It is perhaps the first time that Cuban cigars have been sold legally in New Hampshire since John F. Kennedy was President, and September 1st through September 10th Two Guys Smoke Shop will be stocked with them. “Our calendar is clear and we are ready for business” says David Garofalo owner of Two Guys Smoke Shop, New England's largest and highest volume cigar store. “We were approached by Pinar Cigars about selling rare pre-embargo cigars and we jumped at this chance.”

The story goes back almost 50 years when Cuban Tobacco importer Grossman Cigar Company of Tampa Florida declared bankruptcy and its assets were ordered frozen. Those assets included 46,000 pounds of Cuban tobacco purchased in 1956, 1958 and 1960.

Before bankruptcy proceedings had fully played out, the company’s owner died in the mid 1960’s which launched a probate battle between his family members over just who owned the Cuban tobacco. The legal fight lasted more than 20 years when the Pinar Company eventually acquired the tobacco but it took them until 1999 to get it authenticated and several more years to get the U.S. Governments approval to sell it, but only after it is exported to Ecuador where the tobacco is hand rolled into cigars by Cubans.

What makes this tobacco even more special is the judge who proceeded over the legal battle was a cigar lover and ordered the tobacco to be kept in pristine, saleable condition all the time. So it was properly humidified and temperature controlled. Like a rare bottle of 50 year old wine, these cigars are even rarer. They are made with the long, lusted controversial Cuban Tobacco and for the first 10 days of September Pinar cigars will be hand rolling cigars in New Hampshire and selling authentic pre- Castro, pre-embargo, rare Cuban Cigars. Come and see the fine art of cigar rolling and pick up a few rare legal Cuban cigars.

Store Hours will be:
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 10am – 6pm
Thursday & Friday 10am – 8pm
Saturday 10am – 6pm
Sunday 10am – 4pm
CLOSED Labor Day (Monday) September 5th

"Coming Soon" is NOW, "IT'S HERE." May we be the first to introduce the CUSANO C-10 ROBUSTO.

If you like the Montecristo Cuban flavor, this has it, and there is no doubt about it. Rich full flavors will burst as soon as you light it up. What makes it better than its Cuban counterpart is the draw, perfect in every way. You've been waiting for this one, and it's here, but not for very long. Like most great cigars now a days, this particular blend uses tobacco that is not readily available and only a limited amount will be sold in there numbered boxes of 10. Try them by the box or single, but they won't last long.

I went down to meet the blender and maker of the cigars (Pipin Garcia) and with the help of a translator (he speaks no English) learned what makes this cigar so unique. Pipin uses a secrete process in his curing of the tobacco. It gives the cigars a taste unlike any other I have found. I say this because the new cigar from Pepin has a taste in it that is unmistakable.

He's done it again and we've got them, they're called CABAIGUAN, named after a town in Cuba where Pipin came from. Remember, you heard about this one here first, CABAIGUAN. What a cigar, if you like the Tatuaje, it is similar with it's distint signature Pipin cured tobacco taste but this one has something I like even better. A smoothness, despite its full bodied strength. A must try cigar that will soon be the talk of all cigars, you'll see.