While Michael Giannini of Foundry Tobacco Co. launched the plural Elements, Compounds and Musings line at the 2013 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, there was only one compound included in the debut: the Foundry H2O. Keeping with his secretive nature about the cigars’ blend and wanting to focus more on the experience than offering a hint as to what the cigar might taste like, little is known about the makeup of this cigar. All that is known from the packaging is that it contains Costa Rican tobacco and something called “mysterioso,” and that the H2O box contains three different wrappers and three different blends. Beyond that, the H2O line was sold to brick and mortar retailers exclusively at the trade show. Half of the Foundry Elements, Compunds and Musings line were made exclusive to traditional cigar stores, with the other half being offered exclusively to catalog and online merchants as a way to satisfy what has become somewhat contentious ends of the cigar retailing spectrum. The Foundry H2O was part of the 18 different blends under 14 frontmarks that comprised Foundry’s Elements, Compounds and Musings line, most of which are limited editions though some will become regular parts of the ...
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