Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf
Binder: Ecuador Filler: Nicaraguan
Strength: Full Flavor: Spicy

Special does describe the Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial cigar. Some cigars are about a time: the early morning flush of a new dawn, the calm at dusk following the storm, or as Rudyard Kipling put it: “Thought in the early morning, solace in time of woes, Peace in the hush of the twilight, balm ere my eyelids close.”

Some cigars are about a place: the warm trade winds wafting across veranda; the loud din and crushed comfort of your favorite Pub. Some cigars are about events: JFK ordering his last Cuban cigars and putting them in humidors for storage before establishing the trade embargo “Counsellors cunning and silent — comforters true and tried,” or the beaming smile on a proud papa’s face as he hands out those “It’s a Boy” cigars with the blue band. The Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial is about family. In this case the family is that of Don Jose ‘Pepin’ Garcia – El Rey de los Habanos (which means the King of Cuban Cigars – which happens to also be the name of his cigar factory in little Havana, Miami).

The Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial is a product of My Father Cigars which has its own family story. Garcia’s son Jaime, a talented blender in his own right, secretly went to work in Nicaragua on a new cigar blend, which he intended to hide from his father. The elder Garcia found out and asked Jaime for some sample cigars and found out that they were called “My Father”. The Garcia’s company now bears the name “My Father Cigars”.

With the Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial line the younger of the Garcia family has a chance to showcase everything he has learned from his father. The Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Robusto measures 5