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THE DON COLLINS CIGAR CLUB

DON COLLINS CIGAR CLUB

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 As a Don Collins Club Member You will get:

BOGO:

70% off on all boxes of 25 cigars and you will receive a second bundle of 25 Don Collins cigars of equal price as your purchase or lower, FREE !

GUARANTEE:

Your cigars will be guaranteed for life without the need to save a receipt or an invoice. You will save $1,500 to $3,000 depending on the cigar you smoke.

EXTRAS:

You will be eligible for our Buy one Get 2 Free Don Collins bundle sales when we have them and you will be included automatically in six drawings a year when we pick winners for humidors, hats, t-shirts, cigars, mugs, coffee, rum, cutters, matches and more. We also have attractive offers for the coffee club.

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DON COLLINS BURL WOOD AND CHERRY WOOD HUMIDORS

DON COLLINS BURL WOOD

AND CHERRY WOOD HUMIDORS

Don Collins Humidors are beautifully constructed and they incorporate the finest methods in humidor building known throughout the industry. 

Some collectors don't anticipate a really long keep. That's OK. I know about these guys. They are part of the Don Collins Family that goes through cigars faster than they cure.

Some collectors use a paper bag in the crisper in the fridge for their humidor. That's OK. It is a workable solution for cigar preservation, though this practice can be literally smashed by a stray apple or pear.

The best, most durable results, though come from the year to three year aging processes that some have expertly stretched to over ten years of real good preservation.

The cherry wood and burl wood humidors from Don Collins are special. The veneers are the finest in the world, there is a real gold plated "Don Collins" label in the finish and the 1/2" thick cedar builds up aging flavors much better than cedar linings do.

The double brass hinge works allow for smooth operation at all times and an alignment that takes full advantage of the tab seal edging all around the inside perimeter for the best quality seal at all times.

These humidors will hold 50 to 75 cigars depending on size and will maintain 70/70 conditions for the life of the case. Call toll FREE 1 866 977-2983 and order your Don Collins Humidor Today. Holds all sizes. See more at www.don-collins.com 

FIRST BIG SMOKE HELD IN PUERTO RICO WWW.DON-COLLINS.COM

1ST BIG SMOKE HELD IN PUERTO RICO

TAINO INDIANS HELD THE FIRST BIG SMOKE 6,000 YEARS AGO 

THE FIRST BIG SMOKE

 

The first big smoke was called "Sik'ar" by the Taino Indians of Puerto Rico. The Taino Indians were part of the arawak indian culture that made their home in the caribbean islands. They dominated the area between Cuba and Aruba.


The Taino Indians of Puerto Rico began rolling tobacco into tubes
around 4,000 BC They also invented BBQ and the Hammock

Sik'ar was a gathering of all indians from all the islands. They would BBQ smoked meat, trade cigars and cured tobacco, tobacco seeds, their version of rum (from coconut milk) and settled land disputes, trade disagreements, charted new islands, raised armies to fight the caribe indians and generally had a convention and at conventions you understand people tend to have a good time. The Taino also invented the hammock. They invented the first cigars. Columbus saw tobacco rolled into tubes for the first time ever at this festival. He called the tubes of smoking tobacco "cigarros" after the festival where they were found in abundance (Sik'ar).

The Taino Inidans used stone molds to make the cigars. They would roll the tobacco into bunches, ties them with strings from leaves and bark and place them between two halves of hollowed stone molds. The stone molds were wrapped tightly with string and buried until the next Sik'ar. The stone molds were retrieved, the strings were cut and the bundled cigar was wrapped in any dry vegetable leaf (most of the time another tobacco variety) and smoked.

Needless to say thousands of cigars changed hands and were smoked. Imagine that !

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HISTORY OF DCPR

Porto Rico American Tobacco Corporation 

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Porto Rico Leaf Company was organized and chartered by Spain around 1506, this became Porto Rico Tobaco Company and later Porto Rico American Tobacco Corporation, in 1898 which in turn became Puerto Rico Tobacco Corporation in the 1920's and has operated until today. PRTC started making  Don Collins Cigars in 1991. see www.don-collins.com

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In the year 1899 and thereafter, either the American or Continental Companies, for cash or stock, at an aggregate cost of fifty millions of dollars ($50,000,000), bought and closed up some thirty competing corporations and partnerships theretofore engaged in interstate and foreign commerce as manufacturers, sellers, and distributors of tobacco and related commodities, the interested parties covenanting not to engage in the business. Likewise the two corporations acquired for cash, by issuing stock, and otherwise, control of many competing corporations, now going concerns, with plants in various states, and Porto Rico, which manufactured, bought, sold, and distributed tobacco products or related articles throughout the United States and foreign countries, and took from the parties in interest covenants not to engage in the tobacco business.

The Porto Rican-American Tobacco Company (Porto Rico)-Capital $1,799,600. In 1899 the American Company caused the organization of the Porto Rican-American Tobacco Company, which took over the partnership business Rucabado y Portela,-manufacturer of cigars and cigarettes,-with covenants not to compete. These companies became consolidated in the late 1800’s as Puerto Rico Tobacco Corporation, our company name today.

Porto Rico Tobacco Corporation Stock Issue

The most reputed tobacco growing district of  Vuelta Abajo became the major theater of operations during the 1897 and 1898 campaigns of the second war for independence (1895-1898). The conflict dislocated production and the relocation policies of the Spanish regime severely constrained the time that growers and work hands could dedicate to the plantations. 

At the end of the war, large areas of the heavy and sandy clay soils were barren and laid to waste. Seed for the 1898-99 harvest was scarce and needed to be imported from other areas as corporate and individual planters required excellent seed to maintain the markets and international reputation of their leaf. According to the authoritative Angel González del Valle growers generally imported it from Puerto Rico. Tobacco leaf was the third leading export before the U.S. invasion and, soon after, it would be second only to sugar. Tobacco cultivation and growing in Puerto Rico experienced three major changes during the second half of the nineteenth century. The first refers to the nature of the commodity produced in  the mountainsides and the narrow river-valleys of the eastern highlands.

Taino Indian Tobacco Farm in Puerto Rico (c. 1500 AD)

The leaf that slowly ascended and spread to the Cordillera Central was not the leaf consumed domestically as chaws of tobacco and the inferior grades exported for the inexpensive markets in Europe; it was a superior leaf, if employed, in the manufacture of cigars. For instance, a nineteenth-century observer considered the leaf from Cidra excellent and, as early as 1878, merchants and manufacturers, who were then called "fabricants", identified the tobacco of the highland municipality of Sabana del Palmar by the trade name of Comerío and considered it the best in the island. 

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THE HISTORY OF CIGARS ~ FIRST FACTORY IN THE WORLD TO MAKE CIGARS

History of Cigars ~ PRTC first company in the world to make cigars

HISTORY OF CIGARS

Porto Rico American Tobacco Corporation (now Puerto Rico Tobacco Corporation)

Porto Rico Leaf Company was organized and chartered by Spain around 1506, this became Porto Rico Tobaco Company and later Porto Rico American Tobacco Corporation, in 1898 which in turn became Puerto Rico Tobacco Corporation in the 1920's and has operated until today. PRTC started making  DonCollins Cigars in 1991. SEE www.don-collins.com

In the year 1899 and thereafter, either the American or Continental Companies, for cash or stock, at an aggregate cost of fifty millions of dollars ($50,000,000), bought and closed up some thirty competing corporations and partnerships theretofore engaged in interstate and foreign commerce as manufacturers, sellers, and distributers of tobacco and related commodities, the interested parties covenanting not to engage in the business. Likewise the two corporations acquired for cash, by issuing stock, **642 and otherwise, control of many competing corporations, now going concerns, with plants in various states, #QBA and Porto Rico, which manufactured, bought, sold, and distributed tobacco products or related articles throughout the United States and foreign countries, and took from the parties in interest covenants not to engage in the tobacco business.

The Porto Rican-American Tobacco Company (Porto Rico)-Capital $1,799,600. In 1899 the American Company caused the organization of the Porto Rican-American Tobacco Company, which took over the partnership business Rucabado y Portela,-manufacturer of cigars and cigarettes,-with covenants not to compete. These companies became consolidated in the late 1800’s as Puerto Rico Tobacco Corporation, our company name today. 

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YVES SAINT LOUIS LIGHTS UP ATLANTA WITH CIGAR PARTY OF THE YEAR

CAFE CIRCA HOSTS DON COLLINS

YVES SAINT LOUIS

LIGHTS UP ATLANTA !

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One thing is obvious. Saint Louis knows how to put on a cigar show!

Yves Saint Louis explains the gap between DCPR and regular cigars

 Another thing that is obvious: the men and women of Atlanta love the DCPR line!

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 And the good folks of Atlanta weren't a bit shy about showing their love for DCPR!

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 DCPR gave away FREE gift bags of goodies for all

 Saint Louis explains how to order at www.don-collins.com or by using the Toll Free # 1 866 977 2983

Everyone had plain fun

 They look like they want to do it all over again

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SAINT LOUIS LIGHTS UP ATLANTA ~ CAFÉ CIRCA PART II

THANK YOU CAFÉ CIRCA

Café Circa
 464 Edgewood Ave,  Atlanta

The sophistication of downtown. The promise of roof top views. A wind down from the shock of Monday. Fun, great cigars, great drinks and the best company. Thanks to the management and staff at Café Circa.

Special Thanks to Michael Starks

We need more friends like Michael Starks and his uncle, pictured here in the early hours of the DCPR event. Nice T-shirt.

Die Hunde Sind Lose www.don-collins.com

The New DCPR T-shirts were an instant hit. A nice compliment to the cigars. A great cigar and great company. What a nice crowd of ladies and gentlemen.

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So many folks walked away with smiles and new friends. Next time we will bring the coffee. There's no doubt that Saint Louis has lit up Atlanta.

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DON COLLINS CAFÉ ~ BEST WAY TO START YOUR DAY !

DON COLLINS CAFÉ

The key to being fortunate enough to understand and appreciate real coffee is either having the wealth, education or culture that produces the best quality coffee on earth. I'm undoubtedly in the latter class. Coffee, generally is anything dark, wet and hot that wakes you up. If you can get it for 99 cents so much the better. But you can't buy a Mercedes for 99 cents.

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Don Collins Café comes straight from the mountains of Puerto Rico, home of the finest coffee blends in the world. I was in Puerto Rico for almost 25 years before I discovered the best coffee ever. It took a 4 hour trip up winding green-canopied roads half-hidden in the mist of low hanging clouds anchored by the Flamboyan trees. All you need to do for the best cup of coffee you ever had is to call:

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DCPR MADE BY OLDEST CIGAR FACTORY IN THE WORLD

DCPR ~ THE BEGINNING

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It is hard to imagine that my interests in life should follow historical and traditional values. It is hard to imagine this for myself given my lack of attention to history class in high school. Now I find that the tie that binds real cigar smokers together is the tradition and history of the product itself.

There is no older cigar company on the planet than Puerto Rico Tobacco Corporation. No, we aren't the most famous, the largest, and we certainly are not the richest. But, we are the oldest beyond comparison. Check our main website for more historical information: BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF DCPR .

I think that any company that dares to scream out to the world, its true origins, all tobacco and cigar companies have to eventually recognize the significance of Puerto Rico's role in the tobacco and cigar industry. Puerto Rico was the first ever to produce a finished cigar, thanks in large part to the Taino Indians of the Caribbean. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

There is no doubt that superior quality happens largely by accident. Sure, good farming, planning and execution in the field is important. Curing has it's artistic input and rolling is an art form in and of itself. But it is the tradition and history of a company that makes it truly interesting. DCPR is no different. We are so lucky to have been born into the oldest cigar making tradition on the planet.

Check the historical documents we present with our claims in the bibliographical links provided above. The best way to get your DCPR cigars is at 70% off ~ buy one box of 25 cigars get 25 cigars free. Callers only 1 866 977-2983.

DO YOU KNOW WHY THERE IS AN ANGEL ON TOP OF EVERY XMAS TREE ?

DO YOU KNOW WHY THERE IS AN ANGEL ON TOP OF EVERY CHRISTMAS TREE?

DO YOU KNOW WHY THERE IS AN ANGEL ON TOP OF EVERY CHRISTMAS TREE ?

by Don Collins


The Little Angel Today

It was early morning about 3am before Christmas Eve and Santa was giving final instructions to the Elves in the Wood Shop where they were finishing the toys for gifts to all the good children all the world around. Snow majestically covered the North Pole in a great cold blue circle.

Santa came from his work shop and told Mrs. Claus he wanted his Christmas Cookies and sandwiches ready when he woke to tour the world giving away all the gifts made by the Elves on Christmas Eve.

He also reminded Mrs. Claus that he wanted her to warm some milk, fix one of the buttons on his great red and white coat and to let out his great red pants about four inches around the waist. Mrs. Claus told him not to worry, said he should get some rest and everything would be quite in order when he was ready to go. It began to snow lightly.

When Santa woke he found Mrs. Claus hadn't gotten anything ready and in fact had been drinking egg nogg with the Elves and was having a pretty wild party in the kitchen. His face turning red, and with one eyebrow raised, Santa stomped out of the house to the Wood Shop where he found more drunk and sleeping elves, the toys unfinished, and the reindeer were nowhere in sight because one of the drunk elves had left the coral door open and the reindeer had wandered all over the snow covered field.

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Cupid, Comet, Donder, Blitzen and Trouble Maker Rudolf

It seems that Dasher, Dancer, Prancer and Vixen had gotten into the egg nogg also and then into some kind of a fight because Dancer and Prancer wanted Vixen to play some strange reindeer game. Vixen hoofed Prancer right between the antlers saying he was not a stag in drag. Cupid, also drunk, called Comet's mother a horse, Comet replied he was not taking any reindeer shit as he took offense. In the ensuing confusion Donner and Blitzen ran blindly away - breaking poor Rudolf's nose in the process.

Santa's Helper

Needless to say Santa was a little beyond upset as it appeared there might indeed be no Christmas at all that year! In fact by this time Santa had reached quite a fit of rage. First raising one eyebrow, then the other, Santa, for the first time in recorded history was cursing and swearing at everyone at the North Pole!

Just then, this cute little angel came by, dragging a very large Christmas Tree behind her in the snow, toward Santa's house. Unaware, she looked up at raging Santa and said: "Santa, where would you like me to put this Christmas Tree ?"

...and then, Santa, without missing a beat...with his face turning red, raised one eyebrow, then slowly raised the other eyebrow and he told the little angel that she could take that tree... And that, my friends, is why there is an Angel on top of every Christmas Tree!

(left) Santa stops off at Don Collins Cigars and rests a minute with a Don Collins Corona Grande on the Beach near San Juan on his way home from South America after a long night's work.

The sunrise provides a thoughtful moment for Santa as he decides that maybe an Angel on top of every Christmas Tree is not such a bad idea after all !!!!

Join Santa in a relaxing smoke call toll Free 1 866 977-2983 24/7 or www.don-collins.com

 Merry Christmas To All, And To All A Good Night!

Don Collins