Protocol Releases Phoebe Couzins as Newest Cigar in Its Lawmen Series
Almost two years after it was announced, Protocol’s Lawmen Series is now getting its fourth installment, as the company has announced the release of the Protocol Phoebe Couzins.
Like the other three cigars in the series, the Protocol Phoebe Couzins is available in two blends, a natural and a maduro. The natural version uses an Ecuadorian Sumatra rosado wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder from Jalapa and an all-Nicaraguan filler that includes ligero and corojo viso from Estelí along with viso from Condega. The maduro version uses a Nicaraguan habano oscuro wrapper, a binder from Jalapa, and an all-Nicaraguan filler that contains ligero from Condega, viso from Estelí and corojo viso from Jalapa. The cigars were blended by the Protocol team in collaboration with Hector Alfonso Sr., master blender of Espinosa Premium Cigars.
Both cigars are offered in a box-pressed, 6 x 52 toro vitola that are priced at $12.55 per cigar and $125.50 for a box of 10 cigars. They are produced at the San Lotano Factory in Ocotal, Nicaragua.
Couzins was the first woman in U.S. history to graduate from law school, and later became one of the first female licensed lawyers in the country, gaining admission to the Missouri, Utah, Kansas and Dakota Territory bars. In 1887, she became the first female U.S. Marshal. She was also a member of the St. Louis Woman Suffrage Association, gaining attention for her public speaking.
“Like the Bass Reeves, we are proud to feature Phoebe Couzins as the newest addition to the Lawmen Series. It truly shows the diversity of law enforcement as a whole,” said Juan Cancel of Protocol Cigars via a press release. “Men and women from all races and ethnicities come together to serve the public at large.”
In addition to Reeves, previous releases in Protocol’s Lawmen Series have honored Sir Robert Peel, founder of Scotland Yard, and Eliot Ness, best known for his work during prohibition to take down Al Capone.
The cigars are currently shipping to retailers.
Images courtesy of Protocol Cigars.
Patrick Lagreid
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