The Word Puro w/Poll

[MurphysLaw]

When I hear "puro" I think of a cigar where all components are from one country.

Every description I can recall seeing of Drew Estates cigars has a breakdown of where the leaf comes from. Heres a quote from Jons intro thread where he makes the distinction between puros and blends:

Originally Posted by Jonathan Drew

My answer is this: I believe in Nicaraguan "Heavy Leaf" tobaccos more than any other tobaccos in the world. I place Nicaraguan fillers, binder, and capa on par with that of the most select leaf of Cuban origin. While DE is the largest importer of leaf INTO Nicaragua, and our strength is in "Blended Tobaccos" (Meaning NON PUROS), my suggestion is to purchase a good, healthy handful of beautiful Nicaraguan cigars, such as Padron, Joya de Nicaragua, Oliva, Perdomo, Pepin, Tat, Agonorsa, Placensia etc ... and include with that variety Liga Privada No.9 and T52, as well as our newly released Liga UNDERCROWN. Than start to understand Nicaragua and how Drew Estate fits in that circle. Nicaragua won't let you down ... I promise.

I like cake.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by MurphysLaw

Every description I can recall seeing of Drew Estates cigars has a breakdown of where the leaf comes from. Heres a quote from Jons intro thread where he makes the distinction between puros and blends:
...and our strength is in "Blended Tobaccos" (Meaning NON PUROS)...


I like cake.

I saw that when Jon came aboard, and it's pretty much in direct contradiction with the quote from the new Drew Estate iPhone app ""When you light a Liga Privada No. 9 you are smoking a puro that was intended..."
I had read or listened to him say they were working with Nic tobacco to create a puro and that's what I went looking for. Obviously I didn't find anything in the Liga line.
It made my head hurt and kind of disappointed me.
But I got ya on the cake.