We thought we’d try something a little different this week and a cigar movie review. This is our first cigar movie review, but it probably won’t be the last. This time around we decided to cover the cigar documentary Hand Rolled: A Film About Cigars. You can watch it yourself …
Read More »Exploring Legacy Cigar Brands – Part III
Part III – Legacy Cigar Brands Legacy Cigar Brands – Part III will be our final installment on this series, at least for now. But we realize there will inevitably a brand or two that didn’t get mentioned in the pantheon of cigar legends that someone thinks should have been. …
Read More »What is a Puro Cigar and Which Ones Should I try?
What is a Puro, Anyway? For some of you, this will be a set of reviews and suggestions of puros to sample and explore. For others it will be your first real introduction to the cigar phenomenon known as the puro. Even if you’re relatively new to cigars, you may …
Read More »Cigar Producing Regions: Honduras
The Origin Story of Honduran Cigars Technically, Honduran cigars are far older that most people would ever imagine. It’s true that cigars first reached the western world after Columbus was introduced to them by the indigenous Taíno peoples of Hispaniola (Cuba) in the 15th century, but Honduran cigars are far …
Read More »Cigars and Noble Pastimes
While Enjoying a Cigar For our last installment in the Cigars With series, we’re going to look at some of our favorite things to do while enjoying a cigar. Cigar smokers as a group are pretty diverse, but there’s definitely some hobbies and pastimes that many of us share. Who …
Read More »Pairing Cigars with Non-Alcoholic Drinks
Cigars and Mocktails So far, we’ve looked at pairing cigars with traditional libations containing alcohol, like port wine, cognac, Scotch and bourbon and pairings with cuisine. In this installment we dive into cigar pairing with non-alcoholic beverages. More and more people are forgoing alcohol either some or all of the …
Read More »Celebrities and Cigars
Cigars and Celebs If there’s anything we know about our fellow cigar smokers, it’s that they have character. Think about the people in your life who smoke cigars. Is there a single mild and mediocre person among them? Of course not. People who smoke cigars are all different to be …
Read More »How Are Cigars Made? – Part 1
How are Cigars Made – Part 1 Why are Cigars Made? If we are thinking about how cigars are made, we should also ask why. What are the priorities of the fine cigar maker? The cigar maker really is an artist in the truest sense of the term. …
Read More »Where Do Cigars Come From?
Welcome to the second installment in our Cigar Shop University series where we cover everything we know and love about our favorite pastime. From history to geography to culture and more. This week’s article is about where cigar tobacco is grown and what it means to you. From Farm to …
Read More »Smoke Inn’s Cigar Shop University
Welcome to Cigar Shop University Welcome to the first installment of Smoke Inn’s new series. We’re calling it Cigar Shop University. As your favorite cigar shop and the best place around to buy cigars online, we saw an opportunity to entertain and inform while talking about our favorite subject. There …
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