Know why tobacco grows well in Connecticut? Or what revitalized Nicaraguan cigars? Or why a layer of sand on top of clay makes a great foundation for a tobacco plant? Learn cigar facts, how to pronounce Foundation's award-winning El Güegüense Cigar and more. Go deeper into the history of the cigar Motherland of Nicaragua with Foundation Cigars Founder/Owner, Nick Melillo and Boveda's Drew Emmer.

What is Boveda? Premium cigars brands protect their blends with Boveda 2-way humidity control—that brown pack that you find in the box with your cigars. Boveda preserves the flavor and character of premium cigars by keeping them at ideal humidity. At home, continue to use Boveda in your humidor to keep cigars well-humidified or they can be hard to light, burn to too fast or get moldy. With Boveda in your humidor, you'll enjoy full flavor and perfect smoke from every cigar.

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00:00 This is Box Press

01:09 Creating the first All-Nicaraguan blend—El Güegüense cigar

01:45 Smoking a Foundation Olmec Cigar

03:09 Do you put a cigar in the blue flame of a lighter?

04:09 Are you supposed to puff on a cigar a lot?

04:25 Low humidity changes how a cigar smokes, burns and tastes

05:43 Nick Melillo worked at a cigar shop through college

07:41 How Nick Melillo met, started blending tobacco and making cigars with Jonathan Drew, Drew Estate Cigars

18:37 How do you say El Güegüense cigar?

19:54 Are Nicaraguan cigars good?

23:35 Why is tobacco grown in Connecticut?

25:31 What's does the Foundation Cigar logo mean?

28:30 What cigars does Nick Melillo smoke most out from his own brand?

30:19 Olmec Cigar honors the first cigar smokers

32:07 Foundation packaging complements the tobacco blends

33:01 How can tobacco shops get new customers?

34:06 How to make you first cigar experience a good one

34:56 Joe Rogan and Foundation Cigars' Joe Rogan Special Cigar Blend

35:25 Cigar smoking brings people together

Learn more about:

Nicaragua's El Güegüense here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UtXF9uRB-s

Olmec civilization: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/olmec-civilization/