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The history of the Muriel Cigars begins in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century when this brand was manufactured by P. Lorillard and Company in a factory which was located in Jersey City, New Jersey. In that era, this particular company held the honor of being the largest and oldest manufacturer of tobacco products in USA although with the passage of time it lost its ground to bigger competitors.

As a result of this fall-out, the brand Muriel cigars was acquired by a company named Consolidated Cigars in 1959 who were responsible for launching an aggressive marketing campaign which popularized the brand beyond everyone’s imagination. At present, the brand Muriel cigars is owned by Altadis, USA, which is one of the biggest and most renowned companies in the American cigar industry. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Cigarillo’ has emanated from Spain meaning ‘little cigar’. When compared to the cigars, these cigarillos are shorter and narrower. These are wrapped in whole-leaf tobacco and come with or without plastic filters.

Among Cigarillos the mild and Swisher Sweet Cigarillos are most popular as they come with various special flavors. Grape, Chocolate, Grape, Mower Wine, Strawberry, Mower Wine, Rum, Menthol, Peach are some flavors that give the smokers an altogether different smoking experience. These are ideal in parties, celebrations and other important occasions because of their affordable price as well as for their quality. Read the rest of this entry »

Here are the most pleasurable and affordable Optimo Cigars from Jacksonville. These are carefully blended with rich tobacco to give unique taste and mellow aroma. Since their introduction in 1898 these Optimo Cigars have remained as favorites to the smokers’ world wide .Optimo Cigars which used Cuban tobacco in earlier days have switched over to distinct blends obtained from four different countries making it richer in taste.

These Optimo Cigars are bound to enhance the smoking experience of the people who may not be having the sufficient time to enjoy the large cigar by being shorter and thinner. In addition, these Optimo cigars are made with few leaves rolled by hand instead of packing them with cheap and chopped tasteless tobacco to present a different kind of smoking experience (these are definitively not filled with pipe tobacco). Read the rest of this entry »

Blackstone cigars are manufactured by Swisher International and are offered in a number of flavors like mild vanilla, cherry, peach and wine. An individual who is interested in smoking Blackstone cigars has the choice of selecting a tip cigarillo in any of the four flavors or alternatively select a filtered cigar in cherry or vanilla flavor.

The company Swisher International was established in 1861 by David Swisher in Newark, Ohio, when he received a small cigar business as a part of debt settlement. In the next few years, the company specialized in turning out hundreds of hand rolled cigars every day from a single room factory until it was taken over by the pioneer’s two sons who bought the company from their father and renamed it as Swisher Brothers. Soon the company underwent expansion to include three factories which provided employment to over a thousand workers and had a turnout of 300,000 cigars on a daily basis. Read the rest of this entry »

Double diamond cigars, like all cigars, are manufactured with dried and fermented tobacco which is cultivated in many South American countries like Brazil, Mexico, Nicaragua and Cuba, Asian countries like Indonesia and the Philippines and the Eastern region of the United States. The formation of cigars occurs when the tobacco is tightly rolled into a bundle so facilitate inhalation. On being ignited in such a manner the smoke is meant to be drawn into the mouth of the smoker.

The Double Diamond little cigars compete with cigars such has Black & Mild cigars for a share in the popular market and are particularly famous since they are not only affordable but can also be purchased in five different flavors namely black cherry, grape, menthol, mild and full flavor all of which are available in packs of 10. Read the rest of this entry »

Everybody knows that Christopher Columbus discovered America, but not many know that, during his voyage to the discovery of a new land, he also discovered cigars.

Columbus neither invented nor did he create cigars. He observed the local natives in the Caribbean smoking an unfamiliar substance. It was either rolled up inside of a large leaf, or through a tube referred to as a Tobago; hence the name tobacco. Columbus packed up some of this newly discovered tobacco and returned to Spain, and thereafter, the methods of making cigars and pipes were perfected in course of time. Read the rest of this entry »

Black & Mild cigars enjoy the renowned status of being one of the most popular cigar brands in North America and are manufactured by John Middleton Co. which is a tobacco company located in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. The widespread popularity of these cigars is evident from the fact that these are smoked by at least a quarter of the segment of population which lies between the age group of 18 and 24 years.

These cigars are available in a variety of sizes and flavors and are characterized with a filling of aromatic pipe tobacco wrapped within a homogenized wrapper and binder. An individual who has decided to try out this brand would have to choose between a plastic tip, a wood tip, a filter tip, a cigar completely devoid of a tip or a cigar which is half the size of a regular Black & Mild and hence is aptly referred to as a Fast Break. Read the rest of this entry »

Al Capone Cigars originated from Germany and they were named after Al Capone, that notorious gangster of Chicago, during the1920’s. These cigars are extremely popular and come with a tag line of ‘Cigar with an attitude’ which sits well with those avid cigar smokers’ worldwide who choose to make the Al Capone cigar brand their own.. Al Capone Cigars possess a distinct taste which is made possible by using in its manufacture the very best of dark tobaccos from Brazil, Nicaragua and Indonesia. The filler tobacco comes from Condega, Jalapa and the Esteli regions of Nicaragua and the entire Al Capone cigar is wrapped with Bahia wrappers making it more appealing in taste and flavor. Cheap, quick and refreshing sweet is what an Al Capone Cigar is all about. The Al Capone cigar is also available in Rum, Sweets or Cognac flavors for a true smoking experience.

Similarly, fine tobacco has become synonymous with Middleton tobacco which is renowned for tasteful tobacco world over. Aroma combined with flavor which is the hallmark of Middleton tobacco has gone into the making of best selling cigars in the world. Read the rest of this entry »