The Journal

Cigar Accessories: Cutters, Lighters, Humidors and More

You need less than the internet suggests: something to cut with, something to light with, and something to keep cigars at the right humidity. Everything past that is preference.

Allocated Opus X: Authenticity, Storage and How We Ship It

We are an allocated Arturo Fuente retailer. Everything on our Rare Cigars In Stock Now page is physically in our walk-in humidor in Yuma, Arizona today, and that page updates it...

Padrón Cigars: A Guide to the 1964 Anniversary, 1926 Serie and Family Reserve

José Orlando Padrón left Cuba in 1961 and started his cigar company in 1964. Every Padrón is a Nicaraguan puro, grown on the family's own farms around Estelí and Jalapa and aged...

Arturo Fuente Cigars: A Guide to Opus X, Hemingway, Don Carlos and More

Arturo Fuente started rolling cigars in Tampa in 1912. More than a century later the family still grows its own tobacco in the Dominican Republic and rolls by hand at Tabacalera...

Boveda Packs for Cigars: How They Work and Which to Use

Short answer: Boveda packs hold a set humidity in both directions — they release moisture when the air is dry and absorb it when it is damp. For most cigars, 69% is the pack to ...

What Are Cigarillos? A Guide to Small Cigars

Short answer: a cigarillo is a small, thin cigar — usually under four inches and narrow enough to smoke in fifteen or twenty minutes.