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The Tobacconist Handbook: An Essential Guide to Cigars & Pipes Kindle Edition

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Learn the ins and outs of luxury tobacco use, from cigars, pipes, and more!

As we live in the “golden age of cigar making,” there is more to know and appreciate than ever before.

Great cigars and pipe tobaccos take years to grow, nurture, age, blend, and construct, yet their destiny is to return to dust; it is an extraordinary transformational and artistic journey that yields priceless moments and memories for the aficionado. But where do things begin? Where to start?

From Jorge Armenteros, founder of Tobacconist University®, you will learn everything you want and need to know about cigars and pipes. From seed to cigar, Armenteros will teach not only the history of tobacco, but what the future holds.

The Tobacconist Handbook exists as a resource for lovers of luxury tobacco to enhance our knowledge, appreciation, and quality of life.

Included in this handbook are numerous important lessons, including:

Learning the different types of tobacco
Which cigar best suits you
How to taste luxury tobacco
Making the perfect cut
Setting up a humidor
And much more

Great cigars and pipes help us ruminate, decompress, gather our thoughts and emotions, revitalize ourselves, and savor our time. Furthermore, through education you will learn that luxury tobacco products are used by choice and not out of habit. They are products created by great craftsmen and women who honor thousands of years of traditions and history.

Whether you’re a seasoned smoker or someone looking to learn more about the history and becoming a cigar aficionado, The Tobacconist Handbook is the perfect place to start.

Length: 230 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled	Language: English

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Jorge Armenteros, originally from Miami and born to Cuban American parents, opened his first retail tobacconist shop (A Little Taste of Cuba) in 1995. Feeling the need to further educate his customers and employees, he founded Tobacconist University in 2006, which became the official education curriculum for the premium tobacco industry in the United States. Armenteros continues to strive for preserving the luxury of the tobacco industry for generations to come, helping certify thousands of professionals and consumers around the world. He currently resides in Princeton, New Jersey. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN : B084MNR7RF
Publisher : Skyhorse (10 November 2020)
Language : English
File size : 34705 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 230 pages
Page numbers source ISBN : 1439247986

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Keesic Douglas

Very concise. Easy read.

Reviewed in Canada on 12 August 2019

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The only book you need to read about cigars!

Bigpurplebarn

Not Worth The Price Of Entry

Reviewed in the United States on 1 March 2017

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First and foremost, I recommend reading through the Tobacconist University website entirely before you consider purchasing the book. The TU Handbook provides a slightly different experience than the company's website, but will not be necessary for most readers. It is nice to have a hard copy of a book so you can highlight, annotate, etc. However, aside from that, there's no real benefit to shelling out for the book. Information is the same, with only some changes in phrasing.

As far as content is concerned, the TU Handbook is an acceptable introduction for consumers, but should not be the main source of learning for a retail, sales, or master tobacconist. The largest section, which I still found a bit anemic, is dedicated to cigar tobacco.The pipe section is severely lacking, much of the book's content seems a little subjective, and it hasn't been updated since 2009. Most people will learn more by joining an online forum or spending some time at their local cigar shop.

My greatest issue was the editorialized stance that TU takes on the benefits of cigars, as well as the common hatred of tobacco products. The industry would be better off with a stiff upper lip, instead of quivering and complaining.

All in all, you would be better served by purchasing a copy of the Ultimate Cigar Book, or simply dredging the innumerable internet articles and forums that are available.

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Rich Kasper

Editorializing overshadows content; too much of the former, not enough of the latter

Reviewed in the United States on 14 November 2020

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I was excited for the revised edition, but was quickly disappointed. It includes incorrect information, out-of-date information, and a lot of opinions where facts would be beneficial instead. It may be somewhat acceptable for a beginner, but even then I’d suggest other sources of information instead. There’s too much editorializing and not enough good information.

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Matthew Rapaport

covers lots of ground, but superficial

Reviewed in the United States on 16 January 2021

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This one disappointed me. It does cover the tobacco field (that's a pun), but rather superficially. For example in a chapter on different rolling techniques, the book lists the main variations, but does not describe them at all! The whole book is like that. Good broad coverage. No detail.

G. Roberti

Good for the Beginner and Enthusiast Alike

Reviewed in the United States on 24 July 2012

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I bought this because a friend of mine was taking his test as a employee of a cigar shop and said it had a few interesting facts that even he didn't know. I'm a 35+ year cigar smoker and I keep this in my cigar room to stimulate conversation amongst my friends as we smoke cigars and talk. We each read a bit as we pass it around from chair to chair and it brings up topics & explainations that most cigar smokers don't know. I learned quite a few things from this book myself and those that say it's amateurish are totally off base. Every level of cigar smoker can learn a thing or two from this well written book that is easy to read and is just the thing to impress your cigar buddies with your new found expertise next time you meet up to burn a few! If you are serious about cigars, why not own the handbook that pretty much sums up all the nuts & bolts of growing, selecting the leaves, storing the tobacco, rolling, aging, and smoking cigars?

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