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Wednesday Dec 17, 2025
Wednesday Dec 17, 2025
Coming in at #25 Black Label Trading Company Orthodox Toro.
Black Label Trading Company was the first brand founded by James Brown. During the early days of Black Label Trading Company, James Brown built a reputation for bold, dark wrapper brands. However, over the past decade, we have seen Brown emerge as one of the industry’s top blenders. At the same time, we’ve seen him expand well beyond bold and dark wrappers and master a wide range of tobaccos and blends. With Orthodox, this blend shows that while Brown has expanded his horizons, he can still mix bold and dark elements.
Full Details: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-yhn
Wednesday Dec 17, 2025
Wednesday Dec 17, 2025
Coming in at #25 Black Label Trading Company Orthodox Toro.
Black Label Trading Company was the first brand founded by James Brown. During the early days of Black Label Trading Company, James Brown built a reputation for bold, dark wrapper brands. However, over the past decade, we have seen Brown emerge as one of the industry’s top blenders. At the same time, we’ve seen him expand well beyond bold and dark wrappers and master a wide range of tobaccos and blends. With Orthodox, this blend shows that while Brown has expanded his horizons, he can still mix bold and dark elements.
Full Details: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-yhn
Tuesday Dec 16, 2025
Tuesday Dec 16, 2025
Coming in at #26 Cigar of the Year for 2025 is the El Pulpo Octo Ocho by Artesano Del Tobacco. This is a historic placement on the Cigar Coop Countdown because it marks the first time a culebra has landed on a Cigar Coop Countdown.
A culebra consists of three panatela cigars intertwined. Often, the cigars that form a culebra are likened to snakes. In fact, culebra is Spanish for snake. In the case of El Pulpo, this is Artesano Del Tobacco's second brand, but it pays homage to the octopus. Octo Ocho is a mashup of Latin (Octo) and Spanish (Ocho) meaning 8 which are the number of tenacles on a octopus. In the case of Octo Ocho, while it fundamentally retains the culebra concept, the the twisted panatelas in Octo Ocho's case symbolize tentacles of an octopus. It’s important to note that this culebra does not have eight tentacles, only three.
Full Details: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-yhg
Tuesday Dec 16, 2025
Tuesday Dec 16, 2025
Coming in at #26 Cigar of the Year for 2025 is the El Pulpo Octo Ocho by Artesano Del Tobacco. This is a historic placement on the Cigar Coop Countdown because it marks the first time a culebra has landed on a Cigar Coop Countdown.
A culebra consists of three panatela cigars intertwined. Often, the cigars that form a culebra are likened to snakes. In fact, culebra is Spanish for snake. In the case of El Pulpo, this is Artesano Del Tobacco's second brand, but it pays homage to the octopus. Octo Ocho is a mashup of Latin (Octo) and Spanish (Ocho) meaning 8 which are the number of tenacles on a octopus. In the case of Octo Ocho, while it fundamentally retains the culebra concept, the the twisted panatelas in Octo Ocho's case symbolize tentacles of an octopus. It’s important to note that this culebra does not have eight tentacles, only three.
Full Details: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-yhg
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Coming in at #27 Cigar of the Year is the Don Julio Sang Bleu Robusto by De Los Reyes Cigars.
This is a cigar that comes from De Los Reyes Cigars. Many know De Los Reyes for their Saga brand of cigars. Don Julio is De Los Reyes’ more premium brand. Don Julio, pays tribute to Don Julio Samuel Reyes Fermin, a celebrated tobacco grower and a third-generation member of the family. As for the name “Sang Bleu” it means means “blue blood.” The Sang Bleu marks the first core release by De Los Reyes by Don Julio in over a decade.
Full Details: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-yfb
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Coming in at #27 Cigar of the Year is the Don Julio Sang Bleu Robusto by De Los Reyes Cigars.
This is a cigar that comes from De Los Reyes Cigars. Many know De Los Reyes for their Saga brand of cigars. Don Julio is De Los Reyes’ more premium brand. Don Julio, pays tribute to Don Julio Samuel Reyes Fermin, a celebrated tobacco grower and a third-generation member of the family. As for the name “Sang Bleu” it means means “blue blood.” The Sang Bleu marks the first core release by De Los Reyes by Don Julio in over a decade.
Full Details: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-yfb
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Monday Dec 15, 2025
On Prime Time Jukebox Episode 176, our theme is "Feast or Famine".
On this show, Dave and Coop go through artists and their songs where they really is no middle ground. They are either in with artist (feast) or out with the artist (famine). we have our NFL Corner, Pairings, Music News, Cigar News, Developing Palates Review of the Week, and Dave's New Music 45
On this show, Dave smokes the Black Label Trading Company Morphine 2024 Edition Lancero while Coop smokes the Davidoff Maduro Robusto.
As always, you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists:
References
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Monday Dec 15, 2025
On Prime Time Jukebox Episode 176, our theme is "Feast or Famine".
On this show, Dave and Coop go through artists and their songs where they really is no middle ground. They are either in with artist (feast) or out with the artist (famine). we have our NFL Corner, Pairings, Music News, Cigar News, Developing Palates Review of the Week, and Dave's New Music 45
On this show, Dave smokes the Black Label Trading Company Morphine 2024 Edition Lancero while Coop smokes the Davidoff Maduro Robusto.
As always, you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists:
References
Sunday Dec 14, 2025
Sunday Dec 14, 2025
Coming in at #28 on the 2025 Cigar of the Year Countdown is the Davidoff Year of the Snake 2025 Lancero.
Back in 2012, Davidoff released a cigar called Davidoff Year of the Snake. While not the first Chinese Zodiac cigar by Davidoff, it essentially was the cigar that put Davidoff on the map in terms of Chinese Zodiac releases - and it was Davidoff that could be credited with the craze of Chinese Zodiac cigars. That original Davidoff Year of the Snake is one of the more legendary cigars ever released. On Cigar Coop, this cigar finished as the #2 Cigar of the Year, and #3 Cigar of the Decade 2010-2019. Since that release, Davidoff has gone through a complete Chinese New Year cycle. In late 2024, Davidoff released its second Year of the Snake cigar. This one is an all-new cigar with a new blend.
Full Details: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-yef
Sunday Dec 14, 2025
Sunday Dec 14, 2025
Coming in at #28 on the 2025 Cigar of the Year Countdown is the Davidoff Year of the Snake 2025 Lancero.
Back in 2012, Davidoff released a cigar called Davidoff Year of the Snake. While not the first Chinese Zodiac cigar by Davidoff, it essentially was the cigar that put Davidoff on the map in terms of Chinese Zodiac releases - and it was Davidoff that could be credited with the craze of Chinese Zodiac cigars. That original Davidoff Year of the Snake is one of the more legendary cigars ever released. On Cigar Coop, this cigar finished as the #2 Cigar of the Year, and #3 Cigar of the Decade 2010-2019. Since that release, Davidoff has gone through a complete Chinese New Year cycle. In late 2024, Davidoff released its second Year of the Snake cigar. This one is an all-new cigar with a new blend.
Full Details: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-yef