Show notes
2022 marks Boveda’s 25th anniversary! Learn how the award-winning innovation for humidors and cigar packaging came to be. This cigar podcast is a combo of “How It’s Made” and “The Food That Built America” with Sean Knutsen, CEO, Tim Swail, EVP of Sales and Box Press host Rob Gagner. Website: https://www.bovedainc.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bovedausa/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bovedainc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bovedainc/ How did Boveda get started? Here are the highlights:00:00 Cold open03:04 Boveda radio driveway moment 09:10 Wanna come over for cigars and dinner?09:56 Where did the idea of portable humidor humidity control come from?10:27 See the original prototype of the first cigar pack12:03 Before Boveda, most cigar smokers had to smoke cigars the day they were purchased14:05 “Hey, do you guys want to go into business with me?” 15:08 Who invented Boveda? 15:18 Boveda Trivia: What does frosting have to do with Boveda?15:51 See how Boveda packs are made16:49 Boveda Trivia: What does packaged meat have to do with cigar humidification?19:00 Boveda pitches Carlos Fuente Jr. 22:19 How to taste more flavors from a cigar23:05 If this is just a humidifier, I want nothing to do with this.30:38 Standing on a Boveda pack to prove its durability to Carlos Fuente Jr.33:25 Carlos Fuente joins forces with Boveda 34:00 Invention of Boveda led to the evolution of cigar sampler packs 36:30 What high humidity can do to a cigar overnight38:27 Inside Opus X packing room38:32 Why Boveda makes different RHs for different cigars43:47 Waiting for Carlos Fuente Becoming the global leader in any category doesn’t happen overnight. Becoming the global leader in a category that didn’t even exist is even harder. But that’s what Boveda did and continues to do since 1997. Today, millions of 2-way humidity control packets are shipped out each year around the world to protect premium cigars, regulate the environment of guitars, save the terpenes in cannabis, prevent brown sugar from clumping and solve other humidity problems in packaging. To get great taste out of cigars, keep Boveda cigar packs in your humidor. Innovators in 2-way humidity control for cigars, Boveda makes Humidor Starter Kits, travel cigar humidor bags, one-step hygrometer calibration kits, humidor seasoning and more.Shop Boveda here: https://store.bovedainc.com/collectio...Check Out More of Boveda Cigar Exclusives:What Is Boveda?https://youtu.be/-BkvLxlh2xQHow to Season a Humidor in 1 Easy Stephttps://youtu.be/OhYqighERdU?t=88Using the Wipe Down Method to Season Your Humidor - Good Or Bad?https://youtu.be/SBPa1rhXU_c