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This cigar podcast could save your or a loved one's life.
Following his own mental health crisis, Adam Levine founded the League of Fat Bastards Cigars. The boutique Nicaraguan cigar brand gives away 40% of its profits to men's mental health initiatives; hosts events where men can get real about their lives; and encourages intentional discussions about mental health over cigars.
Interview by Drew Emmer at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.
What is Boveda? League Of Fat Bastards Cigars recommends Boveda 2-way humidity control for wherever you store cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. Boveda prevents cigars from drying out and mold growth. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.
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00:00 This is Box Press
00:24 How did the League of Fat Bastards Cigars get its name?
00:45 Creating space for men to chew the fat
01:23 Organize cigar events with celebs and athletes to normalize mental health struggles
01:47 LOFB Cigars gives back 40% of profits to men's mental health groups
02:15 Using cigar smoking as therapy
03:10 Living in London in the heyday of Cuban Cigars
03:34 Adam Levine had a severe mental breakdown
04:46 Create a movement to help men live their best lives
05:16 Only cigar brand produced over Zoom?
05:51 The Goldilocks cigar blend, Serie L made in Nicaragua
06:40 League of Fat Bastards is an everyman cigar on purpose
07:06 What cigar should your first cigar be?
07:26 Discover the joy of cigars and provide an opportunity for men to open up emotionally
09:20 Why did this happen FOR me?
10:56 LOFB Cigars packaged with Boveda
11:50 Reusing Boveda packets from cigar boxes
12:22 Keeping cigars at the perfect humidity maintains their condition
13:13 If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, call or text 988
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This vintage 1800s Wisconsin cigar brand has a new life thanks to owners Mike Gehm, Keith Archiquette, and Dylan Masse. The trio blends cigar that they love, and it turns out a lot cigar smokers love Lovely Cigars, too. Hear more about this boutique cigar brand that produces Elegante X2 Ain't They Lovely Cigar, The Bay City Cigar, and the No. 162.
Interview by Drew Emmer at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.
00:00 This is Box Press
01:36 First 2 years of a new business are rocky
03:16 Gotta have a quality cigar, good marketing, and good relationship with tobacco shops
04:27 Founders are regular cigar palate people
05:00 Lovely Cigar brand is from the 1800s out of Green Bay, Wisconsin
05:29 No.162 Lovely Cigar
05:35 The new Lovely's Bay City Cigar
06:19 Converting a great idea into tobacco stores adopting cigar lines
12:41 What's ham-and-egging it?
13:51 A delicious cigar to try
18:57 Storing cigars in a Boveda Humidor Bag keeps cigars from disintegrating
19:22 Cigar guys share cigars and share cigar recommendations
20:17 Lovely Cigars protected by Boveda on the way to and while in Las Vegas
What is Boveda? Cigar makers like Lovely Cigars recommend Boveda 2-way humidity control for wherever you store cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. Keep cigars well-humidified with Boveda B69 packets in your humidor. Boveda prevents cigars from drying out and mold growth. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every Lovely Cigar.
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NEW CIGAR BRAND: Domain Cigars, whose flavor and construction are protected by Boveda. Use Boveda to protect the cigars in your humidor, click here to get emails: https://hubs.la/Q01BLsBF0
Domain Cigars is the crest of the third wave of cigar making. Fully vertically integrated. Craft. Innovative. If they can't produce a cigar, they won't make it anymore.
This new guy in town was developed by Daniel Lance and his business partner, Esteban Disla, a master blender who has created cigars for 30 cigar companies. Domain will change the way you see cigars, including a new way to package cigars with Boveda 2-way humidity control. Lance only uses Boveda to keep his cigars, like Domain's new Neutron and Negentropy tasting and smoking great.
Interview by Drew Emmer at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.
00:00 This is Box Press
00:43 Esteban Disla experienced cigar man
02:19 Third wave cigar maker is where the cigar industry is headed
02:27 First cigar wave = Cuba embargo
04:01 Second wave of cigars is like Starbucks is to coffee
05:33 Built Boveda into its cigar packaging
06:02 Boveda first integrated branding
06:59 Positioning Boveda at the foot of cigars
07:21 A cigar naturally dries out from the foot to the cap
08:38 Domain Neutron cigar's flavor notes
12:13 Lessons learned from Sylvia the cigar roller
14:18 People have begun valuing relationships post pandemic
14:52 If we can't produce that cigar, we won't make it anymore
16:49 Boveda branded cigar boxes
18:04 Boveda saves Fuente Añejo cigars
What is Boveda? Cigar makers like Domain recommend Boveda 2-way humidity control for wherever you store cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. Use Boveda B84 packets to season your wood humidor before adding cigars. And then keep cigars well-humidified with Boveda B69 packets in your humidor. Boveda prevents cigars from drying out and mold growth. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.
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Unlike a bad guy, his Maduro cigar won't kick you in the head. Discover Porto Real, actor Alex Estrella's boutique cigar brand. Porto Real cigars are tasty Dominican and Nicaragua blends that are affordable. Cigars are from $8 to $12.
When playing a ne'er-do-well in a film or series, Alex would often smoke a cigar. (Hey, cigar smokers are not so bad!) So it's natural that the actor parlayed his love of smokes into a cigar biz. Alex and Boveda's Drew Emmer talk cigar storage and more at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.
00:00 This is Box Press
00:01 This IS the actor/producer Alex Estrella
01:29 The actor who has a cigar brand and the cigar brand run by an actor
02:31 Started in cigars when he started acting for TV
03:05 Sampling the Porto Real Maduro cigar
03:44 Maduro cigar that's not going to kick you in the head
05:07 Living la vida loca
06:02 A cigar is a moment of time spent with a friend
06:18 Estrella watch Porto Real cigar edition based on his late dad's watch
08:51 Why Boveda for cigars?
11:15 Cigars don't have to be too expensive to be good
What is Boveda? Cigar makers recommend Boveda 2-way humidity control wherever you store cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. Use Boveda B84 packets to season your wood humidor before adding cigars. And then keep cigars well-humidified with Boveda B69 packets in your humidor. Boveda prevents cigars from drying out and mold growth. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.
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Does the size of a cigar matter? Sure does for PDR founder Abe Flores. Find out if he prefers fatter stogies versus shorter, slimmer cigars. Then get cigar recommendations from this award-winning master blender.
Looking for an accessible Cubanesque cigar? PDR (Puro Dominican Republic) blends Cuban traditions with boutique modern manufacturing . The cigar makers employ a complex tobacco rolling technique that originated in Cuba called “entubado.” The cigar roller rolls each filler leaf into a straw shape to fit a greater number of filler leaves into a PDR cigar, which results in amazing air flow.
PDR's Flores talks with Boveda's Drew Emmer about protecting the condition of cigars at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.
00:00 This is Box Press
01:58 To buy instruments, I was selling cigars on the side
03:36 Abe Flores already knew tech and marketing, needed to learn cigars
04:23 Pinar del Rio, Cuba is where tobacco seeds are from
06:41 #1 PDR cigar: El Criollito
07:37 For My Humidor I Use Boveda
08:43 Boveda maintains the perfect humidity for cigars
10:00 Bad humidor, no Boveda is very bad for cigars
10:14 What's your favorite cigar?
10:31 PDR 10th Anniversary Millefleurs Corona cigar
11:06 Pepin Black Lancero cigar and 601 Green cigar
11:25 Fuente Añejo Shark cigar
What is Boveda? Master blenders recommend Boveda 2-way humidity control to protect cigars you store. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. Boveda humidor packets prevent cigars from drying out and mold growth. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.
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Protect the flavor and character of artisan cigars with Boveda. Find out how to use Boveda in your humidor, click here to get emails: https://hubs.la/Q01BLsBF0
Cigar smokers in the Pacific Northwest, you made this Tampa cigar famous. Try the latest iteration of the Juan de Fuca cigar blended by Serafin de Cuba.
Fourth generation cigar maker Arnoldo Serafin talks with Boveda's Drew Emmer about reviving forgotten cigar brands at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.
00:00 This is Box Press
00:09 Juan de Fuca cigars packaged with Boveda
00:31 What is a Juan de Fuca cigar?
00:47 Strait of Juan de Fuca in Pacific Northwest
01:38 Why smoke a closed foot cigar
01:56 Don Ramon 1917 Series cigar—cigar fit for a BOSS! Created to honor patriarch, Don Ramon Serafin, Jr.
02:18 How did you fall in love with cigars?
04:23 Sweeter cigar, medium that's not too strong, not too harsh
04:34 I'm a sucker for Cameroon wrappers
06:00 How many fourth generation cigar makers are there?
06:31 History of Tampa and cigars
07:04 Prince of Wales cigars (Principe de Gales cigars)
What is Boveda? Generations of cigar makers recommend Boveda 2-way humidity control to protect cigars you store. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. Boveda humidor packets prevent cigars from drying out and mold growth. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.
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So they're ready for cigars right away, Brizard & Co. ships humidors with Boveda's specialty seasoning packets. Brizard airflow humidors have compartments that position Boveda above and below the cigars to surround them in the idea humidity. Find out how to use Boveda in your humidor, click here to get emails: https://hubs.la/Q01BLsBF0
Brizard & Co. makes premium cigar accessories from exotic woods and genuine leather. Manufacturing in Southern California allows Brizard & Co. to control the quality of their woodwork, leather work, and metal work.
Founder of Brizard & Co., Cyril Brizard talks proper cigar storage with Boveda's Drew Emmer at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.
00:00 This is Box Press
01:05 People connect over cigars
01:37 Brizard & Co. makes no mass produced humidors
03:17 Southern California maker of high-end humidors, cigar cases, and lighters
03:48 Brizard & Co. golf cigar collection
04:09 Brizard & Co. luxury cowboy cigar collection
06:09 From luxury toiletry cases to high-end cigar accessories
06:37 ...but I travel with my cigars in a Ziploc® bag
10:58 First limited-edition luxury cigar case for OpusX for Carlito Fuente
13:13 New Limited-Edition Fuente Black Pink cigar case
14:46 Brizard & Co. airflow humidors designed for using Boveda to control humidity for cigars
What is Boveda? Humidor makers, like Brizard & Co. recommend Boveda 2-way humidity control wherever you store cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. Use Boveda B84 packets to season your wood humidor before adding cigars. And then keep cigars well-humidified with Boveda B69 packets in your humidor. Boveda prevents cigars from drying out and mold growth. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.
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Whether you're holding on to a $100 Sans Pareil Gold or a value smoke, preserve that cigar's flavor with Boveda, click here to get emails: https://hubs.la/Q01BLsBF0
Sans Pareil is pronounced sahn-pah-rehy. (BTW, Boveda is pronounced boh-veh-dah.)
Sans Pareil is French and translates to "without equal or unparalleled." Fitting for four lines of ultra-premium cigars that command $38 to $100 a stick.
Should you save a Sans Pareil for a special occasion? Or work celebratory sticks into your cigar rotation? If you smoke luxury cigars regularly, do they lose their panache?
David J. Swinburne, CEO and co-founder of Sans Pareil cigars talks luxury cigars and new releases with Boveda's Drew Emmer at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.
00:00 This is Box Press
00:12 NEW Green line of Sans Pareil Cigars
01:51 Shout out to the Cedar Room Fine Cigars & Lounge, Scottsdale, Arizona
02:54 Re-release of Super Lancero in the Sans Pareil Gold line
04:48 New Sans Pareil Toro cigar, The Jeddo
05:09 What Sans Pareil cigars should a new cigar smoker try?
05:54 Sans Pareil cigars origin story
07:41 How the wrong humidity affects cigars—Sans Pareil cigars are packaged with Boveda
09:51 What's next for Sans Pareil cigars?
What is Boveda? Luxury cigar brands like Sans Pareil protect blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.
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A whole lotta smart cigar storage in this one. Along with its popular 80-count model, CigarBros personal humidors are now available in 4 new sizes to keep 5, 10, 20, and 30 cigars.
CigarBros founder Remon Mansour announced that retailers, like the online wine merchant, Wooden Cork are now carrying a prefilled CigarBros personal humidor. This heavy-duty black foam cigar vault is reusable but comes prefilled with premium cigars, like Oliva, Romeo Y Julieta, Acid, and more.
Find out about how this family-owned humidor biz has taken off since CigarBros patented a stand-alone climate-controlled humidor to keep cigars fresh and well stocked for non-traditional cigar sellers, like gas stations, convenience stores, liquor stores, lounges, casinos, golf courses, etc.
Remon talks to Boveda's Drew Emmer at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.
00:00 This is Box Press
00:31 Luck is when hard work meets opportunity
00:57 Designed a stand-alone climate-controlled humidor for non-traditional cigar retailers
03:17 Easy-to-use humidor that you don't have to season
04:13 Airtight, waterproof affordable cigar humidor
05:14 Soon to be available in 5 sizes to hold 5 cigars, 10, 20, 30 80
06:11 New branded personal humidor that's prefilled with cigars and Boveda
08:33 No more dry, damaged online cigars
09:54 Wooden Cork online retailer carries cigar filled CigarBros personal humidors
11:47 Making it easy for people to store cigars at home
12:18 Finding affordable multiple personal humidors (great gift for cigar smokers)
16:13 When do you replace Boveda? Every 3 months
What is Boveda? Successful cigar storage starts with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars from drying out. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.
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UberLuxury cigars are a new segment of premium cigars created by Jeremiah Meerapfel. His family's legendary Meerapfel Cameroon tobacco is touted as the most exclusive wrapper in the world. This fifth generation cigar man talks how his family evolved cigar smokers beyond Cubans toward New World Cigars (AKA cigars originating from any country that isn't Cuba!). Meerapfel and Boveda's Drew Emmer talk cigars and Boveda at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.
00:00 This is Box Press
02:40 Responsibilities come with being the patriarch of a family, a company
04:33 Amassment is a word
06:34 Combatting Cuban cigars with non-Cuban New World cigars
08:00 Cigars followed the same trajectory as wine
08:55 Sad that my father isn't next to me
13:32 How the cigar craft has changed over 20 years
16:07 Say NO to big cigar ring gauges
17:15 Wrapper is the most expensive part of a cigar
20:40 Pricing Meerapfel cigars created mayhem in the company
35:33 There's magic fairy dust in handcrafted premium cigars
37:20 If you want to smoke a perfect cigar, store it first with Boveda
What is Boveda? Premium and UberLuxury cigar brands like Meerapfel Cigar protect blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars from drying out. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.
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Mo reveals a new release for Patina Cigars! Founder of Patina Cigars, Mo Maali believes a cigar is a two-hour vacation, a cost-effective psychiatrist session, and a barrier-breaker. Cigars ARE the best way to bring people together, including Mo and Boveda's Drew Emmer at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.
00:00 This is Box Press
00:14 A COVID podcast that launched Patina Cigars
01:30 NEW RELEASE: Patina Oro de Nicaragua cigar
02:17 Unique cigar wrapper to try
03:07 Dream of owning your own cigar line?
04:27 Nicaraguan American supplies tobacco—shout out to cigar makers Raul Disla and Gus Cura
05:06 Giving Boveda a try when you store cigars
05:48 Shout out to James Brown of Black Label Trading
09:39 Patina represents age and beauty
17:14 New to cigars? Or so-so on Connecticuts? Pick up a Patina Connecticut cigar
What is Boveda? Boutique cigar brands like Patina Cigars protect blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars from drying out. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.
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Foundation is no longer making the El Güegüense cigar nor the original Wise Man Maduro blend. In their place, find out what Nicholas Melillo, Foundation founder has in store for lovers of this popular boutique brand of thoughtfully blended, hand-rolled cigars.
See what's new for Foundation cigars with Boveda's Drew Emmer at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.
00:00 This is Box Press
00:12 Nick Melillo riffs on Robert Caldwell
02:58 Connecticut gets a bad rap
04:32 Shout out to Foundation's Olmec cigars and Cigar Jones, Minnetonka, Minnesota
06:01 Hiphop and cigars
07:01 Foundation music video by The Reminders filmed in A.J. Fernandez factory, on the fields
08:01 Worked cigar retail in Hamden, Connecticut
08:26 Discontinuing El Güegüense cigar
09:56 New Foundation cigars The Wise Man Maduro and Corojo
15:57 PCA 2025 trade show April 11-14 in New Orleans
16:04 Foundation Cigar's 10th anniversary is coming
What is Boveda? Boutique cigar brands like Foundation Cigar Co. protect blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.
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Long Live the King! Learn how to preserve cigars with Boveda, click here to get emails: https://hubs.la/Q01BLsBF0
After running Caldwell Cigar Co., for a decade, Robert Caldwell and co-founder, Juan Jaramillo sold the company to Laudisi Enterprises. How will your favorite Caldwell cigars, like Blind Man's Bluff and Anastasia be affected? Find out directly from Robert himself.
By acquiring the boutique cigar brand, Laudisi is branching out from the premium pipes and pipe tobacco arenas. Catch the whole story with Boveda's Drew Emmer at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.
00:00 This is Box Press
00:33 Caldwell Cigar founders sell their cigar company
03:14 Smoking the Caldwell Long Live The Queen Maduro
04:34 How do you go from being an owner-operated business to not?
07:46 Is Robert Caldwell still running Caldwell cigars?
08:56 What's you sweet spot?
10:40 Video bomb by Nicholas Melillo, Foundation Cigar Co.
What is Boveda? Boutique cigars like Caldwells protect blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.
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Connoisseurs of fine wines who love cigars, this cigar talk is for you. Get in the know on Somm's limited-release boutique cigars.
Somm is short for sommelier. Somm's lines are named after wines and blended to tap into your palate for wine and cigars. BDX is Red Bordeaux. BDX Blanc is White Bordeaux. Rioja Blend is inspired by the eponymous Spanish wine region. And the Premier Cru - Limited Edition is a rarified 3,000 release of cigars for wine lovers.
Who knew sommeliers (pro wine experts) are also schooled in cigar tasting? Pick up 3 tips on how to taste your cigars better from Vlad Stojanov, founder of Somm Cigars.
Hosted by Boveda's Drew Emmer at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.
00:00 This is Box Press
00:22 How to correctly light a cigar AKA toast the foot of your cigar
00:37 Light the edges of your cigar first
03:33 First cigar? Cuban Punch Punch
05:37 Somm Cigars has 3 limited-production cigar blends
08:24 Great gift for cigar lovers: THE CIGAR, FROM SOIL TO SOUL by Didier Houvenaghel
10:29 Why you retrohale a cigar
17:18 Train your palate to taste cigar better
23:25 5-pack cigar bundle
25:40 Is a big cigar better than two shorter cigars?
27:49 Somm Cigars use rare Honduran Broadleaf
34:19 Which RH is right for your cigars?
35:08 Does a cigar's humidity affect how it smokes?
What is Boveda? Premium cigars like Somm Cigars protect their blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.
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Who are you gonna call to save a massive cigar collection you have to take possession of in a few weeks? Find what Michael Herklots did as he takes you through launching his storied cigar brand, Ferio Tego. Ferio Tego is behind Elegancia and Generoso cigars and the cigar maker that brought back best-selling legendary cigar lines, including Metropolitan.
Michael is the co-founder of Ferio Tego. He sat down with Drew Emmer, Boveda's guru of strategic relationships at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.
00:00 This is Box Press
00:09 What cigar is Drew smoking? Ferio Tego 2023 Elegancia cigar
06:12 Ferio Tego cigar launch
06:38 Cigar lines predate the company
09:48 Only 5 guys in the room could pull this off
11:56 Cigar retailer, now a cigar brand owner
14:16 Reach back and lend a hand up
18:00 What's a boutique cigar brand?
18:57 What does Ferio Tego mean?
19:39 How many cigar brands does Ferio Tego have?
20:39 Michael Herklots invited to cigar icons' Boveda For My Humidor
20:58 Ferio Tego 5-pack cigar is coming back!
21:49 Michael's first paid gig as a drummer in Boston was at a Fuente cigar event
22:16 Every cigar I own is protected by Boveda
22:38 Need help with cigar humidity, who you gonna call?
23:21 What Ferio Tego cigar to try first
What is Boveda? Storied cigars brands like Ferio Tego protect their blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.
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It's like having a smoke in a cigar lounge WITH 5 CIGAR NOTABLES. Light up you best celebratory cigar (perhaps La Flor Dominicana Andalusian Bull, rated #1 cigar of 2016 by Cigar Aficionado, BTW?) for this virtual smoke sesh featuring:
- Cigar Aficionado Hall of Famer Litto Gomez, Co-owner of La Flor Dominicana (LFD)
- Tony Gomez, LFD Vice President
- Sean Knutsen, Boveda CEO
- Tim Swail, Boveda Executive VP of Sales
- Drew Emmer, Guru of Strategic Relationships
One of the top premium cigar brands, LFD creates some of the strongest smoking profiles and full-flavored Dominican cigars around. LFD is known for its consistency thanks to the cigar maker's vertical integration—from farming its own tobacco to producing its own cigars in its own factory. LFD's highly skilled artisanal cigar rollers produce distinctive cigar shapes and limited-edition designs.
Recorded at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.
00:00 This is Box Press
08:28 What's it like to be Litto Gomez's son?
13:00 Creating a successful cigar business from nothing
20:31 Litto Gomez knew nothing about cigars when he started in the cigar business
20:54 Versace silk shirts, gold chains and Dominican cigars
24:59 Litto and Ines Gomez cold called cigar stores
29:31 The cigar brand that didn't grow during the 1990s cigar boom
32:40 You'll know you made it when you don't pay the bill
35:06 A cigar maker is only as good as your last cigar
37:58 $100 cigar—what a cigar should cost
38:23 LFD Cameroon Cabinet #3
42:09 Creating the world's first cigar NFT and Alex Martinez of Mane Street Cigars
46:42 The Cigar Merchant in Atlanta was an early adopter of LFD cigars
50:53 Tony surprised Litto Gomez with a 70th birthday party on the eve of the 2024 PCA Show
56:58 Litto Gomez made his own vacuum chamber
1:00 Litto Gomez talks about his dad's factory accident
1:08 Tale of two different perspectives on life
1:14 LFD cigars and Boveda 2-way humidity control
What is Boveda? Legendary cigars brands like LFD protect their blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.
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Casa 1910—THE Cinco De Mayo cigar of choice!
Add this cigar trip to your bucket list: Miami, Florida, Cinco De Mayo (Cinco De Dade!) for tequila and Casa 1910's new Mexigars—affordable bundled cigars that “encapsulate the essence of Mexico, using diverse seeds, tobaccos, and fermentations to create unique flavor profiles.”
Manolo Santiago, co-founder of Casa 1910 cigars joins Boveda's Drew Emmer to discuss Mexico's storied tobacco history. Learn about Casa 1910's premium aged cigars, too, which are named after heroes, sheroes, and events celebrating the Mexican Revolution.
00:00 This is Box Press
01:05 La Coronela cigar has a lot of flavor transitions
02:58 What's it like to start a new cigar company?
03:33 Mexico has amazing tobacco
03:49 Manolo is from Jalisco, Mexico—the land of tequila and Mariachi
05:04 3 Casa 1910 premium cigar lines
06:02 What's a Mexigar, the tasty affordable Mexican cigar?
08:18 Soldaderas were women who participated in the Mexican Revolution
10:28 Cinco de Mayo in Miami with Reserva de la Familia
11:02 Casa 1910 Experience
13:15 Keeping Casa 1910 cigars at the ideal humidity with Boveda 2-way humidity control
What is Boveda? Premium cigars brands like Casa 1910 protect their blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.
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Learn about the sweat equity that goes into fire-curing tobacco for cigars. See baby tobacco plants grow and mature. And hear how a tobacco plant becomes cigar ready in this field trip to a tobacco farm on the central northern border of Tennessee with cigar connoisseur Rob Gagner and Tennessee realtor/historian Jennifer Davis.
What is Boveda? Craft cigars brands and big name cigar companies protect their blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.
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00:00 This is Box Press
00:17 How tobacco seeds are started
00:30 What do tobacco seeds look like?
00:38 How do you plant tobacco?
00:49 Staking fresh tobacco leaves
01:21 See inside a fire-cured tobacco barn in Tennessee
03:05 Every piece of wood holds generations of memories
03:56 You're not a man until you've had a man's **** in your face
04:17 See where tobacco was processed and auctioned off
05:45 Loose leaf floors are now full of antiques bought with tobacco money
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OpusX, Chateau Fuente, Julius Caeser, Cuesta-Rey, shall we go on? You wouldn't have Dominican cigars without the Dominican people.The mountainous agricultural Bonao region of the Dominican Republic, however, suffers from extreme poverty, an inadequate educational system, and poor water quality, which greatly affects people's health. Two giants in premium cigars—Carlos “Carlito” P. Fuente, Jr., chairman of Arturo Fuente Cigars and Eric Newman, president of J.C. Newman Cigar Company—set out to change all that.
In the D.R., the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation (CFCF) has funded the creation of a 23-acre campus with a K-12 school, community kitchen, medical and dental clinics, sports facilities, an organic farm and fishery, and local infrastructure improvements for the region.
Tony Kattengell, vice president of sales and marketing for The LEAGUE and Dellas Edmisten Jr, global technical manager for Infinera represent CFCF in this interview with Boveda's Drew Emmer.
Learn how to give your time, talents, and tax deductible donations to improve the lives of people who create your cigars, visit https://cf-cf.org/ways-to-donate/. Boveda is a proud contributor to the CFCF.
What is Boveda? Luxury and craft cigars brands protect their blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.
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00:00 Never risk your cigars, use Boveda
00:30 This is Box Press
02:14 Bring two rival communities together in the D.R.
02:45 First step to help children in need—educate their parents
03:11 Happy Montesino Monday!
07:12 We're changing lives by breaking the chain of poverty
09:07 The first thing CFFC worked on was providing clean water
12:41 It's not about the cigars, it's about the people
13:13 Arturo Sandoval heading musical arts
14:21 Motivation gets you started, discipline keeps you going
14:49 We're building leaders, not followers
15:12 How to contribute talent, time, and money to the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation
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Ready to get metaphysical over cigars? "Everything is an experience," says sensory expert and cigar passionado Reinhard Pohorec. And what a vision quest this entrepreneur is on since he joined UberLuxury cigar brand Meerapfel as its vice president. You might recognize Reinhard as host of the live cigar podcast, Light 'em Up Lounge, where he talks to cigar insiders. Tables turn as Boveda's Drew Emmer interviews Reinhard to talk first cigars, work-life balance, and finding your purpose.
What is Boveda? Luxury and craft cigars brands protect their blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and a perfect smoke from every cigar.
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