Cigar Coop Prime Time Show

It's Prime Time Jukebox Episode 200, and we mark the milestone by presenting a set of Jukebox Awards.

Prime Time Jukebox is always the place where the cigar industry has talked music, so the Jukebox Awards bring them together. This allows us to go back into the archives of Jukebox history and not only recall shows, cigars, and music, but it allows us to look at things from the 2026 perspective.

On this show, Dave and Coop smoke the Fuente Fuente OpusX ReXilient.

Plus we have Episode 200-themed music news, cigar news, and Developing Palates Review of the Week. Of course, we also have the music pairing of the week, and Dave’s New Music 45.

As always you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists:

Episode 200 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0RTkTrZ3wBYmQG4GIlwV0l?si=e928a5b6d7124493

It's Prime Time Jukebox Episode 200, and we mark the milestone by presenting a set of Jukebox Awards.

Prime Time Jukebox is always the place where the cigar industry has talked music, so the Jukebox Awards bring them together. This allows us to go back into the archives of Jukebox history and not only recall shows, cigars, and music, but it allows us to look at things from the 2026 perspective.

On this show, Dave and Coop smoke the Fuente Fuente OpusX ReXilient.

Plus we have Episode 200-themed music news, cigar news, and Developing Palates Review of the Week. Of course, we also have the music pairing of the week, and Dave’s New Music 45.

As always you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists:

Episode 200 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0RTkTrZ3wBYmQG4GIlwV0l?si=e928a5b6d7124493

On Prime Time Episode 389 David Garofalo returns to our show. We all know David as the owner of Two Guys Cigars and United Cigars; host of The Cigar Authority, and now founder of Cigar Worth.

If you know David, nobody loves cigars more than him, so it’s no surprise he has so much on his plate. We will talk to David about his newest venture Cigar Worth, plus catch up on the New England Cigar Expo, United Cigars, and debate the Strength-O-Meter.

On Prime Time Episode 389 David Garofalo returns to our show. We all know David as the owner of Two Guys Cigars and United Cigars; host of The Cigar Authority, and now founder of Cigar Worth.

If you know David, nobody loves cigars more than him, so it’s no surprise he has so much on his plate. We will talk to David about his newest venture Cigar Worth, plus catch up on the New England Cigar Expo, United Cigars, and debate the Strength-O-Meter.

The Curivari Buenaventura Cremas C100 is a premium boutique cigar from Curivari Cigars, a company founded by Andreas Throuvalas that blends tobaccos to traditional Cuban production standards. Released as a shade-wrapped extension to the original Buenaventura line, the Cremas variant replaces the original Nicaraguan Corojo wrapper with an Ecuadorian Connecticut shade leaf while retaining an all-Nicaraguan core.  The Buenaventura Cremas C100 vitola measures 5 5/8 inches and uses a 46 ring gauge, placing it in the Corona Extra format. It is manufactured in Estelí, Nicaragua, utilizing Cuban-seed tobaccos sourced from the country’s prominent growing regions, including Jalapa and Estelí. The blend uses an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and long-filler Nicaraguan tobaccos. The cigar features a traditional Cuban triple cap, tightly rolled seams, and classic paper banding.

• Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut
• Binder: Nicaragua (Cuban-seed)
• Filler: Nicaragua (Cuban-seed)
• Origin: Nicaragua
• Factory:  Plasencia Cigars S.A.
• Vitola / Shape: Corona Extra (C100)
• Dimensions: 5 5/8″ x 46
• Strength / Body: Mild-Medium to Medium
• MSRP:  $7.50

Final Score:  90

The Curivari Buenaventura Cremas C100 is a premium boutique cigar from Curivari Cigars, a company founded by Andreas Throuvalas that blends tobaccos to traditional Cuban production standards. Released as a shade-wrapped extension to the original Buenaventura line, the Cremas variant replaces the original Nicaraguan Corojo wrapper with an Ecuadorian Connecticut shade leaf while retaining an all-Nicaraguan core.  The Buenaventura Cremas C100 vitola measures 5 5/8 inches and uses a 46 ring gauge, placing it in the Corona Extra format. It is manufactured in Estelí, Nicaragua, utilizing Cuban-seed tobaccos sourced from the country’s prominent growing regions, including Jalapa and Estelí. The blend uses an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and long-filler Nicaraguan tobaccos. The cigar features a traditional Cuban triple cap, tightly rolled seams, and classic paper banding.

• Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut
• Binder: Nicaragua (Cuban-seed)
• Filler: Nicaragua (Cuban-seed)
• Origin: Nicaragua
• Factory:  Plasencia Cigars S.A.
• Vitola / Shape: Corona Extra (C100)
• Dimensions: 5 5/8″ x 46
• Strength / Body: Mild-Medium to Medium
• MSRP:  $7.50

Final Score:  90

On Prime Time Episode 388 it’s Media Panel #25, John “Cigar Surgeon” McTavish from Developing Palates and KMA Talk Radio and Gizmo from the Lounge Lizards Podcast join us as our special guest.

Tonight it will be “Boom or bomb”. We will look at successes in the cigar industry and where things didn’t quite reach the level we expected. Plus, we will have our FSG Beef Question of the Night, Tabacalera USA Ties That Bind, Alec Bradley Live True, Espinosa Today in Sports History, and the Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Deliberation segments.

On Prime Time Episode 388 it’s Media Panel #25, John “Cigar Surgeon” McTavish from Developing Palates and KMA Talk Radio and Gizmo from the Lounge Lizards Podcast join us as our special guest.

Tonight it will be “Boom or bomb”. We will look at successes in the cigar industry and where things didn’t quite reach the level we expected. Plus, we will have our FSG Beef Question of the Night, Tabacalera USA Ties That Bind, Alec Bradley Live True, Espinosa Today in Sports History, and the Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Deliberation segments.

On Prime Time Jukebox Episode 199, we look at music and the Zombie Apocalypse.

This was inspired by the film 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple where Ralph Fiennes Dr Ian Kelson character has a record player and a series of records he has scavenged from houses in the zombie apocalypse. The zombies are destroying the modern world. There is no iTunes and no Spotify.You need to preserve music by saving vinyl that you can play on a record player They may not be your favorite records, but records you need to save to preserve music for future generations.

On this show, Dave smokes the La Galera Connecticut and Coop smokes the La Aurora 100 Años Edición Especial.

Plus there will be the usual NFL Update, music news, cigar news, Developing Palates Review of the Week, the music pairing of the week, and Dave’s New Music 45.

Tune in to the premiere of Prime Time Jukebox Episode 199: Zombie Apocalypse on Tuesday 10/6 at 8pm ET.

As always you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists:

• Episode 199 Playlist

On Prime Time Jukebox Episode 199, we look at music and the Zombie Apocalypse.

This was inspired by the film 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple where Ralph Fiennes Dr Ian Kelson character has a record player and a series of records he has scavenged from houses in the zombie apocalypse. The zombies are destroying the modern world. There is no iTunes and no Spotify.You need to preserve music by saving vinyl that you can play on a record player They may not be your favorite records, but records you need to save to preserve music for future generations.

On this show, Dave smokes the La Galera Connecticut and Coop smokes the La Aurora 100 Años Edición Especial.

Plus there will be the usual NFL Update, music news, cigar news, Developing Palates Review of the Week, the music pairing of the week, and Dave’s New Music 45.

Tune in to the premiere of Prime Time Jukebox Episode 199: Zombie Apocalypse on Tuesday 10/6 at 8pm ET.

As always you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists:

• Episode 199 Playlist