Cigars Under $5: Every Review
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Nica Rustica Connecticut Broadleaf – Bury the Leaf Some cigars ease you in with a soft handshake. The Nica Rustica Connecticut Broadleaf Toro walked in, dropped a duffel bag of attitude on the table, and asked if you were serious about spending the evening together. A few draws in, I was honestly wondering if I…
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La Palina 125 Anos Toro – Bury the Leaf Anniversary cigars are funny things. Some brands celebrate milestones by pulling out every expensive leaf they can find, wrapping it in enough gold foil to blind you under lounge lighting, and charging enough money to make you wonder if the box comes with stock options. Others…
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Cain Dayton Box Pressed Toro – Bury the Leaf Some cigars ease you in with a soft handshake. The Nica Rustica Connecticut Broadleaf Toro walked in, dropped a duffel bag of attitude on the table, and asked if you were serious about spending the evening together. A few draws in, I was honestly wondering if…
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Rojas Street Tacos Al Pastor – Bury the Leaf There are cigars you light because you’re curious.There are cigars you light because you’re bored.And then there are cigars you light because, deep down, you already know exactly how this story ends before the foot ever sees a flame. The Rojas Street Taco Al Pastor landed…
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Crowned Heads Mil Dias – Bury the Leaf There are cigars you buy because you’ve researched them, hunted them down, and convinced yourself they’re going to change your life. Then there are cigars you buy because Cigar Page throws a number on the screen so low it feels disrespectful not to click “add to cart.”…
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Bury the Leaf I have a confession to make. A dangerous confession. A confession that may cause my membership card to be immediately revoked from the Brotherhood of Connecticut Skeptics. I liked this cigar. There. It’s out there. We’ll come back to that. First, you need to understand that Connecticut cigars and I have a…
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Crowned Heads Juarez Willie Lee – Bury the Leaf There are cigars you review. Then there are cigars that spend the entire evening reviewing you. The Willie Lee turned out to be the second kind. By the time this smoke was over, I’d spent nearly two and a half hours trying to determine whether I…
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Bury The Leaf I think cigar media has a problem. Not a serious problem. Not a “call Congress and demand hearings” problem. But a problem nonetheless. Every review seems to be chasing the same thing. Limited releases. Rare releases. Annual releases. Ultra-premium releases. If a cigar isn’t wrapped in endangered moon dust and blessed by…
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Brick House Natural Toro – Bury the Leaf The JC Newman Brick House Toro Natural spent the entire evening proving one very important point: Sometimes a cigar doesn’t need refinement, elegance, complexity, or a twelve-paragraph dissertation about fermentation techniques. Sometimes a cigar just needs to show up, punch you directly in the taste buds with…
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Oliva Serie O Box Pressed Toro – Bury the Leaf The Oliva Serie O Box-Pressed Toro is the cigar equivalent of that dependable old pickup truck that starts every single morning, never asks for much, and somehow keeps outperforming vehicles three times its price. This cigar never delivered one gigantic “stop the presses” moment. There…