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Wheels of a suitcase that can charge your devices? Luggage for a cigar smoker? Diamond detailing? A carry-on to match your lipstick color? Peek into the world of how the rich and famous travel with Heiko Poerz, the founder of bespoke luggage company HENK. For the rest of us—enjoy the affordable luxury of a HENK cigar.The first vitola was christened on a private island ringed by white sandy beaches and coral reefs, no less. Definitely a well-lived cigar life! Boveda's Rob Gagner interviewed Heiko Peorz at PCA 2022. HENK travel humidors feature Boveda to keep cigars well-humidified. About Boveda for Cigars: Perfectly aged cigars. Guaranteed. Use Boveda 2-way humidity packs in a humidor to preserve premium cigars. When you own a humidor, you need to make sure the cigars inside stay well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll get the best flavor from every cigar. Boveda has been keeping cigars tasting great for more than 25 years. Sign up for

This episode gets real—men open up about mental health, fatherhood and self-imposed expectations. So, does cigar smoking help you cope with what life throws at you? Solo, cigar time is meditative. Surrounded by friends (or soon-to-be friends at the lounge), cigars create connection that's so lacking in today's frenetic world. And what a connection was made winter camping in Northern Minnesota. (Yes, that's a thing!)! Seeking fodder for his latest book, Nick Hammond, award-winning author of Around the World in 80 Cigars – The Travels of an Epicure, journeyed with Box Press cigar podcast hosts, Rob Gagner and Nick Beck. It ended with a trip to the ER. But the rest of THAT story will be featured in Nick's sequel Around The World in 80 Cigars: There and Back Again, which is slated for publication later in 2023.About Boveda for Cigars: Perfectly aged cigars. Guaranteed. Use Boveda 2-way humidity packs in a humidor to preserve premium cigars. When you own a humidor, you need to make sure the cigars inside stay well

Small-batch chasers and SOTL, it's time to give a woop woop to Drunk Chicken Cigars. This woman-owned, Black-owned boutique cigar company is headquartered in the District of Columbia. Hear how business professor Dr. Desiree Sylver turned a limited-run cigar hobby into a growing cigar business. The founder and CEO sat down with Boveda's Rob Gagner at PCA.Perfectly aged cigars. Guaranteed. Use Boveda 2-way humidity packs in a humidor to preserve premium cigars. When you own a humidor, you need to make sure the cigars inside stay well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll get the best flavor from every cigar. Boveda has been keeping cigars tasting great for more than 25 years. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bovedausa/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bovedainc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bovedainc/Email Updates: https://hubs.la/Q01BLsBF0

Is one cigar worth 2X the other? It's a "Big Brother Versus Little Brother" showdown! Join Boveda's Rob Ganger and Nate Beck as they compare 2 sticks from United Cigars' storied line of cigars. Boveda are those brown 2-way humidity packs you put in a humidor to preserve cigars. When you own a humidor, you need to make sure the cigars inside stay well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll get better flavor from a cigar. Boveda has been keeping cigars tasting great for more than 25 years. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bovedausa/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bovedainc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bovedainc/Email Updates: https://hubs.la/Q01BLsBF0

Join Boveda's Rob Ganger for a chat with Dissident Cigars. Boveda are those brown 2-way humidity packs you put in a humidor to preserve cigars. When you own a humidor, you need to make sure the cigars inside stay well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll get better flavor from a cigar. Boveda has been keeping cigars tasting great for more than 25 years. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bovedausa/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bovedainc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bovedainc/Email Updates: https://hubs.la/Q01BLsBF0

Boveda are those brown 2-way humidity packs you put in a humidor to preserve cigars. When you own a humidor, you need to make sure the cigars inside stay well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll get better flavor from a cigar. Boveda has been keeping cigars tasting great for more than 25 years. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bovedausa/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bovedainc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bovedainc/Email Updates: https://hubs.la/Q01BLsBF0

You gotta hear this story to believe it. Great factoid to share at the cigar lounge—"hey, did you know that the founder of Serino Cigars started in..." Listen and find out! Who's On this Box Press Cigar Podcast:Patriarch Tony Serino (founder) and his son, Carson (vice president and creative director) of Serino Cigars, a small batch cigar maker and private label cigar manufacturer. Interviewed by cigar podcast host, Rob Gagner at PCA 22, International Cigar Trade Show in Las Vegas, baby.Listen to great life lessons from one cigar smoker to another: 00:00 Cold open00:24 How well do you know me? Tony versus Carson Serino!14:52 Who runs Serino Cigars?17:42 Who manufactures cigars for big cigar companies?18:37 What's a private label cigar?20:02 Serino, the makers of cigars for other people's brands—the goal is getting cigars out to more people in the world26:11 How many cigars does the Serino cigar brand make a year?29:43 Getting into the cigar business as a hobby37:50 I might as well tell you the whole story of o

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The holy trinity of a cigar is its filler, binder and wrapper. All parts of a cigar work together to create handmade art that cigar smokers love. Hear how master blenders combine tobacco and techniques to make premium cigars taste so good. Guest: Altadis Cigars’ National Education Manager and Smoke Tester, Travis Pappenheim Boveda Box Hosts: Rob Gagner and Nate Beck More with cigar smokers, Travis, Rob and Nate here: 1. What contributes to cigar flavors and tastes?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cErxW... 2. How Cigar Flavor Stimulates Memory https://youtu.be/ZgY7PtTlMu43. How to Taste Cigars—Using What's in Your House! https://youtu.be/_Tzvh_XcasQ4. Should You Smell Your Cigar? https://youtu.be/hflfQBLokXQ5. Going to a Cigar Lounge—What to Talk About https://youtu.be/AZFmCPlNF48Learning How to Taste Cigars at a Higher Level https://youtu.be/qTmd4tzi_x4Cigar talk highlights:00:00 Cold open00:03 How much of a cigar’s flavor comes from its the wrapper?00:58 How do master blenders pick what tobacco to use in a

If you love cigars, please don't be intimidated by your local cigar lounge. Many cigar shops also feature conversation spots where you can light up your purchase and chat with other patrons. Some questions to break the ice with cigar smokers: What are you smoking? Would you buy that cigar again? What cigar would you recommend I try next?Guest: Altadis Cigars’ National Education Manager and Smoke Tester, Travis Pappenheim Boveda Box Hosts: Rob Gagner and Nate Beck What Are You Tasting in a Cigar? https://vimeo.com/776275750How Cigar Flavor Stimulates Memory https://vimeo.com/778566812How to Taste Cigars—Using What's in Your House! https://vimeo.com/778566962Should You Smell Your Cigar? https://vimeo.com/778567231/0c2533fd4bLearning How to Taste Cigars at a Higher Level https://vimeo.com/740951214Cigar talk highlights:00:00 Cold open00:06 How to feel comfortable at a cigar lounge 00:39 Cigar smokers love talking to other cigar smokers01:05 Talk to someone new at the cigar lounge01:43 What not to say at a cigar

The nose knows! Learn why people smell cigar smoke. Hear how smoking experts judge the aroma of a cigar. Try this new cigar smoking technique to appreciate your next smoke even more.Guest: Altadis Cigars’ National Education Manager and Smoke Tester, Travis Pappenheim Boveda Box Hosts: Rob Gagner and Nate Beck More with cigar smokers, Travis, Rob and Nate here: What Are You Tasting in a Cigar?https://vimeo.com/776275750How Cigar Flavor Stimulates Memory https://vimeo.com/778566812How to Taste Cigars—Using What's in Your House! https://vimeo.com/778566962Learning How to Taste Cigars at a Higher Level https://vimeo.com/740951214Cigar talk highlights:00:00 Cold open00:03 Cigar lounge conversations you’ll probably never hear00:25 Your cigar palate isn’t the same as the guy next to you 01:38 Learn a technique for smelling cigar smoke02:58 When and when not to waft cigar smoke Website: https://www.bovedainc.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bovedausa/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bovedainc Instagram: https

A real-life cigar experiment you SHOULD try at home! See for yourself why tasting cigars involves both your sense of smell and your taste buds. Create your own palate training kit using everyday items from your pantry, spice rack, mudroom, humidor, etc. Learn how to use those sense stimulators to identify and define a cigar’s flavor. Hear how professional smoke testers develop flavor notes for premium cigars. You can train yourself to taste cigars like an expert!  Guest: Altadis Cigars’ National Education Manager and Smoke Tester, Travis Pappenheim Boveda Box Hosts: Rob Gagner and Nate Beck More with cigar smokers, Travis, Rob and Nate here: What Are You Tasting in a Cigar? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cErxW... How Cigar Flavor Stimulates Memory https://youtu.be/ZgY7PtTlMu4Learning How to Taste Cigars at a Higher Level https://youtu.be/qTmd4tzi_x4Cigar talk highlights:00:00 Cold open00:26 Develop your palate for a premium cigar—get a hold of the cigar manufacturer’s tasting no

Want to get better at identifying the flavors of a cigar? (And we're not talking flavor infused cigars.) You can learn how to build associations between your senses and what you’re tasting in premium tobacco. Join these cigar aficionados for a smoke as they reveal cigar flavors, how that flavor changes throughout a premium handmade cigar and how the tobacco leaves origins dictate what you taste. Guest: Altadis Cigars’ National Education Manager, Travis PappenheimBoveda Box Hosts: Rob Gagner and Nate BeckMore with cigar smokers, Travis, Rob and Nate here: What Are You Tasting in a Cigar? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cErxW...00:00 Cold open00:34 What am I tasting in a cigar? Black coffee? Dark chocolate? Leather? Rose?01:19 Wine tasting versus cigar tasting01:44 Does smell trigger memories?03:07 The connection between flavors and aromas in cigars04:25 How can cigars be spicy?06:46 What flavors are you picking up in a cigar? (The unique cigar rolled with tobacco from 5 different countries—Dominican Republic,

Cigar smokers wanna know what the best cigar flavors are. Even if you smoke the #1 cigar, you might never experience its full flavor if you smoke a cigar too fast, judge a cigar when you first light it or try to set the record for the biggest ash. You might be surprised to hear the way you smoke cigars may impact their flavors. Correct these 3 mistakes cigar smokers make and your next cigar might taste a whole lot better. Pro Cigar Tip: a well-humidified cigar always tastes better. Store cigars with Boveda in a humidor to get the best flavor out of every cigar.Guest: Altadis Cigars’ National Education Manager, Travis Pappenheim Boveda Box Hosts: Rob Gagner and Nate BeckWebsite: https://www.bovedainc.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bovedausa/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bovedainc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bovedainc/ 00:00 Cold open02:19 Are you puffing on a cigar too fast?02:40 Does tobacco really have flavors?03:51 How long should you hold cigar smoke in your mouth?03:57 What it means

Imagine “hearing” colors, “feeling” sounds and “tasting” shapes. That’s what synesthetes like Luciano Meirelles, president and CEO of Luciano Cigars, experience. Learn how Luciano's synesthesia has helped him identify nuances of different tobaccos, categorize them and blend them to create some of cigar smokers' favorite premium cigars, including Luciano The Dreamer, Pichardo Clásico and The Sergeant. Host of Box Press, Rob Gagner and Luciano smoke the Fiat Lux Intuition in this interview at Boveda headquarters west of Minneapolis. According to Scientific America, synesthesia is an anomalous blending of the senses in which the stimulation of one modality simultaneously produces sensation in a different modality. In other words, synesthetes experience something through a sense that manifests itself as something entirely different e.g. a taste = some shape. For Luciano, he has an eidetic memory (Sheldon Cooper, anyone?) of tobacco flavors that help him pinpoint which tobacco will blend well together. Highlights

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Basketball and cigars! It’s Miami vs. Minneapolis. 6' 6" vs. 5' 10". Home-court vs. on-the-road. Watch who comes out on top in the legendary basketball shooting game, P-I-G as Boveda’s Rob Gagner takes on Caldwell Cigar Company Founder, Robert Caldwell. Recorded in Miami at the cigar maker’s home. Who makes the roundball shots that the other can’t match? Who’s penalized by getting a letter? Who reveals TMI? Cigar fans, find out which boy is a P.I.G. Pig. (And why you should never fly with Robert Caldwell.) Website: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjBzOEZjS256dlFETUo0elRZRXpmYWQ0aEtZd3xBQ3Jtc0tsTlVoN2t5LTR2TmFkUDBkeW1UdU9LVHNlS2dGcDlqVC1UMU5NMURnalVCZ2Y0YjcwLWpoMWlGNUZHMW9ZVzdLbWJIT21zVlBBY05kZmdpWnRGb0M1TTBGa19ZLTJ6dC1EWnlNT181a1lqZ3BoaFlYYw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bovedainc.com%2F&v=Fe2XSBAXouQ (https://www.bovedainc.com/) Facebook: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjdOTnJJSlh5YVNBanQxM2JHYVpCTHZrMmNDd3xBQ

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Best explanation of a tobacco plant on the web! This cigar talk proves you don't have to spend a lot on a cigar to get a great smoke. Fuma cigars are made by repurposing the tobacco that's leftover after producing premium cigars. Hear how Ernesto Padilla (pronounced Pah-dee-yah) selects the best of what's left to craft Padilla fumas. Ernesto and Boveda's Rob Gagner discuss how blending tobacco for cigars is like grinding meat for hamburger. Are cigars on In-N-Out Burger's secret menu? Like any good sit-down in a smoking lounge, the conversation roams—from The Cold War and the Cuban Revolution to botany and the tobacco strength. Recorded in cigar mecca, Miami, Florida. Website: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmpJZGI3WmZSRTJic3VEYjhTa2dPNGx3V1k1Z3xBQ3Jtc0tsLXdqUXh2SUMzUFlfOTAzX3VKeElxRHI1T0owN3dCSE1NeGFJU00yR1NCd0FHTGxmVWUtbE1GODlsQnFhU3hWcjZxM1AyaUM0a2c0blBzUEY2ZWZzZHI5bWg0cXdtNGNDWDh1QTY2X3pKM3BHV0lOVQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bovedainc.com%2F&v=izmJ8kmsY

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