Section
Guides
How-to writing for beginners and experienced smokers alike.
Guides
Recharging Boveda packs will ruin your cigars
Recharging Boveda packs doesn't make you smart. It makes you the Julius from Everybody Hates Chris of cigar storage, risking hundreds in cigars to save pocket change.
Guides
Wooden humidors are beautiful and bad at their job
Wooden humidors depend on your house staying stable and you remembering to add water. Miss either and your Padrón smokes like cardboard.
Guides
Nicaragua has four tobacco regions, and they taste nothing alike
Nicaragua has four tobacco regions. Jalapa is smooth. Estelí is bold. Condega bridges the gap. Ometepe is funky. Understanding the difference predicts what a blend will deliver.