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August 2, 2026 · 9:25 am

Artista, PDR and Española Cigars

I’m struggling with it being August already! I want summer to be year round. I have this Frontier Airlines Go-Wild pass that I haven’t used yet this year, so at least when the weather starts to cool off here I can get to someplace warm. I’m still itching to take a day trip. Anyone want to meet up at your local lounge for a smoke or two? Anyway, I was going through the cigars from the Smoke-onos festival and pulled out a few I haven’t smoked for todays edition. First up was the Artista Harvest Sumatra in Robusto that Kevin of Artista handed me. This 5″ x 54 box pressed beauty has a Sumatra wrapper, a Cameroon binder and a proprietary filler blend of Dominican tobaccos. I feel like I must have smoked this before, I know I’ve smoked the Falu and Midnight from Artista, but I can’t find the Harvest in my notes anywhere. I like the presentation, the bands are sharp. This had a great burn and draw, it’s a cigar I definitely would not hesitate to buy and smoke again. It had that bright, citrus tang, but lacked the sweetness I associate with Sumatra. It was a very good cigar.

Next up was the PDR 1878 Recordando a Santiago Edicíon Capa Sungrown. I had no idea the name was so long, I just called it the 1878 Capa Sungrown. I got a late start on this one as we had gone to see the new Spiderman movie. I don’t know about you, but movie prices are wild. We get $5 tickets every now and then through T-Mobile, which helps, but a bucket of soda and a pail of popcorn are over $20. Sure they have free refills, but how much popcorn and soda can one consume? Makes waiting to watch movies at home attractive but there’s something about the big screen. I was watching Close Encounters last night and thought back to seeing it on the big screen and how much more spectacular it was. The theater is just more immersive. Anyway, this PDR cigar was quite tasty. It was a robusto, 5″ x 52 with a curled pigtail. It has an Ecuadorian Sun Grown Claro wrapper, Dominican Criollo 98 binder and the filler is Dominican Corojo Seco and Ligero. Again, this was a bright blend, with that citrus tang. Very nice.

If it seems like I’ve been smoking more robustos lately, it’s true. In some cases it’s because they work into the available time better, and in some cases it’s because it’s what I have. Right now, for instance, I’m smoking a Camacho Connecticut Robusto because I like a shade cigar in the morning, and I prefer a shorter smoke in the morning. I’ll take a toro or larger in the afternoon and evening most times, and If I want a certain cigar and only have a robusto, maybe I’ll have two. Yesterday morning, before getting on with my day, I had a cigar that I am unfamiliar with, an Española 1996 Connecticut Robusto. This is the premium line from JM Tobacco, who I’ve seen at past trade shows, but, since they are a west coast company, never saw around here. When doing some research, I typed in espanolacigars.com and found the domain to be available, while their website is españolacigars.com. I think if it were me, I’d register both domains. Anyway, this 5″ x 50 robusto has an Ecuador Connecticut wrapper, San Andrés binder and Dominican fillers. It was a nice medium mild morning cigar, with some nuts and wood flavors. It got my day started off on a positive note. I am not averse to trying the Maduro and Corojo in this line.

I was worried that I might not find enough to talk about in this post, but I managed to get some words out, all in less than a robusto time! That’s all for today, until the next time,

CigarCraig

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Flatbed Cigars Homestead Field Sampler

I went on a bit of a buying spree recently. In addition to buying a bunch of Dunbarton cigars at last week’s event at Harrisburg Beer and Cigar, I picked up a sampler from Flatbed Cigars. It should be noted that there are always discount codes for use on their site (USA20 and TRY20 are two), and there’s a daily deal that can be accessed on the left sidebar of my site. I saw this sampler and it looked like something I wanted to try. It’s billed as a field to field sampler, representing various combinations of strengths, countries of origin and sizes. I smoked four of the six this week. I like to keep my sunday posts around four cigars, I’m not sure I’d read past that, so I don’t expect others to either. It also gives me a few days through the week to enjoy cigars without having to think about them. I started with the Farmers Blend Sumatra. This is listed on the website as 7″ x 60, which is accurate, the printed handout which accompanied the sampler lists it as 6″ x 70, as well as other places on the website. I’m glad it wasn’t the later, although 7″ x 60 is still a formidable cigar, the kind you hope you like when trying it for the first time! This has a Sumatra wrapper, a binder with the ambiguous “Cuban Seed” designation, and fillers from Pennsylvania, Nicaragua and he DR. The Nicaraguan and Dominican are classified Ligero, with two different DR Ligeros. This is probably the strongest in the sampler, but I didn’t find it to be overly so. It started out with some dry, sourness, but it built nicely and had a very nice flavor. I found it to be an interesting cigar throughout the two hours or so it took m

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e to smoke it.

The next one I smoked was the Henshaw Street, a 6½” x 54 cigar with a San Andrés wrapper,

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Dominican binder and PA, Nicaraguan Ligero and what I guess is Dominican Cubano seco. The name refers to a back road, and is a rustic blend. This was a really enjoyable cigar for me. It had a nice, sweet spice which I found quite enjoyable. Burn and draw were good, it need a touch up here. and there, but that kind of added to the appeal. it was solidly medium in strength, but very flavorful I’ve had two good cigars in this sampler so far, fingers crossed on the rest.

Saturday I cut the grass and did some other stuff around the house, and wasn’t feeling like I wanted to smoke powerhouse cigars, so I concentrated on the milder end of the spectrum in the sampler. I started with the Harvest, presented in a 6″ x 50 toro. This has a sun grown Connecticut wrapper, as opposed to shade grown, it sure wasn’t broadleaf. the binder is Dominican and it has DOminican and Nicaraguan Ligero in the filler, which is odd for a mild cigar. I thought this was a solid Dominican shade type cigar, with sweet cream and nuts flavors. Very nice while recovering and watching some Olympics coverage.

Later I went with the other cigar that was listed as mild-medium, the Track 7. This has the same Connecticut grown wrapper as the Harvest, with two Dominican Ligeros and a seco, Nicaraguan Ligero and some Kentucky Fire Cured in the mix. The fire cured is subtle, but apparent. It has the distinctive tang without the heavy smokiness, akin to the Lecia Black or the Cuevas Patrimonio. The tang went nicely with the smooth, creaminess, making for a nice blend. This was a 6″ x 60, and was well balanced, and burned well. I still have the VLI Pennsylvania 41 Small toro and the Pennsyltucky PA Broadleaf toro to go, they might be the two I looked forward to smoking the most. I have had the Pennsyltucky in a different size, but it’s been many years! I continue to be impressed by the Panacea/Flatbed offerings. They are an advertiser, but I’ve purchased all of the cigars I’ve smoked from them.