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October 13th, 2010

Learning to roll a cigar with Hamlet

During his visit in Dublin, we got a chance to meet Hamlet, in an event hosted in JJ Fox. During the event, I got the chance to get a hands on tutorial on how to roll a cigar. The result was not very pretty, but I thoroughly enjoyed the process.

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By yiorgos

September 22nd, 2010

Hamlet rolling cigars in James Fox

Good news! Cuban master roller, senor Jaime “Hamlet” Paredes, will be visiting Dublin for a couple of days during his UK trip.
For those who haven’t heard of him before, Hamlet is a 9th grade cigar roller, the highest grade a roller can achieve in Cuba, and he is considered one of the top three Cuban [...]

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By yiorgos

January 26th, 2010

Rolling with Alberto and Bertha

Pictures of our Rolling lesson with Bertha and Alberto in JJ Fox!

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By yiorgos

December 17th, 2009

Cigars.ie Xmas Herf

On Wednesday December 16th, our planned Xmas Herf took place in the Morgan Hotel on Wednesday December 16th. It was indeed a great night with a lot of fun, plenty of drink and of course a lot of smoke! A total of 22 cigars were smoked by the 7 of us there, resulting to a [...]

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By yiorgos

December 2nd, 2009

Live cigar rolling demonstration in JJ Fox

For those who missed her the first time (or have already missed her) Berta Corzo, from Cohiba’s El Laguito, will be visiting Dublin again next week. Berta has worked as a torcedora in the Cohiba factory for over 25 years, where she has perfected her skills in rolling any vitola.
Rob, David and Berta were kind enough [...]

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By yiorgos

November 1st, 2009

Berta Corzo rolling a Culebra in JJ Fox

Watch a video of Berta Corzo masterfully rolling a fresh Culebra in JJ Fox, Dublin.

Berta Corzo rolling a Culebra in JJ Fox, Dublin from Cigars.ie on Vimeo.

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By yiorgos

October 24th, 2009

Cuban Cigar Roller visits JJ Fox

Senora Berta Corzo, a roller from Cohiba’s El Laguito factory in Havana, is set to visit dublin next week. Berta has worked as a torcedora in the Cohiba factory for over 25 years, where she has perfected her skills in rolling any vitola.
From Wednesday October 28th and until Sunday November 1st, Berta will be rolling [...]

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By yiorgos

June 7th, 2009

Treasures in JJ Fox, Dublin

Last week I was lucky enough to find myself in the basement of JJ Foxes in Dublin. David and Rob were kind enough to give us a tour and show us some unique and extremely rare cigars, some dating back from the 1960’s. Many of the cigars, as you will see in the pictures, [...]

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By yiorgos