How to choose your first cigar
What the guides say about strength, size and wrapper for a first cigar, where they disagree, what a sampler is for, and what to look for before you buy.
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The cigars themselves: vocabulary, craft and culture, explained as I learn it.
Notes on cigars themselves: how they are made, the words people use to describe them and the traditions around them. Written from a beginner’s perspective, with sources where they matter.
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How to choose your first cigar
What the guides say about strength, size and wrapper for a first cigar, where they disagree, what a sampler is for, and what to look for before you buy.
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Understanding cigar shapes and sizes
What parejo and figurado mean, how length and ring gauge are measured, what common size names usually refer to, and why a name alone does not fix a size.
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