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Taking a Closer Look at the Dutch Masters Brand
Unique Packaging The Dutch Masters brand of naturally wrapped cigars began being sold in the United States back in 1911. The brand is known by many due to its unique packaging that features Rembrandt’s 1662 painting known as The Syndics...
How Do They Put The Flavor Into Flavored Pipe Tobacco?
Back in the days of clay and corn cob pipes; all that smokers really wanted was for their tobacco to stay alight so they could continue sucking in smoke (blowing it out into the faces of others wasn’t considered anti-social...
World Politics As Seen Through The Smoke From Oliva Cigars
At first glance, the history of Tabacalera Oliva Tabolisa (known, here in the States as the Oliva Cigar Co.) appears fairly mundane. One Melanio Oliva grew tobacco and founded the company in Cuba in 1886; the company is still family...
Where Do You Buy Phillies Cigars?
For the uninitiated among us, Phillies Cigars are an American cigar brand which originated around 1910 in Philadelphia from a company called Bayuk Cigars Inc. They were originally called Philadelphia Hand Made; but, after customers shortened the name to Phillies; the...
Top Ten Cigar Smoking Comic Book Characters
Over the past few years, it has been almost impossible to avoid the resurgence of comic books. These “kids” books are anything but. The themes and artwork are more adult and even the name has changed with “graphic novel”...
The Most Expensive Cigars in the World
Cigars have often gotten an unfair stereotype for being a rich man’s luxury. Certainly, the fact that most good quality cigars are hand-rolled make the products more costly than their mass produced counterparts in the cigarette industry. But many...
Outsiders to the cigar world may be wondering … what’s the big deal with cigars? What’s so great about cigars that you can’t get from smoking a cigarette or a pipe? Here are some reasons to consider trying something...
If you are new to smoking cigars, you may be interested in learning the illustrious history behind these fine products. Where did cigars originate? How did their popularity spread and develop over time? A Complete History of Cigars, Brand Origins,...