leira Corona : 460 USD

[El Presidente]

 

Loved the review 

$460 cigar. $130 in State taxes! No wonder they are trying to shut down the tobacco industry 

 

The cigar was at least three times fatter than any blunt I have ever rolled, yet taking even the biggest hit was effortlessly smooth. As we passed the cigar around a circle, lazily puffing on it in the afternoon sun, I noticed the blunt was barely diminishing in size. In the time that an entire joint would be finished, this blunt hardly looked any smaller.

 

I still think these cigars are opulent as hell, borderline ostentatious, and wholly out of my price range, but I've come to realize they're also pretty interesting. Leira's two cigar varieties sell for $100 and $420—a steep discount on that crazy $3,600 version—and a couple other companies make even less expensive types. Something tells me these blunts are going to become a lot more popular at backyard barbecues and fancy parties. The ease with which they can be passed around make them one of the most comfortable ways to get a big group of people high.

Unlike the blunts that have been a favorite of stoners for years—which use the gutted tobacco wrap of cheap gas-station cigars—these cannabis cigars are wrapped in actual pot leaves. State law prohibits pot processors from mixing tobacco and cannabis together, so even if a producer wanted to sell traditional blunts, they would not be able to legally do so. And blunts have been falling out of favor with health-oriented modern stoners for a while anyways—Wiz Khalifa and Rick Ross don't even smoke blunts anymore!

 

The cannabis leaves are filled with ground-up weed, often with a cannabis concentrate mixed in to give the cigar an extra THC punch. Leira uses exclusively pot from Gold Leaf, the top-shelf producer they share a building with. Leira makes two versions of their "cannagar" blunts: a "cannarillo" filled with four grams of flower and half a gram of rosin ($100), and a "corona" filled with 12 grams of flower and three grams of rosin ($420). Rosin is a type of solventless hash concentrate.

Leira rolls its cigars around a skewer, which leaves a hole down the center of the cigar. This gives Leira's blunts their distinctly smooth hit and that endless smoking experience. "That helps keep it burning slow and also helps it burn smoothly," according to Ariel Payopay, owner of Leira. "Our cannarillos will last around an hour, and I've heard our coronas have lasted up to six hours."

 

This is one of the reasons I think these cigars are going to become popular for rich stoners and their friends. Plus, cigars have an effortless cool factor about them.

"There was always just blunts and joints and bongs, but nothing looked really classy, like for a wedding or something," Payopay said. "When you're all dressed up and smoking a joint, it doesn't look as fancy."

Leira isn't the only company making cannabis cigars in Washington. Prohibition Brands has a line of "La Cubana" weed cigars that are more affordable, usually around $30 a blunt. Seattle processer Sitka has a Sikar that occasionally pops up at shops around Seattle. Leira's blunts can be found at Lux pot shops and Ruckus Recreational on Capitol Hill.

Does the world really need another category of luxury drug products? Probably not. But anyone spending a lot on legal weed is also helping pay for state services—buying that $420 Leira corona means you're giving the state $113 in tax revenue—so at least rich people are paying for their sins. 

[PaulPower]

Yeah... I’m gonna pass on that


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[Colt45]

8 minutes ago, PaulPower said:

Yeah... I’m gonna pass on that

To the left!

[Fuzz]

"There was always just blunts and joints and bongs, but nothing looked really classy, like for a wedding or something,"

[shrink]

I'll wait for the clearance on 24:24 ?

[Auspaul]

Hard to comprehend legalised marijuana when you live in Australia nice colour not interestedin trying one though

[El Presidente]

1 hour ago, Fuzz said:

"There was always just blunts and joints and bongs, but nothing looked really classy, like for a wedding or something,"

That line got me as well 

[MD Puffer]

Do they improve with aging?

 

[luckme10]

Yeah I don't think this is going to be putting black and mild out of business anytime soon.

Although considering what a behike is going for, $100 for a blunt doesn't seem that far off.  Considering an eighth goes up an upwards of $50 and one of the small cigars are going for $100. It doesn't seem that outrageously priced to me.

Here in California, the audacity of seeing retail marijuana and it's various products is starting to wear off from the general public. I smell that stuff out in public  more often than tobacco from a cigarette. And I get more stink eyes from walking around with a cigar than I would with a joint. It's just the way things are around parts over here.

[Toast & Taste]

I'll take a 50 cab.

 

Big Al

[ponfed]

I haven't smoked pot in forever, but unlike most things marketed towards weed smokers, I think they look kinda cool.

Not classy, not even close.  But it's less garish than all the crap in the windows displays of head shops. Or what I imagine the packaging of legal marijuana to be, in places where it's legal.

That being said, weed  becomes legal in my country in... 2 days I think. 

The liquor monopoly is gonna run the stores in my province and I can't imagine they're gonna go full hippy, psychedelic, tie dye, Bob Marley decor in their store.

It'll be interesting to see though.

[cigcars]

   *IF they get reduced in price and legalized in the States, I'm likely to try one or more!

[Dineffects]

Diego pelcier. The rec. Shop that sells these here in Seattle recently sold a 10k dollar cannagar. Here is the info. Unbelievable.

https://www.leafly.com/news/lifestyle/first-time-in-history-10k-gilded-cannagar-sells-to-very-stoked-man-in-seattle

[Chucko8]

On 10/15/2018 at 9:02 AM, El Presidente said:

That line got me as well 

Stay classy!!

[BeerPimp]

On 10/14/2018 at 9:26 PM, ponfed said:

I haven't smoked pot in forever, but unlike most things marketed towards weed smokers, I think they look kinda cool.

Not classy, not even close.  But it's less garish than all the crap in the windows displays of head shops. Or what I imagine the packaging of legal marijuana to be, in places where it's legal.

That being said, weed  becomes legal in my country in... 2 days I think. 

The liquor monopoly is gonna run the stores in my province and I can't imagine they're gonna go full hippy, psychedelic, tie dye, Bob Marley decor in their store.

It'll be interesting to see though.

I stopped in one in Colorado that is part of a chain.   It was less a hippy store and way more towards a mobile phone store.   You get paired with someone that helps explain everything to you.  These people seem to be far from a stoner hippy type.

[Ritch]

34 minutes ago, BeerPimp said:

I stopped in one in Colorado that is part of a chain.   It was less a hippy store and way more towards a mobile phone store.   You get paired with someone that helps explain everything to you.  These people seem to be far from a stoner hippy type.

Few reasons for that.

Firstly the stoner hippy type tend to be against capitalism. Secondly they are often too stoned to set up such a business. Thirdly the enterprise would simply not be profitable as they would smoke the profits.

[wineguy]

14 hours ago, BeerPimp said:

I stopped in one in Colorado that is part of a chain.   It was less a hippy store and way more towards a mobile phone store.   You get paired with someone that helps explain everything to you.  These people seem to be far from a stoner hippy type.

My experience is the same.  These stores have tens of thousand of cash, if not hundreds, flowing through them daily and are serious regulated businesses.  With serious security too.

[BrightonCorgi]

I'd give one a go, but wouldn't be buying a box...

[houdini]

On 10/14/2018 at 9:53 PM, MD Puffer said:

Do they improve with aging?

 

Nope lol