The Hombre cigar club is a monthly box for adults who would rather be surprised than browse. Each delivery is planned around a theme, with notes on what you are smoking and how to get the best from it. The club is in planning, and the Humidor List will be first to hear when it opens.
Most smokers fall into a rut. They find two or three cigars they like, buy them over and over and stop exploring. A club breaks that habit gently. Instead of scanning shelves, you receive a considered selection on a regular rhythm and try cigars you might never have chosen yourself.
A club also paces your smoking. A monthly box with a handful of cigars nudges you to enjoy each one fully rather than burning through a bundle. Anyone who has ever stored too many cigars at once will appreciate that.
There is a social side too. Many people join a club because they want a reason to gather with a friend or two once a month, each with the same cigar in hand, and talk about it. Even a solitary smoker finds that having a theme gives the evening a shape and makes the cigar feel like an event instead of a habit.
We are still designing the club, so the details below describe our intent, not a finished product. When the club opens we will publish exactly what each box contains and how membership works.
Themes are where a club earns its keep. One month might compare two sizes of the same blend. Another might line up three wrapper styles side by side. A third might focus on pairings, with a suggestion for coffee, a spirit or a quiet pot of tea. The point is to give you something to notice, since noticing is what turns smoking into appreciation.
We would rather ship a small, well-chosen box than a big, forgettable one. Fewer cigars, each with a reason to be there, also means less to store and less to waste. If you smoke only a few cigars a month, the club is designed to fit that pace without nudging you to smoke more than you want.
A club works best when it teaches. If one month's theme is wrapper leaf, our wrapper guide becomes a companion to the box. If it is a size study, the sizes guide helps you compare a short, thick cigar with a long, thin one.
We also encourage keeping simple notes. Jot down the cigar, how it drew, how it burned and what you tasted. After a few months you will see a pattern in what you like, and that pattern is more valuable than any rating we could print on a card.
A club puts a steady stream of cigars in your hands, which means you need somewhere to keep them. A small humidor is plenty for a month or two of deliveries. See our humidors and accessories for what we are planning, and read the storage guide so each box arrives to a ready home.
Some members will want to hold a cigar for months before smoking it. Our guide to aging cigars explains what that does and when it is worth the wait.
Club membership is open only to adults 21 and older, and we will verify age. Members should expect to be able to pause or cancel, and we will spell out terms in plain words before anyone signs up, since a subscription should never be a trap.
Cigars are tobacco products with health risks and contain addictive nicotine, and a subscription does not change that. Shipping rules for tobacco vary by state and carrier, so availability may differ by location. We will confirm what applies where you live before accepting any membership.
Because the club is a recurring arrangement, we plan to ask a few questions up front: your strength comfort level, the sizes you prefer and anything you want to avoid, such as flavored cigars. Those answers shape each box. You can update them any time, and you should never feel locked into a profile.
We have not set a date. The club is in planning, and we will not announce pricing or timing until they are real. Join the Humidor List and select Monthly club to be told first.
That is a design goal. We want members to be able to set a preference from mild to full so a box suits their taste and tolerance.
We intend to make pausing and canceling simple and to explain the terms before anyone signs up. Final policies will be published when the club opens.
Not necessarily. Rules for shipping tobacco vary by state and carrier, so availability may depend on where you live. We will confirm before accepting a membership.
Be first to hear about launch releases, gift boxes and club openings. Adults 21 and older only.