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Cigar quote of the Week:

“Maybe it’s like becoming one with the cigar.  You lose yourself in it; everything fades away: your worries, your problems, your thoughts.  They fade into the smoke, and the cigar and you are at peace”

- Raul Julia (Famous actor and noted cigar enthusiast)

Cigar term of the week:

Topping: - The practice of pinching off the uppermost growing portion of the central stalk of the tobacco plant.  By removing this portion of the plant, energies that would have been directed toward flower and seed production by the plant are redirected toward the growth of the leaves.  Plants treated with this process are referred to as “desflorido” (say “des-floor-e-doh”) in Spanish.

When Cigar Master, Rocky Patel, opened his Naples, Florida cigar lounge, “Burn,” he knew he wanted a special cigar to match.  Originally available only at Burn, the Rocky Patel Burn – Naples, Florida edition cigar is that cigar.

Now available in national distribution, Burn uses an aged Honduran wrapper from the Jamastran Valley over top an all Honduran blend.  This is the first Honduran “puro” in Rocky’s vast portfolio and is medium bodied yet still full flavored.

Read CigarCaptain.com Contributing Author Travis Howell’s review of this great cigar in current Short Report with Travis Howell here…

The Frugal Cigar Aficionado – A Guide to Premium Cigar Selection and Enjoyment – Part Four

In the fourth installment of The Frugal Gourmet, CigarCaptain.com Managing Editor Marty Klausmeier explains the important roles of a premium cigar’s binder leaf and introduces us to the process binder leaves go through on their way to being used in a handmade, premium cigar.  Read the article here….

Catch up by reading the first installments of The Frugal Cigar Aficionado in CigarCaptain.com’s Cigar School here…

New Cigar Release: El Beest from Blue Mountain Cigars

Calling all ligero lovers…  You lovers of full-bodied premium cigars, you who accept the challenge of a potent premium cigar blend….  Those who can truly man-up…  Great “El Beest,” a new, all ligero blend from Blue Mountain Cigars.  Available in boxes, 5-packs, and singles now from Mike’s Cigars of Miami.  Read more here…

Countdown to 500…..#499: The Flor de las Antillas Toro

With only one cigar between him and his 500th cigar brand smoked, CigarCaptain.com Editor Martin Klausmeier shares his take on Cigar Aficionado’s #1 Cigar of 2012, the Flor de las Antillas Toro.  This outstanding cigar is produced by the My Father Cigar Company, home to many high scoring cigars.  Read the review of Cigar Aficionado’s #1 Cigar of 2012 and cigar #499 here…

Cigar Aficionado’s Best 25 Cigars of 2012 – Seven favorite selections from this year’s list

Each year, Cigar Aficionado produces a list the Best Cigars of the Year.  This year’s list features 21 Non-cuban, premium cigars and only 4 Cuban brands.  With so many amazing cigars to pick from, where does one start?  CigarCaptain.com Editor, Martin Klausmeier, offers seven suggestions from this year’s CA Best 25 Cigars of the Year.  Read the article here…

New Premium Cigar Review Worksheet format available now!

If you like to keep notes about the premium cigars you smoke we now have available for download a fully editable .PDF version of the CigarCaptain.com Premium Cigar Review Worksheet.  Using Acrobat, you can enter data into the fields of this new format and then save each set of notes to your computer!  This, and other versions of the Premium Cigar Review Worksheet can be found on the CigarCaptain.com Cigar School page.  Enjoy!

Maybe it’s like becoming one with the cigar. You lose yourself in it; everything fades away: your worries, your problems, your thoughts. They fade into the smoke, and the cigar and you are at peace.