If you've stepped into Cigars International Super Store recently, you will have noticed they opened up another section of the store. There are some chairs, tables lined with shirts and hats, and then there's something else... a locked walk-in humidor.
After speaking with an employee at the shop, I learned that this new walk-in humidor is stuffed with what they call the Blend Lab: A selection of smokes that are tailor-suited to one's liking. For example, I wanted a full-bodied smoke with a Habano wrapper and all Nicaraguan filler -- robusto sized. He looked at a chart that listed the attributes of the cigars inside of the Blend Lab and found one that had all of the characteristics I was looking for.
They don't tell you who manufactured the cigars. The only thing distinguishable about the cigar is the hand-written numbers on the band.
The employee I spoke with told me in due time the CI website would be updated to allow people to post reviews of their numbered Blend Lab cigars.
A novel concept, I think.
After speaking with an employee at the shop, I learned that this new walk-in humidor is stuffed with what they call the Blend Lab: A selection of smokes that are tailor-suited to one's liking. For example, I wanted a full-bodied smoke with a Habano wrapper and all Nicaraguan filler -- robusto sized. He looked at a chart that listed the attributes of the cigars inside of the Blend Lab and found one that had all of the characteristics I was looking for.
They don't tell you who manufactured the cigars. The only thing distinguishable about the cigar is the hand-written numbers on the band.
The employee I spoke with told me in due time the CI website would be updated to allow people to post reviews of their numbered Blend Lab cigars.
A novel concept, I think.
