Cuban Crafters TV featuring the Cuban Crafters Revolucion Cutter
Welcome to episode #2 of Cuban Crafters TV. Today, we are featuring the Cuban Crafters Revolucion Cutter and the La Carolina cigar. This innovative and precise cigar scissor cuts your cigar with three self-sharpening blades. We are so confident that you will love this cutter that we offer a lifetime guarantee against dulling and breakage.
Cuban Crafters TV Episode #1
Welcome to the first episode of Cuban Crafters TV! Cuban Crafters TV is our new video show all about Cuban Crafters products. We will be doing product features, touring our store, interviewing cigar makers, and more! We hope you enjoy our videos featuring our cigars, humidors, cutters and lighters.
In this episode, we show you how to use our Cuban Crafters Cigar Punch, which you can purchase here: http://www.cubancrafters.com/products.php/item_id/2628 . This all stainless steel cigar punch is easy to use and works great. Enjoy the video!
Guest review of the Cuban Crafters Cubano Claro
Originally posted here by the Stogie Guys
Desflorado tobacco, from what I understand, is difficult and laborious to grow, which is why sticks that use this finicky leaf are relatively expensive and hard to come by. Our friends at Cuban Crafters, however, have come out with an affordable lineup of cigars that make use of this rich tobacco.
The process of cultivating desflorado tobacco requires a watchful eye and arduous attention to detail. By definition, the buds on these plants are cut off before they flower to give the tobacco “an extra rich and smooth taste.” Then the best leaves are hand selected from the tops of each plant to create the Connecticut desflorado wrapper for this line, a project that was four years in the making.
You can tell this cigar is different right out of the box. With a dark complexion and a reddish-yellow hue, it certainly doesn’t look like it comes from the Connecticut lineage. But, thanks to its neat cap and a clean appearance, it does look like it was rolled with care.
I sampled four or five Toros for this review, and I think this is a smart vitola for the blend. Its slender, six inch by 48 ring gauge physique allows more of the wrapper—the highlight of the blend—and a little less of the Cuban-seed long-filler from the Cupido tobacco fields to shine through in each puff.
Not surprisingly, the Cuban Crafters Cubano Claro doesn’t taste like your average Connecticut, either. It starts with a peppery flavor of olive, clove, onion, and bread, and the wrapper adds a bit of spicy tingle on the lips. Well-balanced, if not slightly dry.
A creamier backdrop of nuts and milk chocolate shifts to the forefront after the first few inches, making the overall taste slightly milder. Seasoned cigar veterans who normally steer clear of Connecticut stogies should take note that there’s still a lot of flavor going on, even when this cigar is at its mildest.
Like many other Cuban Crafters cigars, this blend features excellent construction, including a very even burn, a solid white ash that holds well, and an effortless draw that produces thick smoke.
The Toro sells for $6.30 apiece when bought by the box of 20. I think that’s more than a fair price, especially considering the quality of this cigar and the fact that it’s packaged in vintage cedar humidor boxes.
So, if you’re looking for something a little different, the new Cuban Crafters Cubano Claro Toro should be high on your wish list. It earns four stogies out of five.
Guest review of the Medina 1959 Miami Edition Lancero
Medina 1959 Miami Edition with serial number
Originally posted by Tom Ufer, Tampa Cigar Examiner
- Length: 7 1/2 inches
- Ring Gauge: 38
- Wrapper: Sumatran
- Binder: Nicaraguan
- Filler: Nicaraguan
My thanks to Cuban Crafters for providing samples for this review.
The Medina 1959 Miami blend was created by Master Roller Manuel Medina. Mr. Medina started rolling cigars in Cuba in 1959 and the Medina 1959 re-creates that time when cuban cigars were considered to be the best in the world.
The cigars are rolled at Cuban Crafters in Miami, FL. The Lancero vitolas that I smoked are only rolled by two of the many rollers Cuban Crafters employs. They both started out as rollers in Cuba and specialize in the Lancero shape.
The binder and filler leaves are aged for five years and the Sumatran wrapper is aged for six years. Each cigar gets it's own serial number on a gold sub band.
The cigar itself is very good looking. The wrapper is golden brown and had a few bumps but they did not detract from the apparance. The cap sports a short pig tail. Construction is good, there were no soft spots or plugged areas.
The pre-light draw brought forth the flavor of mild tobacco with some sweetness. The draw was excellent. A Lancero shape can be difficult to roll due to its small ring gauge. This cigar was perfect.
The cigar had great flavor throughout. I could taste smooth, creamy tobacco with some sweetness at the end. In the beginning there was a bit more spice that mellowed but never disappeared.
Overall, the Medina 1959 Miami Edition is a very complex, medium bodied smoke. I thoroughly enjoyed this cigar and couldn't help but nub it. I can highly recommend this blend and suggest you try one soon. I think you'll find that one is not enough.
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That's right! We are doing our first giveaway on the Cuban Crafters Cigar Blog. This time, we are giving away a 10 pack of Limited Edition J. L. Salazar Y Hermanos Churchill Cigars. These are beautiful cigars, and this 10 pack comes packaged in a humidor case. Make sure to check out the picture above.
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Guest review of the Medina 1959 Miami Edition
Originally posted by CigarInspector.com
Origin : USA
Format : Robusto
Size : 5 x 50
Wrapper : Sumatra
Filler : Nicaragua
Binder : Nicaragua
Hand-Made
Price : $189.99 for a box of 25
More info about purchasing Medina 1959 Miami Robusto cigars...
This review comes courtesy of Nicky187, the winner of our Cigar Rights contest.
I received the box of Medina 1959 Miami Robusto cigars from the Duque Cigars Company. The package arrived in good condition. When I opened the solid wooden box, the smell was wonderful. Cedar from the box mixed with the smell of the cigars.
I took the cellophane off of one of them and noticed that they were just a little dry. I put the remainder of them in my humidor to rehydrate, and went outside to smoke the one that I had unwrapped. It was a good cigar, well constructed, and cosmetically very attractive. It burned a little hotter than I liked, but I wrote that off to dryness, and to my smoking it too fast. I resolved to wait two weeks to smoke the next one.
Two weeks later, I took one of the Medinas out of the humidor, and removed the cellophane. The cigar felt solid, but had appreciably hydrated in the intervening time. The smell was a little stronger than what I would get from a Macanudo. The wrapper was similar to what I would see on a CAO Gold or Italia.
The end clipped off cleanly, and the draw as I lit it was perfect. The initial puff was light, had some cedar to it, and was mild like what I would expect from a good Dominican. I took my time with the cigar, not rushing. The burn was steady, and the ash was light gray to white, dense, and even all the way around the cigar. No uneven burns.
This cigar is similar to a Toro in length and ring size. It continued to smoke cool, becoming gradually more full as time went on. The character of the taste changed to become somewhat more spicy and peppery as the burn progressed. The taste stayed like this for the remainder of the cigar.
The Medina is somewhat stronger than what I am used to smoking, but, I was able to smoke it down to the last inch of the stub, comfortably. I buzzed a little from the nicotine, but there was no harshness to the smoke at all. I was sorry that the cigar was done, when I finally had to quit.
This was easily one of the best cigars I have ever smoked. Satisfying, mild progressing to medium full at the end. Beautiful cosmetically, and constructed as well as it looked. Thumbs up to Duque.
Guest review of the Medina 1959 Miami Edition
Originally posted by CigarPalace.WordPress.com
This Cigar was introduced By Cuban Crafters last November as i remember. as mentioned in their websiteit was called after the Master Roller “Manuel Medina who played a formidable role in Cuba’s cigar history. He started as a roller at the H. Upmann factory in Cuba. His talents were quickly recognized and he eventually became the factory’s Master Cigar Maker, overseeing hundreds of master cigar rollers. He was then promoted and became the Master Cigar Maker in Cuba’s Davidoff factory. His talents were showcased throughout Europe, leading him to travel extensively. During one of those trips, he decided to seek freedom instead of success. Medina made Miami, Florida his new home. He is now in charge of cigar production at Cuban Crafters’ Miami factory. Some of the Master Rollers who make the Medina 1959 Miami Edition cigars even worked for him in Cuba”.
According to the WebSite, this cigar contains Cuban-seed Habano long-filler and binder that aged for 6 years and the super-premium Cuban-seed wrapper is aged for at least 5 years. Actually i’ve smoked lots of this cigar in many different places and Times and here what i found:
Size: 5″ X 50 Ring Gauge
Pre Light & Construction:
The construction is what I call perfect, No soft spot with beautifully triple cap. The wrapper is vein less with little oil sheen on it. After clipping the cap the draw was easy and more than my preference however good. The aromas that came off were Fruity with little bit of earth and hints of coffee. Lite tobacco and wood flavors too.
1st Third:
The 1st couple of draws were very mild creamy with hints of earth however it quickly change to show what it got. Sweet creamy smoke with background of wood and coffee that was pleasantly come with every draw. Some spiciness shows later on here. Then it has some more flavors of nuts and the body was Almost medium.
2nd Third:
More complexity in the flavor profile. Mouth watering creamy nutty smoke with More caramel sweetness, coffee and spices kick off this third. Some earthiness, wood and leather hints with medium body. In The midway point the Cigar shows more spiciness with hints of cocoa.
Final Third:
As smoking down the cigar have lots to give with flavorful profile keeps you attended to every puff. Found here more than before, spiciness, leather, coffee, and earth that Was not harsh by any mean. Still can find creamy nutty cool smoke with a rich cocoa background.
Final Thoughts:
A Beautiful Cigar that could be smoked any time. in fact i’ve smoked all the Sizes available. I like it and i consider it as the Best cigar produced by the Cuban crafters. yes if is little bit price but worth the money. the only thing i didnt like in this cigar that didn’t change much with aging.
Guest Review of the Cuban Crafters Cabinet Selection Toro
Originally posted by CigarsReviewed.com
Name: Cuban Crafters Cabinet Selection Toro
Appearance: Habano Wrapper leaf from Ecuador, Habano 2000 Binder, and Cuban Seed Habano Filler.
Burning: Even burn, Good draw, No relight.
Construction: Well Constructed, Wrapper stayed intact.
Taste: Full-bodied, Earthy, Leathery, with spice notes.
Grade: A
Final Comments: This was a wonderful rich, smooth cigar. I smoked it to a nub.
Guest review of the Medina 1959
Originally posted by Bryan Glynn of CigarObsession.com
This 6.5×52 stick offered a mild experience with smooth light smoke, offering a woody and slightly sweet taste, best described as butterscotch at points. A creamy nuttiness ended it, with a short clean finish all the way through. Construction was perfect with no issues and a perfect draw. Thank you very much to Cuban Crafters for donating the stick for review! Photography by BG Pictures.
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