Caldwell Ships Eastern Standard Sungrown, Long Live The King Maduro & The T. Connecticut

A trio of new cigars from Caldwell Cigar Co. have begun arriving at stores, including the latest collaboration with Room101’s Matt Booth.

Two of Caldwell’s core lines—Eastern Standard and Long Live The King—have gotten extensions. The Eastern Standard Sungrown uses a hybrid Mexican/habano wrapper over an Ecuadorian binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic and Mexico.

It’s offered in four sizes.

• Eastern Standard Sungrown Robusto (5 x 50) — $10.50 (Boxes of 20, $210)
• Eastern Standard Sungrown Toro Extra (6 1/4 x 54) — $11.20 (Boxes of 20, $224)
• Eastern Standard Sungrown Double Robusto (6 1/4 x 56) — $12 (Boxes of 20, $240)
• Eastern Standard Sungrown Magnum (6 x 60) — $12.40 (Boxes of 20, $248)

As for Long Live The King, it gets a new version stylized as LLTK MAD MF. The Long Live The King maduro uses a Mexican San Andrés wrapper, a binder from Indonesia and fillers from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and the U.S.

It’s also offered in four sizes.

• LLTK MAD MF Corona (5 3/4 x 43) — $10.40 (Boxes of 10, $104)
• LLTK MAD MF Super Toro (6 x 54) — $11.40 (Boxes of 10,  $114)
• LLTK MAD MF Belicoso (5 1/2 x 52) — $12 (Boxes of 10, $120)
• LLTK MAD MF Magnum (6 x 60) — $12.40 (Boxes of 10, $124)

Finally, The T., a collaboration between Booth, Caldwell and A.J. Fernández, has gotten a Connecticut addition. That cigar uses an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper, a Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan fillers.

• The T. Connecticut Corona (6 x 44) — $10.60 (Boxes of 20, $212)
• The T. Connecticut Double Robusto (5 1/2 x 54) — $11.80 (Boxes of 20, $236)
• The T. Connecticut Short Robusto (4 x 48) — $10.80 (Boxes of 20, $216)
• The T. Connecticut Toro (6 x 50) — $11.40 (Boxes of 20, $228)

Down&Back, LLC distributes both Caldwell and Room101 cigars.

Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.