My Top 5 Cigar Experiences of 2007

If you’ve been cruising the cigar blogs in the past week or two, you’ve probably noticed a lot of top five or ten lists recounting the finest smokes of the previous year. Well this list is a little different. Instead of focusing on the quality of the cigar by itself, I keep finding myself thinking about my 2007 smoking experiences as a whole. While a cigar I smoked in a quiet evening at home may have easily nailed a top …

My Top 5 Cigars of 2007

Several months back a topic was started on our Fan Forums about our Top Cigars of the year. I think the original mention was for a list of 25 or so, but with the decisions being so difficult I decided to prune the list down to my Top 5.

With the new year starting tomarrow what better time to finially post my list of favorites.

My list is comprised of my 5 favorite cigars from 2007 (in descending order.)…

Bargain Cigar Rundown – 2007

With the year coming to a close, and Christmas behind us, its about time to look back at what we have been smoking as of late in order to save a few bucks for Christmas Spending.

2007

Helix X542
Purchased From: Tinderbox
Count: 25
Price: 41.95
Shipping: 8.95 Flat Rate (Free over $100.00 order)
Price Per Cigar: $2.04

Flor de Oliva Corojo
Purchased From: Tinderbox
Count: 25
Shipping: 8.95 Flat Rate (Free over $100.00 order)
Price Per Cigar: $1.98…

Bargain Cigar Breakdown – Installment 1 (2007)

unfortunately, my available free time did not work out as planned over the weekend. I had some things that needed to be taken care of around the house and what not so I missed my video this week. In it’s place I thought it would be a good idea to group the bargain cigars together into one post and do a cost breakdown of each for anyone who hasn’t been watching along.

Havana Sunrise:
Purchased from: TNT Cigars
Box …

User Review

While I’m editing the video for Episode 7 or Your Questions, My Answers I thought I’d share with you a review from one of our loyal visitors to the site. John Baelly was our winner of the box of Tatuaje Series P we gave away awhile back. After John had the chance to smoke a few he was nice enough to send us a review of the Tatuaje Series P:…

Blast from the past

A good friend of mine was working on an old barn recently. While taking down some old plaster he wasn’t surprised to see wadded up newspaper stuffed into the walls as insulation. However, what did surprise him was the clipping he saw as he pulled out the first wad of newspaper. It was a cigar advertisement in the Daily Reporter (old Phoenixville, PA Newspaper) dated 1929.

The Old Tiler Cigar
For the man who knows a good smoke!
Hand made, …

Bargain Cigar Breakdown – Installment 4

Here we are once again with another bargain breakdown. Just as last time, these cigars fall into the category of under three dollars AFTER shipping.

First Cigar
Gisbert Maduro
Purchased From: Cigars International
Box Price: $51.00 (per box of 25)
Shipping: $5.00

Box price after shipping: $2.24 per single

Second Cigar
Helix Maduro
Purchased From: Famous Smoke Shop
Box Price: $45.95 (per box of 25)
Shipping: $5.35 for items over $40.00

Box price after shipping: $2.05 per single…

Bargain Cigar Breakdown – Installment 3

Here we are once again with another bargain breakdown. Just as last time, these cigars fall into the category of under three dollars AFTER shipping.

My apologies for getting this up later than I intended.

First Cigar
Padron Londres
Purchased From: TNT Cigars
Box Price: $49.95 (per box of 25)
Shipping: $5.95 per item

Box price after shipping: $2.20 per single

Second Cigar
Camacho Havana
Purchased From: Atlantic Cigar
Box Price: $40.80 (per box of 20)
Shipping: $5.95 up to …

Bargain Cigar Breakdown – Installment 2

Here we are once again with another bargain breakdown. Just as last time, these cigars fall into the category of under three dollars AFTER shipping.

First Cigar
Consuerga No. 17
Purchased From: JR Cigars
Bundle Price: $23.00 (per bundle of 25)
Shipping: $2.50 per item

Bundle price after shipping: $1.02 per single

Second Cigar
Famous Nicaraguan 3000
Purchased From: Famous Smoke Shop
Bundle Price: $44.95 (per bundle of 20)
5 Pack Price: $14.95
Shipping: Free shipping on bundle – $5.95 …

Bargain Cigar Breakdown – Installment 1

Not all that long ago I received an email from a student requesting that I review some budget level cigars. With the holidays being right around the corner I thought this would be a great time to do some reviews on some of the less expensive sticks.

Before I get started I just wanted to point out that everyone has a different opinion on what a bargain cigar actually is. For the purpose of this mini series I am going …