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Back from Nicaragua
Alex_Svenson
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Just got back yesterday and the trip was great. Saw lots of folks: Jaimie Garcia (Pepins son), Carlos Oliva (Oliva Cigar), Jose Olivas (Latin Cigar - makers of CAO and Torano), Abdel (AJ) Fernandez, Nestor Plasencia (maker of tons of brands and biggest cuban see leaf grower), Victor Calvo (Tabacalera Tambor - makers of Bahia, Bucanero and several other brands) as well as the guys at Drew Estate.
I smoked the two versions of the forum blend and have to say, you guys really did a great job. i wont spoil anything for you, but one thing I will say is that you are going to be amazed how much the wrapper changes a cigar. Despite having the same fillers and binder, the wrapper totally changes the cigar. Both versions had an extremely sweet and rich flavor that is extremely unique. I have not smoked many blends like it. My hunch is that people are either going to love it or hate it.
I ordered some samplers that will be here in July. They will feature 10 toro cigars, 5 of the arapiraca and 5 of the sumatra ecuador. They will be $29.95 each (the factory gave us a deal since I explained the project to them). I only ordered 50 so I will create a sku item and you guys can call one of our cigar consultants starting monday to reserve your sampler. Once the 50 are gone, I am not sure I can get more so be sure you lock in.
I am working on the video of the cigars being made and abdel talking about the blend. I will try to get it up as soon as I can.
I smoked the two versions of the forum blend and have to say, you guys really did a great job. i wont spoil anything for you, but one thing I will say is that you are going to be amazed how much the wrapper changes a cigar. Despite having the same fillers and binder, the wrapper totally changes the cigar. Both versions had an extremely sweet and rich flavor that is extremely unique. I have not smoked many blends like it. My hunch is that people are either going to love it or hate it.
I ordered some samplers that will be here in July. They will feature 10 toro cigars, 5 of the arapiraca and 5 of the sumatra ecuador. They will be $29.95 each (the factory gave us a deal since I explained the project to them). I only ordered 50 so I will create a sku item and you guys can call one of our cigar consultants starting monday to reserve your sampler. Once the 50 are gone, I am not sure I can get more so be sure you lock in.
I am working on the video of the cigars being made and abdel talking about the blend. I will try to get it up as soon as I can.
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however, after hearing a bit of the flavor of them, my hopes are high.
Thanks Alex I don't think we can express how much this means to us. Let us know when the video is up!!
We roughly chose the % of the tobacco.
What is the critical importance of how these tobaccos are put together into the cigar?
Once these tobaccos are chosen, who and how is it actually constructed??
"Long ashes my friends."
My paycheck is already set up for direct deposit, I guess I just need to change where they send it!
I was in on the decision making process.
But I know how the tobaccos were chosen,
But once chosen, Im curious about the actual stick blending.
How it is made, two leafs of this etc. folded into 1 leaf of that.
So what is an SKU item? Are you gonna post a number on the forum or something? I'm a bit confused and I really don't wanna delay on this :-)
The SKU number is a way for Cigar.com to track the item in their warehouse. It isn't something that the customer is generally concerned about. Just call the guys up and tell them that you want the forum blend. They will take care of the rest.