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Want a Cigar that Won't Give You Ashtray Mouth? | HVC Cigars | Miami Box Press Ep. 63 Box Press
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How do you judge a cigar? Focus on a cigar’s flavor, balance, construction and clean finish suggests HVC founder Reinier Lorenzo. A cigar with a clean finish won’t leave you with a weird taste in your mouth afterward—what smokers call ashtray mouth.
Native Cuban Reiner founded the small-batch cigar house HVC in 2011, as a homage to hand-made cigars in Havana. “To me, Cubans, when they are right, when you have a really good Cuban cigar, there’s nothing that you can compare with. So now in Nicaragua, we at HVC, we want to replicate that.”
Filmed on location at HVC headquarters in Doral, Florida with Boveda’s Rob Gagner.
Snow, cows and how to start your own boutique cigar company:
00:00 Cold open03:05 Blending cigar tobacco is like creating a recipe03:19 Look for flavor over strength when choosing a cigar03:48 What cigars does HVC make?05:56 A Cuban moves to Wisconsin10:33 From Wisconsin to Nicaragua and AGANORSA 12:55 Why rolling a cigar at home is never as good as the premiums 14:14 Starting a business? Observe like an entrepreneur 16:53 What was the first broadleaf wrapper AGANORSA cigar?20:55 Why you can’t create a cigar from just one tobacco farm23:20 Look for flavor, balance, construction and clean finish in a cigar23:29 No more cigar ashtray mouth!30:28 How losing his dad at an early age affects a man36:37 As a small business owner, you have to keep going after a failure 40:11 Giving up the security of a job to start your own company46:41 Best advice for launching a family business47:19 Best response when someone says no to a sales pitch53:29 Is it better to smoke a cigar alone or with friends?54:41 Cigars vs. cigarettes—no comparison
To get great taste out of cigars, keep Boveda in your humidor. Using Boveda packs makes storing premium cigars easy. Makers of 2-way cigar humidification, Boveda also makes seasoning packs for wood humidors, travel cigar humidor bags and one-step hygrometer calibration kits.
Looking for a gift for a cigar smoker, dad or other important guy in your life? Check out the Boveda Humidor Starter Kit and other cigar care accessories. Shop Boveda here: https://store.bovedainc.com/collections/boveda-for-tobacco
Check Out More of Boveda Cigar Exclusives:
A Cuban Cigar Collection | What's in Your Humidor? HVC, Reinier Lorenzo
https://youtu.be/eF6c-3BjfeM
When the U.S. Rolled More Cigars Than Cuba (Feat. Big Sky)
https://youtu.be/tEBjL44vXF0
The Man Who Taught Me All I Know About Cigars (Feat. Crux Cigars)
https://youtu.be/T8rUALdjkO4
Talking Family & Matilde's Origin Story w/ Enrique Seijas (feat. Matilde Cigars)
https://youtu.be/n2OjLXbbAsI
How do you judge a cigar? Focus on a cigar’s flavor, balance, construction and clean finish suggests HVC founder Reinier Lorenzo. A cigar with a clean finish won’t leave you with a weird taste in your mouth afterward—what smokers call ashtray mouth.
Native Cuban Reiner founded the small-batch cigar house HVC in 2011, as a homage to hand-made cigars in Havana. “To me, Cubans, when they are right, when you have a really good Cuban cigar, there’s nothing that you can compare with. So now in Nicaragua, we at HVC, we want to replicate that.”
Filmed on location at HVC headquarters in Doral, Florida with Boveda’s Rob Gagner.
Snow, cows and how to start your own boutique cigar company:
00:00 Cold open03:05 Blending cigar tobacco is like creating a recipe03:19 Look for flavor over strength when choosing a cigar03:48 What cigars does HVC make?05:56 A Cuban moves to Wisconsin10:33 From Wisconsin to Nicaragua and AGANORSA 12:55 Why rolling a cigar at home is never as good as the premiums 14:14 Starting a business? Observe like an entrepreneur 16:53 What was the first broadleaf wrapper AGANORSA cigar?20:55 Why you can’t create a cigar from just one tobacco farm23:20 Look for flavor, balance, construction and clean finish in a cigar23:29 No more cigar ashtray mouth!30:28 How losing his dad at an early age affects a man36:37 As a small business owner, you have to keep going after a failure 40:11 Giving up the security of a job to start your own company46:41 Best advice for launching a family business47:19 Best response when someone says no to a sales pitch53:29 Is it better to smoke a cigar alone or with friends?54:41 Cigars vs. cigarettes—no comparison
To get great taste out of cigars, keep Boveda in your humidor. Using Boveda packs makes storing premium cigars easy. Makers of 2-way cigar humidification, Boveda also makes seasoning packs for wood humidors, travel cigar humidor bags and one-step hygrometer calibration kits.
Looking for a gift for a cigar smoker, dad or other important guy in your life? Check out the Boveda Humidor Starter Kit and other cigar care accessories. Shop Boveda here: https://store.bovedainc.com/collections/boveda-for-tobacco
Check Out More of Boveda Cigar Exclusives:
A Cuban Cigar Collection | What's in Your Humidor? HVC, Reinier Lorenzo
https://youtu.be/eF6c-3BjfeM
When the U.S. Rolled More Cigars Than Cuba (Feat. Big Sky)
https://youtu.be/tEBjL44vXF0
The Man Who Taught Me All I Know About Cigars (Feat. Crux Cigars)
https://youtu.be/T8rUALdjkO4
Talking Family & Matilde's Origin Story w/ Enrique Seijas (feat. Matilde Cigars)
https://youtu.be/n2OjLXbbAsI
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