quality. There are few things more satisfying than sitting back with a good cigar. Whether you smoke cigars or know someone who does,… Read more: Cigar Lover Gifts: A Shopping Guide for Cigar Lovers
- How To Use A Cigar Cutter 101 Guideby Luis MartinezCigar cutters do exactly what they say they do – they cut cigars. Simple, right? But knowing how to use one properly can be tricky. There are several different types of cigar cutters, each… Read more: How To Use A Cigar Cutter 101 Guide
- Premium Cigars: How Can You Tell If a Cigar is High Quality?by Luis MartinezAt LM Cigars, we’re often asked that question. The first thing a new buyer needs to know is – there is no single indicator that tells you a cigar is high quality. The word… Read more: Premium Cigars: How Can You Tell If a Cigar is High Quality?
- Best Cigar Lighter Guide: How To Find The Best Cigar Lighterby Luis MartinezA cigar lighter is a tool that every cigar enthusiast should own. There are many different types of lighters, each with its own unique properties and styles. Some are designed specifically for lighting cigars… Read more: Best Cigar Lighter Guide: How To Find The Best Cigar Lighter
- Padron 2000 Naturalby Luis MartinezPadron is the most iconic Nicaraguan-based cigar manufacturer available on the consumer market. Hundreds of thousands of Padron cigars are sold annually based on the merit of the Padron family name alone. Padron does… Read more: Padron 2000 Natural
- Arturo Fuente 8-5-8 Candelaby Luis MartinezThe Arturo Fuente 8-5-8 is one of the most popular of the Arturo Fuente Cigar Co.’s Gran Reserva family of cigars. Blended in honor of Carlos Fuente, Sr.’s 85th birthday, the cigars possess… Read more: Arturo Fuente 8-5-8 Candela
- Arturo Fuente Gran Reserva Corona Imperialby Luis MartinezThe Arturo Fuente Corona Imperial is a masterpiece and a perfect representation of what you can do with aged tobacco. Although the cigar is mild, you will experience flavors that leave you satisfied and… Read more: Arturo Fuente Gran Reserva Corona Imperial
- Brick House Double Connecticut Short Torpedoby Luis MartinezThere is no better way to celebrate the Fourth of July than smoking some American tobacco. The Brick House Double Connecticut Short Torpedo is the perfect pairing for any U.S.-based holiday. With a genuine… Read more: Brick House Double Connecticut Short Torpedo
- Rocky Patel The Edge Connecticut Robustoby Luis MartinezRocky Patel is a brand that persists in the hearts and minds of cigar consumers through sheer force of will. While other fledgling brands faltered and came to an abrupt demise towards the end… Read more: Rocky Patel The Edge Connecticut Robusto
- Perdomo Lot 23 Connecticut Toroby Luis MartinezPerdomo traces the roots of its company history to the work of Silvio Perdomo in Cuba. In 1992, Nicholas Perdomo, Jr. revitalized his family’s cigarmaking legacy by starting Tabacalera Perdomo out of his home… Read more: Perdomo Lot 23 Connecticut Toro
- Montesino Samplerby Luis MartinezMontesino is one of the oldest, continuously made Arturo Fuente cigar brands. The brand peaked in the early 1990’s and has struggled to maintain its popularity in recent years. Similar to the Casa Cuba… Read more: Montesino Sampler
- Montesino No. 1 Maduroby Luis MartinezSharing a name with one of the first missionaries to the Dominican Republic, Antonio de Montesino, Montesino was one of the first cigar brands Carlos Fuente, Sr. manufactured in the Dominican Republic in the… Read more: Montesino No. 1 Maduro
- Ashton VSG Sorcererby Luis MartinezThe Ashton Virgin Sun Grown (VSG) was released at the tail end of the cigar boom in 1999. Ever since it has received and maintained a good reputation amongst all types of consumers. It… Read more: Ashton VSG Sorcerer
- Cuesta-Rey Maduro No. 7by Holden RasmussenEver since 1884 Cuesta-Rey Cigars have maintained a pristine reputation as premium cigars. Started by Angel Cuesta and Peregrino Rey eventually the quality of their cigars gave them the title of the official tobacco… Read more: Cuesta-Rey Maduro No. 7
- Baccarat Churchillby Luis MartinezIf you are looking for a good, sweet-tipped cigar, Baccarat is a safe bet. Baccarat Havana the Game is a brand of sweet-tipped cigars produced by Oettinger Davidoff AG at Diadema Cigars de Honduras… Read more: Baccarat Churchill
- Perla Del Mar Maduroby Luis MartinezJ.C. Newman Cigar Co. recently refreshed the branding on their Perla Del Mar brand of cigars. The cigars, iconic for their unique box press and value, received a change to the cigar box art… Read more: Perla Del Mar Maduro
- Havana Q Double Toro Reviewby Luis MartinezNicaraguan tobacco began as an inexpensive alternative to Cuban tobacco in a cigar industry reeling from the Cuban Embargo. Even in the 1970’s and 1980’s, Nicaraguan tobacco and cigar production was a convenient secondary… Read more: Havana Q Double Toro Review
- Montecristo Platinum Series Rothchilde Tube Reviewby Luis MartinezThe Montecristo Platinum Series Rotchilde is an enjoyable premium cigar with a remarkable San Andreas Habano-seed wrapper. This is a fuller-bodied smoke for those who enjoy cigars from the traditional name-brand cigar powerhouses. The… Read more: Montecristo Platinum Series Rothchilde Tube Review
- H. Upmann by A.J. Fernandez Reviewby Luis MartinezUnless you have been living under a rock for the past ten years, you have heard about A.J. Fernandez. His portfolio and reputation have expanded exponentially ever since his coveted New World cigars made… Read more: H. Upmann by A.J. Fernandez Review
- Diamond Crown MAXIMUSby Luis MartinezThe Diamond Crown MAXIMUS is a fantastic premium value cigar with a high-quality Dominican cigar with an Ecuador El Bajo Sungrown wrapper. This cigar comes from J.C. Newman Cigar Co., and the reputation of… Read more: Diamond Crown MAXIMUS
- Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real Robusto Reviewby Luis MartinezThe Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real Robusto is a fantastic premium value cigar with a high-quality Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper. This is a cigar you could smoke every day after work to unwind. The… Read more: Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real Robusto Review
- Montecristo Classic Especial No. 1by Luis MartinezThe name Montecristo resonates with cigar smokers worldwide. Their superb quality and flavor have withstood the test of time in an ever-changing industry. The Montecristo Classic Especial No. 1 holds true to this statement.… Read more: Montecristo Classic Especial No. 1
- Cuesta-Rey Caravelle Cigars Reviewby Luis MartinezThe Cuesta-Rey Caravelle is a phenomenal value cigar with a premium presentation. These panatela cigars are made on J.C. Newman’s iconic antique cigar machines from the 1930’s in Tampa, FL. These are hand operated… Read more: Cuesta-Rey Caravelle Cigars Review
- Neos Cappuccino Cigarilloby Luis MartinezThe Neos Cappuccino Cigarillo is an enjoyable little dessert cigar and a perfect companion to an hour of leisure at a European café. Neos are made by J. Cortès Cigars in Handzame, Belgium. The… Read more: Neos Cappuccino Cigarillo
- Gurkha Ghostby Luis MartinezThe Gurkha Ghost is very popular and well known. With a 93 rating, attractive packaging, and unique flavor it was won the hearts of smokers nationwide. It comes in a 5 pack or a… Read more: Gurkha Ghost
- Montecristo White Series Toro Reviewby Luis MartinezThe Montecristo White Series Toro is an excellent daily smoke and an exemplary shade wrapper cigar. This cigar is manufactured in the Dominican Republic by Altadis USA at Tabacalera de Garcia, the largest factory… Read more: Montecristo White Series Toro Review
- The Punch Clasico London Club Reviewby Luis MartinezThe Punch Clasico London Club is a tasteful, affordable box to have in your humidor. This cigar is manufactured in Honduras by General Cigar Co. It uses an Ecuadorian Sumatra Wrapper over Nicaraguan, Honduran,… Read more: The Punch Clasico London Club Review
- Cigar Terminologyby Luis MartinezCigars and the cigar industry have a variety of terms that are important to know and understand. At LMCigars.com, we’ve taken the top 20 terms that are searched on our site and defined them… Read more: Cigar Terminology
- Cigar Review: The Brick House Double Connecticut Toroby Luis MartinezBrick House is one of the most popular cigar brands across all humidors in the United States. It is a quintessentially American cigar with a flavor profile most American smokers can find agreeable with… Read more: Cigar Review: The Brick House Double Connecticut Toro
- Seasoning Your Cigar Humidor: Why and How?by Luis MartinezSeasoning Your Cigar Humidor Whether you’re a novice cigar smoker, or a seasoned professional, there are important skills required to keeping your cigars fresh, and for aging them to your desire. One of the… Read more: Seasoning Your Cigar Humidor: Why and How?
- Buying Cigars Online: A Guideby Luis MartinezBuying cigars online has continued to become more commonplace. As the world moves toward online sales for just about everything – clothes, groceries, even prescriptions – cigars are not omitted. The conflict for many,… Read more: Buying Cigars Online: A Guide
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