It’s been a little more than 18 months since the cigar world was introduced to Mbombay, a line of cigars created by Mel Shah, the owner of Fame Wine & Cigar Lounge in Palm Springs, Calif. He debuted in June 2014 with two lines, the MBombay Classic and MBombay Maduro, before adding the shaggy-footed Mōra that August. At the end of 2014, Shah began releasing his fourth line, called Kesara. This new line leaned towards Ecuadorian tobacco, using an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper from 2002 with a Ecuadorian Havana binder underneath that. For the filler, Shah turned to tobacco from the Dominican Republic and Peru. Kesara is the Sanskrit word for saffron. The new line was released in three sizes, a 7 x 54 pyramid, 4 1/2 x 54 robusto larga and 6 x 52 toro, each with a sizable shaggy foot. Cigar Reviewed: MBombay Kesara Toro Country of Origin: Costa Rica Factory: Tabacos de Costa Rica Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Deas Florado 2002 Binder: Ecuadorian Havana Filler: Dominican Republic & Peru Size: 6 Inches Ring Gauge: 52 Vitola: Toro MSRP: $16 (Boxes of 15, $240) Release Date: September 2014 Number of Cigars Released: Regular Production Number of Cigars Smoked for Review: 3 The MBombay Kesara is an ...
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