Gotham Cigars Blog

There is always a reason to have a smoke. Try as you may, you will never run out of excuses to have a cigar.The problem is time. Often the craving strikes for a stogie but you are just too busy to take a 2-hour break. This is why we have cigarillos.A cigarillo is basically a mini version of the full-size cigars you pack in your humidor. But these babies are meant for smoking on the move.In the past, cigarillos were machine-made, mass-market, cheapo little cigars made for anyone who didn’t …

Flavored cigars are the fastest growing sector in the cigar market. The flavoured cigars of yester years featured crap tobacco in homogenized wrappers and no binder. But the flavoured cigar game has changed.Gone are the days when flavoured cigars meant cheap, machine-churned stogies with a sickening noxious taste. Now, flavoured cigars particularly the CAO Flavors line feature hand-rolled premium smokes with legit top-shelf tobacco blends and exquisite taste. A Little CAO HistoryCAO, an ac …

Once again, the cigar world is in the presence of royalty. The Joya de Nicaragua Silver is a new release cigar produced by Joya de Nicaragua for their 50th anniversary. Joya de Nicaragua Silver was released in July 2018 at the IPCPR 86th Annual Convention. It joins the Joya family of decadent cigars full of flavour and complexity.A little History…Joya de Nicaragua is a cigar conglomerate that has been in the cigar business for, well, 50 years. The history of Joya de Nicaragua is filled with war, …

A cigar man is a different calibre from the rest of the population. From the first day you smoke a stogie, whether its gifted or bought, you enter a new realm of living.A cigar collection, in my opinion, compares to that luxury car that you love and refer to as a “she”. You like to make sure “she” is clean and waxed and never left in the sun for too long. Cigars require a similar level of care. You need to maintain specific levels of temperature and humidity to preserve their taste an …

Ever so often, the cigar world experiences a quirky new flavor that catapults itself from new to beloved in a matter of months. Cigar manufacturers constantly revamp their brands in a bid to attract a new kind customer. These innovative moves birth interesting flavors that sweep lovers of the leaf off their feet. One such flavor is the Russian Cream. What is Russian Cream? Russian Cream is a perfect storm of rich chocolate and cream tang on a bed of fleeting liquor, vanilla and vo …