When you think of cigars, two words that likely don’t immediately come to mind are German and engineering. Cigars are blended, crafted, rolled and so on, but they generally aren’t engineered, and certainly not in Germany. But when you think of engineering, one word that should almost certainly come to mind is Germany, and a new company called Zrauchvergnügen—which translates roughly as smoking pleasure—is bringing German engineering expertise to the art of rolling cigars. The company was founded by a trio of engineers, Joachim aka Joe, Klaas and Oliver. Their goal, according to a note sent to halfwheel along with the cigars, is to “design a new, precise and exciting flavor that lets use discover nuances every time” by using “nothing but high-quality tobaccos, carefully rolled in the traditional way.” The goal was not just to engineer the form of the cigar, but to engineer its taste. “The result is ultimate precision in aroma, taste, and smoking performance: cigars that are exciting, precise and satisfying down to the smallest details,” the company proclaims on its website. With a project undertaken in the second half of 2015 and first launched in March 2016, the company debuted with the Rauchvergnügen #42, a name that comes from the volume of ...
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