Drew Estate Pipe Collection by Tsuge

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Greetings, pipe people. The Drew Estate pipe collection by Japanese pipe make Tsuge features a novel compartment that holds tobacco that acts as a filter.

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Habana Port

Joya Red Cigar

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Greetings, JDN gents. The Joya Red cigar from Joya de Nicaragua is a solid medium-bodied smoke that has a white spice character.

Until the next post, siempre fumando,
Habana Port

La Flor Dominicana 1994 Cigar

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Greetings, lieutenants of Litto. The LFD 1994 cigar celebrates the 20 years the small-batch company has been in the industry. The wrapper is San Andres with Dominican binder and fillers.

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Habana Port

La Boheme Cigar

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Greetings, boutique buyers. La Boheme is a cigar from Boutique Blends with a Habano Ecuador wrapper. The filler and binder have Habano Nicaragua tobacco. Medium to full, this cigar is made in the Dominican Republic and comes from the distributor of Aging Room.

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Habana Port

A. Fuente Fuente Opus X A Cigar

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Greetings, Fuente fans and Opus admirers. The A. Fuente Fuente Opus X "A" cigar is individually packaged in its own coffin and measures over 9 inches in length. This vitola is one of the rarer Opus facings and is only released to market every few years.

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Habana Port

Tattoo Cigar by Tatuaje

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Greetings, tat titans. The Tattoo cigar by Tatuaje is a $5 to $7 cigar that offers a high quality experience for the price. The box artwork features actual tattoos on brand owner Pete Johnson.

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Habana Port

Alec Bradley Texas Lancero Cigar

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Greetings, AB apostles. The Texas Lancero by Alec Bradley measures 7 inches by a 70rg. Even lanceros are bigger in the Lone Star State.

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Habana Port

Montecristo Espada Cigar

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Greetings, Monte men and women. The Montecristo Espada is the brand's first Nicaraguan puro. A collaboration between Nestor Plasencia and Altadis' blending team, Grupo De Maestros.

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Habana Port

Aging Room Bin No. 1 Cigar

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Greetings, avid Aging Room apostles. The Aging Room Bin No. 1 cigar has tobacco from 1999 and 2001 so it is a limited run.

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Habana Port

R&D Cigars by Tobacconist University (Serie I)

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Greetings, academics. Today we discuss a revolutionary line of cigars. Begun by Tobacconist University (the academic organization that upholds the highest standards and procedures for fine tobacconists like us) has introduced R&D Cigars. What will be an ongoing series of cigar lines, R&D is a transparent and educational means by which consumers can enjoy premium cigars to the fullest. The band on the cigar reveals many important talking points behind the blend. Listed information includes the wrapper type and origin, the DOC (date of creation of the cigar), the production numbers, the manufacturer and even the filler components. And what is one of the most novel cigar ideas (and we predict the next big cigar trend), R&D offers Puro Components, cigarillos composed of just one leaf, whether it is the wrapper leaf, binder leaf or the 3 individual filler components. This gives smokers the chance to experience the one tobacco type and learn the leaf's individual characteristics.

TU has contracted famed boutique cigar producer, Jesus Fuego, to develop R&D Brazilian Corojo Capa Especial Serie I. Click here to visit the in-depth page describing Serie I. You will read about the characteristics of each leaf (and can even see and visit the coordinates of where the tobacco was grown). There is an informative video you can view regarding the Azacualpa Valley (Honduras) where one of the filler leaf components is grown.

Sold exclusively through CRTs like Habana Port Cigar Merchants, R&D helps educate the mind and palate. Click here to visit the R&D Lab.

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Habana Port

Bubble Gum Cigars

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Greetings, sweet-tooth saints. Don't smoke? That's ok. We have a cigar you can chew on anyway. Choose from the world-famous Gold Dragon (banana flavor), El Bubble (apple flavor) or Pink Owl (fruit flavor) bubble gum brands.

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Habana Port

Cubanacan Cigars

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Greetings, guajiros. We are excited to present to you one of the jewels we discovered at the big cigar trade show a couple months ago. We have had the cigars in our stores for about 2 months but had wanted to see how our locals reacted to the blends before we published our findings. Habana Port is proud to introduce to you Cubanacan Cigars.

Cubanacan is the brand and factory that hails from Esteli, Nicaragua. Although a relatively new company, the team behind Cubanacan has generations of experience. The factory is managed by Omar Aleman, a Cuban-born tabacalero who managed the Havana-based Partagas cigar factory and La Corona, the Cuban cigar factory that produces RyJ among other Cuban brands. He comes from a long line of tobacco men. In fact, when he was living in Cuba, Omar used to buy tobacco from the late Alejandro Robaina (Robaina's grandson, Hirochi, is currently working on a joint brand with Omar aptly called HR. Click here to read the story at CigarAficionado.com).

While we are at the show we spoke to Omar and his son in Spanish and he was describing to us some great cigar stories, especially one about his grandfather in Cuba who smoked all his life. The week before he passed away, he announced that he was retiring from smoking cigars. The rest of the family immediately knew this unprecedented decision meant that he knew he was about to go on to the next life soon. He passed away a week later. Do not be depressed though as Omar's grandfather lived a long and rich life and passed all his knowledge and passion for tobacco and cigars to his progeny, Omar. Now he continues the rich cigar tradition in Esteli.

We brought in the Cubanacan Habano and the Maduro. We also have 2 other brands from their portfolio called Soneros and Mederos which we will discuss in more detail in the future. The company also announced HR as we mentioned above which should hit the market in the 4th quarter 2014. We received a few samples but they were young so we are still aging them. Check out our Twitter feed when we announce our sampling of the HR for the first time. The Cubanacan Habano line is very flavorful yet smooth. Starting out with an initial spice, the profile changes to a creamy and cocoa layer. Definitely sure to be a hit in the cigar world. The Cubanacan Maduro line is rich, very flavorful yet smooth. The profile is a complex array of toast, molasses and cola syrup with a woody finish.

The cigars are in the $7 to $8 range in our stores or if you are outside Louisiana, you can order them online from our sister site CigarEarth.com by clicking here. Let us know what you think of what will be a future Top 25 contender.

Until the next post, siempre fumando,

Habana Port

A. Fuente Añejo No. 8-8-8 Cigar

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Greetings, Fuente fans. The A. Fuente Añejo No. 8-8-8 is a thin torpedo and a rare offering. As you may know, the Añejo usually comes out in the winter but because this is a new vitola, the company wanted to offer this during the trade show. The cigar is made of Opus filler and binder with a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper that is aged in Cognac barrels for a number of years hence the name of the line.

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Habana Port

Eiroa CBT Maduro Cigar

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Greetings, scions of CLE. The Eiroa CBT cigar is a blend in which the wrapper, binder and filler are all maduro leaves. CBT stands for capa, banda and tripa (respectively wrapper, binder and filler in Spanish). It is meant to underscore the anatomy's all-maduro blend. Full-bodied, the Eiora CBT will delight fans of complex blends.

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Habana Port

Aging Room Small Batch M21 ffortissimo Cigar

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Greetings, music lovers. The Aging Room M21 ffortissimo from Boutique Blends claims to be the strongest cigar from the D.R. Limited to 3,000 boxes. Tobacco is from 2005.

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Habana Port

Camacho Double Shock Cigar

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Greetings, supporters of scorpions. The Camacho Double Shock cigar is a limited run that features a barber pole wrapper and is packaged in a pair.

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Habana Port

Heat by J. Fuego Cigar

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Greetings, fans of fire. Heat by J. Fuego Cigars has a Honduran Corojo wrapper, Nicaraguan Corojo binder with Ecuadorian Sumatra and Nicaraguan Criollo for the filler. The cigar is priced in the $5 range.

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Habana Port

Happy Labor Day!

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Greetings laborers and lovers of lonsdales. Happy Labor Day! Enjoy a fine cigar. Baton Rouge is open today until 5 pm. Covington reopens tomorrow.

Until the next post, siempre fumando,
Habana Port