Cigars 101

Do small cigars, cigarillos, etc. improve with age like regular size cigars?

A: Café cigars are more of a niche market. You won’t find many hardcore cigar smokers smoking them on a regular basis. It’s usually more like they just want a short smoke every so often. Most good cigars will improve with age regardless of their size. The key is, the cigars have a better chance of doing so if they’re handmade like the Cohiba Pequeños shown here. Machine-made cigars, many of which are in the Café cigar category, don’t really “age” because of the chopped tobacco in them. They may mellow a little tho.