How To Properly Store Your Cigars

Proper cigar storage is essential to enjoying the best smoking experience. Keeping your cigars at proper temperature, humidity level, and light exposure will not only make your cigars taste better but also that good taste will last longer. The ideal storage scenario...

How to Process Whole Leaf Tobacco

Why Should You Process Your Own Whole Leaf Tobacco at Home? Did you know it’s unbelievably easy to shred your own whole leaf tobacco? Why pay for pre-shredded leaf when you can buy whole leaf tobacco and shred it when you need it? The process is easy and fun, and you...
History of Growing Shade Tobacco

History of Growing Shade Tobacco

Native Americans were already successfully growing and harvesting tobacco in the Connecticut Valley when the first European settlers arrived there way back in the 1630s. Although Virginia tobacco crops that were being grown and used for pipe tobacco was more desirable...

Find the Perfect Cigar by Rolling Your Own

Roll your own cigars to cultivate an experience that caters to your specific tastes. You can tap into the tradition of whole leaf tobacco in a more personalized, cost-efficient way. Ingredients – To begin, you must select your three types of leaf: wrappers,...