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Factory Smoke

By Drew Estate

Jonathan Drew spent years resisting the bundle category before launching Factory Smokes at the 2018 trade show, and his stated reason for finally doing it was that he wanted to do it right or not at all. The Factory Smokes line is not a factory second operation. The cigars are rolled at La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate alongside the Liga Privada and Undercrown premiums, using a Cuban sandwich construction that combines long and short filler from the same factory floor. The bundle packaging and mixed filler construction are what keep the price where it is. The Shade is the mildest expression in the Factory Smokes lineup, using a Connecticut shade wrapper over Indonesian binder and Central American mixed filler. Bundles of 25, multiple sizes. Mild in body. Made at La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate in Estelí, Nicaragua.