Robert Caldwell announced his return to the cigar industry with the introduction of Eastern Standard cigars in 2014, a line of premium cigars from his Caldwell Collection. Robert spent months visiting numerous farms and factories trying to find the right tobaccos and partners with which to work.
Eastern Standard cigars are hand-rolled in the Dominican Republic at the Ventura cigar factory using Nicaraguan Habano and Dominican Criollo '98 Viso and Corojo Ligero long-fillers bound in Indonesian leaf and covered in a beautiful Connecticut Shade and Brazilian Mata Fina hybrid wrapper leaf from Ecuador. This creative blending of rare and aged Grade A tobaccos results in a very flavorful, rich, creamy and smooth cigar that moves from mild to medium-bodied with subtle notes of pepper and spice.
If you are curious to know who the bearded man on the Eastern Standard cigar band and box is, his visage sprouted from the mind of Dominican born street artist Evoca1 and Robert invented his name and history: Hans Nielsen Lahkso of Finland, who after suffering a shipwreck and other adventures went to Cuba and finally to the Dominican Republic.
