There’s nothing like the feeling a man gets while smoking a smooth cigar.  So why not give him this perfect gift; I’m sure coming from you it will blow his mind.

Gurkha Cigars have two of the best selections to give your man; or even purchase for yourself.

Evil (photo above) – a dark oily Brazilian wrapped cigar, with a pumped up Dominican Binder, and Nicaraguan filler that will deliver all that you could ever want in a cigar.

The Grand Reserve – the premium Connecticut shade wrapper gives this Honduran made cigar a rich, creamy flavor with a hint of spice and a pleasantly light finish.

Gurkha was featured in Etihad Airways Inflight Magazine in the “Connoisseur” section.  The piece discusses premium cigars in general and includes insights from Kaizad that form a central part of the article along with the Gurkha brand’s history and its rise to its current status.

Smokin’ Valentine’s Day Gift Idea from Gurkha Cigars

Gift Ideas: We toss out gift ideas for special ladies for Valentine Day’s all day long. What about the special gentlemen out there? Is there a smoking guy in your life you want to make feel extra special on V-Day? Light his fire with a selection from Gurkha Cigar’s Grand Reserve.

The Churchill and the Torpedo of the Grand Reserve are available in natural or maduro. If size matters, and it may, the Churchill’s length is 7 inches, while the Torpedo is 6.5 inches long. The Grand Reserve is the cigar maker’s flagship brand. These cigars are cognac infused with Dominican binder and filler and Connecticut shade wrapper. The cigars are packaged in bundles of 30 cigars. Now that’s a whole lotta love!

Does he have a wicked side? Give Evil right back at him with a choice selection of Gurkha’s Evil brand cigars. Evil comes in five blends and assorted lengths. However, since it is Valentine’s Day, why not go with Evil XO?

Gurkha’s 20th Anniversary on CigarAficionado.com.

Twenty Years of Gurkha

Boutique cigar brand Gurkha has been around longer than you might think. In 1989, Kaizad Hansotia, who goes by the knickname Kaiser, discovered the cigar brand while on a trip to Goa, India, for his family’s watch business. He bought the rights to the struggling brand, which takes its name from the famous Nepalese warriors who fought the British and wielded thick, boomerang-shaped knives, for all of $143, intending to give the cigars as corporate gifts.

It turned into a real business. Hansotia began selling the cigars in the United States in 1995, then later struck a deal to have them made by the Toraños in Honduras. In the meantime, the Gurkha brand has become distinctive for its stunning and unique packaging, and also some of its eye-popping prices—the company charges up to $750 for a single cigar.

Today, Hansotia is celebrating his 20 years of Gurkha with the release of the Gurkha Archive. A (relatively) modest price offering for a Gurkha at around $10 per cigar.

“It took two whole years to edit the Archive 1887 to perfection because I wanted to personally ensure that this limited-edition cigar was the ideal representation of the Gurkha brand for its 20th Anniversary,” said Hansotia. “I believe we’ve achieved that goal.”

The Archive comes in a stately, heavy wooden chest. There are three sizes available: the Toro measures 6 inches long by 50 ring gauge; the Churchill is 7 1/2 by 50 and the Torpedo is 6 1/2 by 52.

Each box holds 92 cigars, a very unusual size for the cigar industry. The reason? That’s how many fit in the box. “We made the box first, and whatever fits is good,” said Hansotia. His Florida company, called Beach Cigar Group, is limiting the release to 1,000 boxes.

The cigar is made with a pair of Cameroon binder leaves, Nicaraguan filler tobacco and a maduro broadleaf wrapper grown in Connecticut. They are rolled in Honduras.