KINGSTON — You might expect the Obama administration’s refusal to lift the trade embargo with Cuba would have brought disappointment and dismay to the men and women who covet the island’s most famous export — Cuban cigars. But proprietors and customers at Kingston’s Uptown Cigar Company are a mellow lot whose deep familiarity with cigars […]
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The cigar shop of yesteryear has been increasingly replaced by a virtual version that offers the same wide variety of cigar brands, humidors and accessories, but knows no geographical boundaries and offers products at a fraction of the cost. Truly, online cigar stores have played a major role in the cigar boom of the last
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You can still find Cuban immigrants hand-rolling cigars in the storefronts of Ybor City, the section of Tampa, Fla., named after a Havana cigar manufacturer.At La Herencia de Cuba, Roberto Ramirez is rolling a tobacco leaf wrapper around a torpedo-shaped cigar. His fingers are stained from more than half a century of cigar-making. Ramirez and
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There are many styles of humidors that range from the smaller traveling humidor to the large cabinet and even walk-in room humidors. Cigar humidors are storage units designed to hold, preserve and display a collection of cigars. They come in varying shapes and sizes, and can typically be custom made to suit the tastes of
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For the young Cigar Entrepreneur, choosing the right smoke can be the most difficult of matters. One has to know what one is looking for, as well as looking at. There is such a wide variety of high-profile cigars on the market today, that one just about has to have some instruction prior to that
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