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One of GL Pease’s Original Mixtures, Barbary Coast is a blend of cube-cut Burley, Red Virginia, and Perique with a “kiss” of brandy. It is one of the few blends from GL Pease that you may want to give a few minutes of drying time before smoking. I find that it works best in a
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The RoMa Craft CRAFT Maquette Mon Cheri is a limited edition cigar, with only 650 bundles available. It features a barber pole design with an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper accompanied by a pinstripe of Ecuadorian Habano, and is further accented with a shiny brown footband. The wrapper is slightly toothy with a light oily sheen, and
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Cringle Flake has been an annual release from Sutliff since 2019, always featuring top grade aged Red Virginias. The original blend was a straight Red Virginia flake, while the subsequent years (2020-2023) were Virginia Perique blends. For the first time since its inception, Cringle Flake 2024 is again a straight Virginia flake. A blend of
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HU Tobacco is a German company founded by master blender Hans Wiedemann, with a strong following in the pipe community. Thanks to a new relationship with Laudisi Enterprises, HU tobaccos are now available in the US domestic market for the first time in 100g tins. Dark Moor is a ribbon-cut blend of Brown Virginia, Kentucky,
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The Mi Querida Green Pata Perro 8.5 x 52 is DT&T’s replacement for the Polpetta as their event-only cigar. Interestingly, “pata perro” is a Spanish idiom that translates to “dog’s paw” and is often used to describe someone who can’t stay in one place for too long, much like a dog that is always roaming.
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One of the things I have been learning is that everyone has problems. You have problems. I have problems. I don’t know anyone who does not have problems! If you are alive and breathing, you have a problem. If you don’t think you have a problem, your problem is worse than you realize! Something else
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G.L. Pease Cumberland is one of my all-time favorite tobaccos. I have been smoking it since it came out around 2000 and have almost always had a tin with me since. This ribbon-cut blend of Dark Fired Kentucky, Red Virginia, and a bit of Perique enhances and complements each component in such a way that
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Savinelli’s 145, their 145th anniversary blend, has been re-released. It is a crumble cake blend of St. James Perique, Bright and Red Virginia, and double fermented Dark Fired Kentucky from the Tuscan Tiber Valley region in Italy. The cake breaks apart easily and rubs out to broken ribbon and lights easily. You can watch my
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Liz has had some unforeseen circumstances that prevent her from attending our event with Noble cigars this Saturday, November 23rd at Twins, and therefore we are not able do the interview as planned. The next time she is in town we will do it. Thanks for understanding!
Not Just Blowing Smoke with Pastor Padron 