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Flathead Speedshop

By CAO

The Speed Shop is the most recent addition to the Flathead family, announced at the start of 2026 as a deliberate shift in direction from the original blend. Where the Flathead is built around a dark Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper and runs full in body, the Speed Shop is designed as a more approachable everyday version of the same concept. The wrapper is an Ecuadorian Habano leaf over a Mexican San Andrés binder, with Nicaraguan and Dominican filler. The box-pressed construction and engine-part naming convention carry over from the original line. Available in three sizes including the Crankshaft, a new vitola introduced with this release. In 24-count boxes. Medium in body. Made at the STG Estelí factory in Nicaragua.