Boutique Cigar Association, Inc.

10/06/2026

Crops that have become global commodities to connoisseurs.

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How coffee and to***co shaped global commerce, and why quality raw materials and patient process, not packaging hype, build premium brands that last.

09/21/2026

To everyone who stood with the Boutique Cigar Association: thank you. Your dedication, generosity, and unwavering support carried our mission forward. We will always be grateful to the people who gave their time and resources to protect premium ci**rs.

We’re sharing this update because many people across the country still believe the BCA is active. The support our efforts received from the industry meant a great deal to us, and we’re proud that our mission to challenge the FDA regulations threatening premium ci**rs was accomplished.

The BCA is no longer active as an association. We have no active members and do not collect membership dues. We remain attentive to any future threats to the premium cigar industry.

For questions, please contact [email protected].

09/12/2026

This is truly incredible. A piece of history not only in the establishment, but also the blend. Ned's Cigar Store

One Classic deserves another………….

09/09/2026

One of the greatest gifts this industry has given us is the blessing of true friendship, often expressed quietly, generously, and without any desire for recognition.
To our “secret” friends: you know who you are.

On this special Sons and Daughters Day, I want you to know that this evening I will open one of these beautiful bottles and raise a glass to you.

I will toast your years of hard work and sacrifice, your love and faith, and the wonderful family you have raised. The success of the next generation is never accidental. Behind every hardworking, intelligent, and accomplished son or daughter are often parents whose countless sacrifices went unseen and uncelebrated.

Tonight, I raise my glass to all the remarkable mothers and fathers who have devoted their lives to raising good, loving, faith-filled children, and who now have the privilege of watching them carry that legacy forward.

Congratulations. Your greatest contribution to this world may very well be the family you raised.

Much love and respect,

Dr. Gaby Kafie & Family
Artwork: “Breaking Home Ties” (1954) by Norman Rockwell.

09/09/2026

Something very special is in the works.

After months of development, refinement, and patience, the blend has finally been perfected.

No elaborate name.
No complicated story.
Just an exceptional cigar.

A rich, flavorful medium-to-full-bodied blend, finished with an extraordinary double-fermented Pennsylvania Broadleaf wrapper grown in the USA.

The Pennsylvania Broadleaf brings tremendous depth, dark earth, natural sweetness, richness, and strength, while the double fermentation allows the to***co to develop greater refinement and complexity.

It will be presented simply in special 10-count kraft paper packs, produced in two vitolas:

Robusto — 5 x 50
Toro — 5¾ x 54

Small production. Exceptional to***co. No shortcuts.
This is intended to be one of the most luxurious ci**rs we have ever produced at under $12 a cigar.

For now, it remains the cigar with no name.

Because sometimes, when the to***co is this good, it doesn't need one.

Brick and Mortar Retailers will have the opportunity to feature this masterpiece as their house blend. Why ? Because we are listening to what retailers are asking for.

Coming soon.
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09/09/2026

THE JOURNEY OF THE LEAF

My journey in to***co began with a people, a culture, and a place: Danlí, Honduras, a country my family has called home since the early 1930s.

But our story in Central America goes back even further.

Our family roots trace back to 1901 in La Unión, El Salvador. More than a century of family history, entrepreneurship, perseverance, and hard work eventually led me to discover the lands and fruits of this region through a very different lens.

Interestingly, of all the industries our family has been involved in over the generations, to***co was never one of them.

That chapter was mine to discover.

Living and working in Honduras gave me extraordinary access to the great to***cos of Honduras and neighboring Nicaragua. I became fascinated not simply with ci**rs, but with the art of blending to***co, the soil, the seed, the fermentation, the aging, and ultimately the extraordinary craftsmanship required to bring different leaves together in harmony.

Along the way, I began speaking with some of the finest master blenders I could find, and trust me, there are very few true masters of this craft.

Again and again, I kept hearing one thing:
“You need Dominican to***co to balance the blend.”
Well, well, well...
That stayed with me.

Sourcing truly exceptional Dominican to***co while producing in Honduras was not easy. Eventually, I realized that if I wanted complete creative freedom, I needed to go to the source.

And that journey brought us to the Dominican Republic and to the prestigious La Aurora Ci**rs factory.

Today, working with La Aurora has opened an entirely new world. We now have access to extraordinary to***cos from the Dominican Republic and growing regions throughout the world, giving us a much broader palette from which to create.

And that matters deeply to me.

Because as a creator, I cannot have limitations.
The cigar is my canvas.
The to***co is my palette.
The finished blend is a piece of art.
I am not simply trying to make another cigar.
I am telling a family story.

I am sharing my love and respect for the leaf, for the farmers who cultivate it, for the hands that work with it, and for the masters who have dedicated their lives to understanding it.

Every chapter of this journey has taught me something. Honduras gave me my beginning. Nicaragua expanded my understanding. The Dominican Republic opened another door entirely.

And I am still learning.

Perhaps that is the greatest beauty of this industry: the more you learn about to***co, the more you realize how much there is still left to discover.

I hope you enjoy this journey as much as I do.

Everything we create is ultimately meant to honor those who came before us, our ancestors, our family name, the cultures that welcomed our family more than a century ago, and the pursuit of excellence that has been passed from one generation to the next.

Honor the past. Master the craft. Create without limitations.
That is the journey.
Kafie 1901.

**rs

09/09/2026

Ci**rs, Baseball & A Cause That Matters (and now Coffee !!)

We are proud to announce that Kafie 1901 will be joining Ci**rs & Baseball 2026 on Thursday, September 17 at CHS Field in St. Paul, Minnesota.

More than a celebration of premium ci**rs, food, music and fellowship, this event raises funds for the Minnesota Miracle Leagues, helping provide children with disabilities the opportunity to experience something every child deserves, the joy of stepping onto a baseball field and being part of the game. Proceeds help support specially designed Miracle League fields that accommodate wheelchairs and other mobility devices.

For our family, this cause has special meaning.
One of our owners and our founder, Dr. Gaby Kafie, lives with a permanent visual disability. He understands personally that a disability should never define a person's potential, dignity, or ability to participate in the things that bring meaning and joy to life.

As a family-owned company, we believe success carries with it a responsibility to serve others. Helping someone in need is one of the greatest blessings we can experience, professionally or personally.

We are deeply grateful to the organizers of Ci**rs & Baseball, the Minnesota Miracle Leagues, the volunteers, sponsors, participating companies, and everyone attending who makes this mission possible.

📍 CHS Field — St. Paul, Minnesota
📅 Thursday, September 17, 2026
⏰ 4:30 PM

We look forward to seeing our friends in Minnesota, sharing some wonderful ci**rs and coffee, and most importantly, helping make a difference in the lives of some very deserving children.

Sometimes the greatest thing we can give someone is simply the opportunity to participate.

With gratitude,
The Kafie Family
Kafie 1901 Ci**rs™ | Kafie 1901 Coffee™

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08/19/2026

A dear friend of ours in Minnesota is facing a very serious challenge to his business, and potentially to every premium cigar retailer in his city.

The City is considering a measure that would limit the sampling of a premium cigar inside a qualifying to***co shop to just 15 minutes.

Think about that for a moment.
A properly made premium cigar can take 45 minutes, an hour, or considerably longer to experience. Fifteen minutes is not meaningful cigar sampling. For many ci**rs, you have barely begun to experience how the blend develops.

But there is a larger issue here.
Minnesota state law specifically provides an exemption allowing qualifying to***co-product shops to permit customers and prospective customers to light to***co for the purpose of sampling.

The question therefore deserves serious legal scrutiny: Can a municipality impose a restriction so severe that it effectively defeats an activity expressly permitted under state law?

I respectfully ask all premium cigar industry associations, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and advocates to come together and help.

After a city ordinance limited indoor smoking time to no more than 15 minutes, the cigar lounge is fighting back. | Cigar Aficionado

08/18/2026

We're very proud to share with you all a new blog from a contributing writer.

Paul the Cigar Guy on slowing down with a cigar, putting the phone away, and keeping a handwritten tasting journal. An hour for yourself isn't wasted time.