Smokeandminds

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• Another Pairing with Brockmans Gin – Apple, Strawberry on Leaves

  I find myself in the midst of mental and physical investigations, leading towards the first activities of the New York Palate League. Pairing after pairing is... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• Puro De Oro is Pure Gold – Pure Taste by Davidoff

  This is with certainty one of the best cigars I have ever experienced. As its leaves became consumed by the heat of a tiny fire, a magnificent and somewhat... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• On the Importance of Comparative Tasting

  Each day greatly succumbed to the experience of tasting is how I live. Not each minute is spent on an analytical mode. The mere joy of it is common, but I have... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• Discarded Midribs

  

  Tobacco leaves are ripped of their midrib for the use in the production of premium cigars / Martinez Handmade Cigars, New York, NY / Leica D-Lux 4 / Photo:... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Christina and Ivan

  

  Cigar Smokers at opening of the new NYC Fine Cigars location / NYC Fine Cigars, New York, NY / Leica D-Lux 4 / Photo: Sila Blume / RAW processing by Dmitry... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Martinez Handmade Cigars – Dominicans in New York City

  

  Cigar Mold / Martinez Handmade Cigars, New York, NY / Leica D-Lux 4 We are not to ask what our country can do for us, but to think on what we can do for our... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Jimmy

  

  Skip to content Health starts in the mind and is supported by an educated palate Posted in Tagged Image · · · Cigars, NYC Fine Cigars, New... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Trumpet Player

  

  Skip to content Health starts in the mind and is supported by an educated palate Posted in Tagged Image · · · Cigars, NYC Fine Cigars, New... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Vegetables for Breakfast

  

  A fellow Cigar smoker smokes one cigar in particular. He enters the Martinez establishment religiously and chooses a few of the Double Corona cigars that the... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Preparing Tobacco for a Pipe

  

  Louis preparing tobacco for his pipe / New York Pipe Club celebrating the 85th Anniversary of Nat Sherman / Nat Sherman, New York, NY / Leica D-Lux 4 Share... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Dominican Leafed Pumpernickel

  

  I am currently lost and found in an enlightening and confusing period. The trained palate – perhaps in an effort to elevate itself from the cigar snob through... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Revisiting the Who and Why Behind Smoke and Minds

  

  Arturo Fuente – Rosado / Cigar Inn, New York, NY / Leica D-Lux 4 To refresh the purpose for Smoke and Minds and assess anew for myself the joy that is its motor... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Flatiron is Not a Torpedo, but a Flatiron / Notes on the Martinez Flatiron #2...

  

  Flatiron #2 / Martinez Hand Rolled Cigars, New York, NY / Leica D-Lux 4 In the neighbourhood of the Flatiron Building, a foreign culture has been absorbing the... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Coyote Tobacco Pipe

  

  Nat Sherman has been tobacconist to the world since 1930. In the private and military sectors the family business has become an institution. Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• What Ashes Might Say

  

  Watching various torcedores and torcedoras one gets to study details and sequences, subsequently coming somewhat closer to understanding why a good cigar costs ... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• On This Very Day I Enjoyed My Second Cohiba Behike 56

  

  A generous friend presented me with two samples of the iconic Cohiba Behike (56 gauge) a week ago. Yesterday I began planning the situation in which to light on... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• On the Context of Walks

  

  A philosophy of mine is that coffee is NOT something for the go, especially when it comes to an espresso drink. In a similar manner I would refer to the... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Coffee, Beer and Cigar

  

  This beer was like medicine, breakfast and penny-saver all at once. By 13% it is higher than any beer I ever had and higher than most wines, that way those who... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Reminiscing

  

  My very first pipe smoked on Japanese soil, at one of the most wonderful places to enjoy the true culture of coffee, on November 9, 2014. Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Notes on the Número 4 by Martinez Cigars

  

  Ring Detail – Portrait of Antonio Genaro Martinez on a New York City Blend – Número 4 Cigar / Martinez Hand Rolled Cigars, New York, NY / Leica D-Lux 4... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2015 SELF EXPRESSION