BTW, have you tried any of Adrian’s Costa Rican cigars?

I’ll send a few your way 😉

@Skip – you know, I didn’t run into any patches or evident blemishes on any of the sticks in my sampler. Thanks for clearing up the whole triple cap question. I thought it was interesting. Very cool info. I’m sure I can speak for everyone else when I say that we look forward to what’s to come!

Great job. I’m glad you enjoyed them.

As to your question about the cap. This first batch of cigars were intended to be the final samples before we gave the green light for production. As such, a few small differences showed up in the cigars in the sampler. The caps are one such difference. Another is that a few of the cigars had patches and/or blemishes. While these did not affect the performance of the cigar, they wouldn’t have met our criteria for the production run.

As to the question about purchasing, unfortunately we sold out of our first batch in six days. Our next batch is due mid-March, but may run a little later due to the fact that they are all being rolled by only one pair/two people in the factory. Both are very seasoned Master Torcedores using top notch tobacco so the results will be well worth the wait.

Interesting factoid, the cigars in the samplers were all rolled by one individual…our factory manager Esteban. He had to get a partner to meet our new production requirements, but they are still working at a deliberate pace of only 125-150 cigars/day to ensure the quality is maintained. The entire run for the first year is limited to 50,000 cigars and the plan is set to receive these in small batches of 3500-5000 cigars per month. Each batch will spend 3-6 months in the escaparate. The cigars we are expecting in March were rolled Dec-Jan.

Based on the feedback from the samplers, and from our own observations we decided to make only one significant change. The Mandible will be a 4.5 x 60 and will contain a little higer volume of ligero in the blend vs. the original plan of 5 x 60 with the standard blend proportions.

Once they arrive, the final production cigars will be available for purchase at http://www.havacigarshop.com. We will let you know when this goes live.

Cheers

The Chief

but… I think they should have called the sticks the frazier, the Astin, and the Shore.

shooosh!

Dan