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When Cuban Cigars Were King—Then What? | Jeremiah Meerapfel | Meerapfel Cigar | Box Press Ep. 132

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If $60 cigars are stored with Boveda, shouldn't yours be? Click here to receive cigar care tips: https://hubs.la/Q01BLsBF0 UberLuxury cigars are a new segment of premium cigars created by Jeremiah Meerapfel. His family's legendary Meerapfel Cameroon tobacco is touted as the most exclusive wrapper in the world. This fifth generation cigar man talks how his family evolved cigar smokers beyond Cubans toward New World Cigars (AKA cigars originating from any country that isn't Cuba!). Meerapfel and Boveda's Drew Emmer talk cigars and Boveda at PCA 2024, the preeminent event for premium cigar and pipe industry.00:00 This is Box Press02:40 Responsibilities come with being the patriarch of a family, a company04:33 Amassment is a word06:34 Combatting Cuban cigars with non-Cuban New World cigars08:00 Cigars followed the same trajectory as wine08:55 Sad that my father isn't next to me13:32 How the cigar craft has changed over 20 years16:07 Say NO to big cigar ring gauges17:15 Wrapper is the most expensive part of a ciga