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When technology meets the cigar
Plasencia is fitting an electronic chip into the band of its cigars, readable with a smartphone. The information the manufactory wants to pass on to retailers and consumers.
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New limited editions from Habanos
Habanos has announced three limited editions, including an Edicion Limitada for the 55th anniversary of the Cohiba. Formats, packaging and details of these awaited series.
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Cigarillos: what makes them different?
Diameter, weight, tobacco used and wrapper: what separates a cigarillo from a cigar rests on precise criteria, some of them set by regulation. The article details them one by one.
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How do you become a cigar expert?
Cuba trains cigar specialists known as catadores. What the course covers, the vocabulary it requires and the comparison often drawn with the work of a wine sommelier.
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Banning cigars on the terrace: is it legal?
Signs banning cigars on café terraces are not unusual. What the French rules on the use of public space say, and the cases in which such a ban has no legal basis.
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Pipe or cigar? Not so elementary, my dear Watson
In Conan Doyle’s novels, Sherlock Holmes also smokes cigars. A falling-out involving the writer, then the detective’s first incarnation on stage in 1890: two explanations examined.
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Cigars and bad breath: what can be done about it?
Americans call it cigar mouth: the breath that follows a cigar. What makes it worse, and the precautions smokers pass on to one another in order to limit it.
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The importance of the different tobaccos in a cigar
A cigar brings together several tobaccos, each with a precise role. Cuban, Dominican and Honduran terroirs, and the reasons put forward to explain these blends.
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All you need to know about the art of holding a cigar
There is no official way of holding a cigar. The article reviews the grips that can be observed and the conventions that the cigar world attaches to each of them.
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The finest cigar lounges in the world
The Wellesley in London, Club Macanudo in New York, the Cubana Café in Paris: five cigar lounges presented by the article, one of them cited by GQ and Forbes.
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A Christmas surprise: Teddy Pécot’s book on Cuban cigars
Funded by a call for donations and then self-published, Teddy Pécot’s book reads like an encyclopaedia of the Cuban cigar. A look at the work and at its three parts.
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Tercecret: the French maker of exceptional humidors
In Bordeaux, the cabinetmaker Pierre Maréchal shapes cigar boxes fitted with secret compartments. The story of the Tercecret workshop and of its collaborations.
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Portrait of the oldest French cigar roller
Gérard Gorlier, better known as Don G, is the longest-serving cigar roller in France. From the Gard to Saint-Martin by way of Cuba, the path that led him to the trade.
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The 2020 edition of the Rocky Patel Cigar Smoking world championship
Keeping a cigar alight as long as possible without relighting it: the principle of a championship born in Split. The 2020 qualifiers and the cancellations linked to the coronavirus.
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Travelling with your cigars: a practical guide
A case for a weekend, a travel humidor for a longer stay: the solutions put forward for carrying cigars without damaging them, depending on how long the trip lasts.
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Getting started in the world of the cigar with 15,000 euros
Humidor, ashtray, luxury case: the article ironically lines up the bill for the accessories presented as compulsory, before recalling that nothing of the sort is required.
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Helios humidors: designer cabinetmakers near Toulouse
Near Toulouse, Atelier Helios brings together a designer and a cabinetmaker around the craft of wood. A look at their humidors, including the award-winning Aficionado.
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[Elie Bleu interview] The famous house shares a few of its secrets
An exclusive interview with Laurent Fuchs, CEO of the cigar box maker Elie Bleu, on marquetry, cedar, connected humidors and the boxes made for Cohiba’s anniversary.
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How do you choose a cigar?
Wrapper, feel, humidity level and format: the points enthusiasts examine before buying a cigar, explained for those who are new to the subject.
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A curiosity: the 100% Made in France cigar
In Béarn, the company Cigare Navarre grows its own tobacco and rolls its cigars on site. The story of a wholly French production, from seedling to rolling table.
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Valentine’s Day: 5 gift ideas for a cigar smoker
Lighter, case, humidor, ashtray or gift set: five accessories to consider for Valentine’s Day when the person you live with happens to smoke cigars.
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