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That’s amazing!

Most of my favorite shops are a little further away from downtown and unfortunately won’t be the easiest to get to. There are a few good shops in the downtown area though... Downtown: Blend by Davidoff North Side: (very close to downtown): Burn by Rocky Patel Those will be the closest to you. Both are great but are the highest priced shops in the area. Strip District: Leaf and Bean (also very close to downtown, great shop. South Side: Bloom, also close but further than the other ones. This place is like walking back in time 50 years. I like it but it’s an acquired taste. South Side: Drawing Room, this place is newer. It’s technically a private lounge but since it’s still new they often have public events but access will be hit or miss because of that. Close to the airport, away from downtown: Smoke Stack in Moon Township. Your best option like others have said is to order online mostly because of your options near downtown. if you do have access to transportation, some good options for Padrons would be Cigars International in Bridgeville (about 20 minutes south of downtown), Old Allegheny (also about 20 minutes from downtown), Smoker Friendly (several locations around the region it’s actually a smoke shop not just cigars but they do carry Padron.

Farewell to the other one.

I’ve tried a lot of the selected tobacco releases as well as other United cigars and don’t get a lot of the hype surrounding Selected. The Atabey Black was an outstanding cigar and I like the Atabey Lancero. Bandelero premium was pretty good, Byron has been very hit or miss for me, the Alfonso Extra Anejo was also great. Most of the rest of them for me have been between not good, mediocre, and decent. Those are the standouts. I do really like the red anchor cigars by United (made by Klaus Kelner). They are fantastic as well. There’s also a new Kelner/United cigar coming in the future that Dave Garofolo recently teased. United is the distributor for Selected.

The Aladino Corojo Reserva No. 4 LE. I’ve smoked a lot of Aladino cigars and this one hits very different. Fantastic cigar. It starts out very full bodied with some spiciness but then soon mellows out to a creamy, nuttiness. Be warned though, it starts out very powerful compared to other Aladino cigars in general, but this does dissipate.

Agreed completely. The potential collapse of the country, the issues with Chen Zhi, the pre-existing production issues. I can’t see this possibly getting any better and really don't see how it won’t get worse.

Congratulations! This is awesome.

Beautiful.

Doubtful. This coffee has actually been available for almost 10 years in the US now and very sporadic in its release. I would think if it were to open doors, we would have seen it by now or at least this coffee would be more readily available.

Nothing beats a Lancero on a lazy summer day relaxing by the pool.

I’m excited to try the last few that I haven’t experienced yet. So far I’ve enjoyed every one.

That’s awesome. I live not far from there.

Amazing to see. I’ve been to his shop a few times and he’s a great guy. I wish them all the best.

One of my favorite Padrons. Great episode as always.

And we need more Robusto Trinity 🥰

Are the pics from the new factory? Looking great. Is it fully up and running?

This is looking great. I can’t wait to see what you guys release next.

Will the BR 109 also be available through COH or any other retailers shipping to the US?

Amazing!

I love smaller cigars and have enjoyed every F5 so far so this is a no brainer.

Amazing. I’ve become such a massive fan of everything Fabrica5 but particularly the Trinity Robusto. I can’t wait to get my hands on the piramide.