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Burlesque and CAO event pictures

Hellow all, below are some pics of our Burlesque and CAO event. Hope you all had a chance to come by and experience it:

  • The Big Blog: A Virtual Tour of Drew Estate

    This blog will be longer than the others I’ve posted about my trip because I’m going to give you a virtual tour of Drew Estate, and do my best to convey to you all of the amazing information I learned along the way. So grab a cigar and start reading!
    First, let’s go over the residence [...]

  • New and Unreleased Cigars I Tried in Nica

    Prepare to be jealous:
    Joya de Nicaragua “Antono Dark Corojo”- I wanted to like this one more than I did. I have another, I’m going to give it another shot with a cleaner palate.
    Illusione/Drew Estate “Nosotros”- Had one that was a week old, so it was pretty ammoniated still. Lots of potential.
    A guy on the trip, [...]

  • Factory Guessing Game

    We saw a lot of factories on our trip. Some big, some small, some clean, some dirty, some state of the art, some quaint. Here’s a fun guessing game for you: can you match the rolling floor to the factory?
    Factories:

    Rolling Floors:

    For the answers, highlight here with your mouse: 1 is Joya De Nicaragua, 2 is [...]

  • Box Factory

    One interesting thing I learned in Nica from Jon Drew, was that the box trade is pretty black market. Wood is expensive in Nicaragua, and the regulations are strict. Therefore, some box factories participate in shady activity. Companies like Drew Estate pay more money and experience more set-backs because they use legal companies who don’t [...]

  • Fumee is JetBlue’s “Best Kept Secret” in Austin

    What an honor! Read the write up on Fumee and come in to check it out for yourself!

    posted in Uncategorized by Heather

  • Top 5 Interesting Things I Learned in Nicaragua

    Well, I’ve returned from Esteli, Nicaragua, and I’m going to do a series of short blogs about different aspects of my trip. I learned a ton, and I highly recommend going if you get the chance. Just check out cigarsafari.com and book a trip. For now, here are the top 5 most interesting or weird [...]

  • My Top 12 Cigars of 2009

    Heather picks her top 12 cigars of the year

  • Pictures of our Toraño event last Saturday

    Enjoy…

  • Toraño Event Tomorrow

    Tomorrow, Saturday December 5th, we will be having a Toraño Event featuring Charlie Torañ0. He will be bringing along one of his best rollers, Felippe, who will be rolling an event only cigar: the Roots Run Deep blend. We’ll be celebrating by having $5 glasses of port, which are normally $11.
    We will also be showing [...]