Review: Room 101 LTD Namakubi Papi Chulo (Prerelease)

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For those of you that don’t know… Introduced at the IPCPR Show last month, the Room 101 Namakubi made a splash, not just for it’s interesting name origins (below), but also for it’s box design. Room 101 also released a new Connecticut blend, which uses a wrapper sourced from Davidoff. The Namakubi actually has an [...]

Weekly News (June 27, 2011)

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Busy week, slow week, busy week, slow week. Or at least that’s how I’d like to think of it. The reality is the weeks keep getting busier as we now sit (less than) three weeks out from the IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas. Companies are beginning to announce the last of their show plans, [...]

News: Camacho Liberty Series 2011 (Exclusive)

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Didn’t I warn you IPCPR news mode was in full swing? Today, news on a staple of the IPCPR show, the Camacho Liberty. The popular limited edition has been released every year since 2002 and has gained notoriety for the 11/18 Perfecto format it uses. (To be clear, not every release has been the 11/18, [...]

Weekly News (June 20, 2011)

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Editor’s Note: Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of TheCigarFeed. While I’ve already reflected on one year and the future, I guess I’ll reflect on this time last year. We are now about one month away from IPCPR and things are in full swing. Press releases, samples and rumors are already flying around the cigar world. [...]

Weekly News (May 16, 2011)

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Editor’s Note: A lot of tidbits of cigars that we haven’t mentioned this week, but the two major stories are the information regarding the El Rey de los Habanos lawsuit and Michael Herklots’ departure from Davidoff of Geneva. I’ll use this editorial space to comment on some of the interesting reactions to Maryland’s most recent [...]

Weekly News (May 2, 2011)

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Late cigar news is better than no cigar news? Apologies, it’s been a hectic day, shouldn’t happen again. Now for things you care about… A week without Tatuaje news? Almost. A week without Viaje news? Absolutely not. A week with any other news? Yes. Info for new products from Habanos S.A., Nestor Miranda, La Caridad [...]

Review: Camacho Liberty 2005

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For those of you that don’t know. In July of 2002, the Eiroa family, owners of Camacho cigars, released a Honduran cigar to celebrate the freedom they had found in America. This specific cigar came to be known as the Camacho Liberty series. The original 2002 Liberty had a production run of only 25,000 cigars [...]