Master Blender Steve Saka to Create Florida Sun Grown Black Angus

Steve Saka is a master blender who doesn’t mess around. He cuts no corners and does not work with tobacco he doesn’t like. And so far, he never had any Florida Sun Grown tobacco he liked, but after trying some with Jeff Borysiewicz, who grows tobacco in Florida and owns Corona Cigars in Orlando, Saka agreed to make the FSG Black Angus as a challenge.

There isn’t much known about the cigars, except that it will be pricey. Saka said that things like cost and packaging haven’t been addressed yet, as he thought such an undertaking “might finally be a Rubicon I couldn’t cross.” It took Saka more than 40 attempts to get the blend right. The only FSG tobacco used for the Black Angus are the top corona leaves of the plant, the ligero of the ligero as Saka salles it. According to him that part of the plant is the most robust, sticky and thick, bursting with oil and FSG flavour.

“In short, I wanted to make a cigar that FSG fans would love, while also one that would blow the minds of FSG deniers like myself,” Sake wrote. “And selfishly, I wanted to go toe-to-toe with all the fantastic, legendary companies with whom he (Borysiewicz) has worked and prove I could make not just a substantial addition to the FSG family, but one worthy of possibly being regarded as the best.”