On behalf of the members of the US Embassy Chapter of the Tali-banned Cigar Aficionado Club (TCAC), I would like to invite you to join us for the 66th meeting of the Tali-banned Cigar Aficionado Club on FRIDAY, 20 JANUARY 2012.

NOTE:

THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD AT OUR NEW LOCATION, THE FIRE PIT ON THE EMBASSY SIDE AT 1400 HRS..  The fire pit is located behind the Kabul Embassy Employees Association (KEEA) store, the Dry Cleaners and the Marine Security Guard Quarters. Please mark this time and date on your calendar.

MEMBERSHIP: Membership dues are a one-time donation of $50 (cash). This amount includes a lifetime membership and an embroidered Outer Banks club polo shirt. It also includes a featured premium, hand-made cigar at each meeting (when available.

FEATURED CIGAR:

The first 100 members who attend will receive their choice (limited number of each type; first-come first-served) of either the 50 X 7 Arganese Churchill (full-bodied), the 54 X 6 ½  Arganese  Figurado (medium-bodied), the 52 X 7 6/8 Arganese Torpedo (medium-bodied) or the 45 X 5 ½ Arganese Corona (medium-bodied)  cigar. Attending members who do not receive a featured cigar will be provided another premium cigar.

Due to limited quantities of the featured cigars, a lifetime membership of  539 and an average attendance of 80-100 aficionados, you must attend and participate in the meeting to receive a cigar.

The Arganese Maduro blend is made from some of the finest tobacco from three countries. This medium bodied cigar is constructed from Dominican filler, Indonesian binder, and what really shines is the Maduro Brazilian Matafina wrapper.

The Arganese Maduro blend uses tobacco aged for 7 years from first generation Cuban seed tobacco. Sweet spice, woody pepper, and bitter chocolate are some of the highlighted flavors in this cigar.

The Arganese Maduro has a surprising flavor profile for a cigar of its blend. Cigar Aficionado gave the torpedo an 87 rating.

The Arganese Maduro is available in five shapes: the Churchill, Corona, Figurado, Torpedo and Robusto.

SPONSOR:

The Arganese cigars average between $145 for a box of 20 and were purchased from TCAC member and sponsor David Haddad of Fumar cigars USA, with club funds for this meeting .

One of the high points of our meetings is the RAFFLE.

At each meeting (when available) cigars and cigar accessories (e.g., cutters, humidors, ash trays, shirts, hats, books, etc.) that have been donated by members,
sponsors and in some cases, purchased with club funds, will be offered to members and guests in a raffle. Tickets cost $1 each and there’s no limit as to how many tickets can be purchased by members and guests. Funds generated will be used to purchase additional raffle items, featured cigars and coins.

• 2      Cans of Rowenta (German) Atomic Universal Gas for Lighters (1 draw each can;  purchased with club funds for this meeting)
• 2      Xikar Cutters (1 draw each cutter; donated by TCAC sponsor and honorary member Bob Moreno of Xikar Inc. for this meeting)
• 20     Indian Tabac  (Rock Patel) Salomon cigars  (1 draw each cigar; purchased with club funds for this meeting)
• 1       10 Count Travel Herf-A-Dor with 5 Big Pig cigars (1 draw; purchased with club funds from TCAC sponsors and honorary members Bob Moreno of Xikar Inc. and David Haddad of Fumar Cigars USA for this meeting)
• 1     20 count humidor with torch lighter, humidification jar, cigar solution and cutter   (1 draw; purchased with club funds for this meeting).

BALL CAPS, CLUB SHIRTS and COINS:

TCAC ball caps (with “US Embassy Chapter” lettering): Black and Navy. Caps cost; $12 each.

TCAC challenge coins: Coins cost $10 each

10^th Anniversary “Never Forget” Challenge Coins: Coins cost $10 each.

TCAC Polos, Mock-Turtlenecks and Zippered

Hoodies: A new order of Polos, Mock-Ts and Zippered Hoodies has been made.  If you are a new member, or a member who hasn’t received your Polo shirt, we will issue the sizes we have on-hand at this meeting, according to date joined. If we don’t have your size it will arrive with the next shipment.

 “WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS IS A GOOD $5 CIGAR!”

The US Embassy chapter offers limited quantities of single, handmade, premium cigars for sale at the meetings. The cigars cost $5 each and due to limited
quantities, there is a limit of 4 cigars per member per meeting.

Look for the large display humidor at the sales table.

TCAC PRESIDENT’S 100

You may have seen a select number of US Army soldiers wearing a patch that identifies them as members of the President’s 100, an award for outstanding marksmanship ability. Well, now you can become a member of the TCAC President’s 100.

My goal in our 3^rd year is to add a minimum of 100 new members to the chapter. At 540 we are only 4 members short of this goal!.

Each member who attends and sponsors at least 1 new person who joins at a meeting, will receive 5 free raffle tickets for each new membersponsored. This challenge began with the 53rd meeting and will continue until we increase our chapter membership by 100. Thanks to member Donel Pascual for this idea!

“Moe” O’Donovan
President

Check out the new  and continuously upgraded website developed by TCAC
Member and Webmaster Rodel Valenzuela:  http://www.tali-bannedcigaraficionadoclub.com/

Cigar Quote:

“I BELIEVE THAT A GOOD CIGAR, A GLASS OF WINE AND A GOOD CONVERSATION IS AS CLOSE TO EUPHORIA AS YOU CAN GET IN A LEGAL SENSE.”

--Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone

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On behalf of the members of the US Embassy Chapter of the Tali-banned Cigar Aficionado Club (TCAC), I would like to invite you to join us for the 63rd meeting of the Tali-banned Cigar Aficionado Club on FRIDAY, 16 Dec 2011, at 1400 hrs. the fire pit on the East / USAID side of the embassy. Please mark this time and date on your calendar.

MEMBERSHIP: Membership dues are a one-time donation of $50 (cash). This amount includes a lifetime membership and an embroidered Outer Banks club polo shirt. It also includes a featured premium, hand-made cigar at each meeting (when available.

FEATURED CIGAR:

Featured Cigar

The first 100 members who attend will receive the 5.4X57 La Gloria Cubana Artesanos de Obelisco cigar. Attending members who do not receive a featured cigar will be provided another premium cigar. Due to limited quantities of the featured cigars, a lifetime membership of  522 and an average attendance of over 100 aficionados, you must attend and participate in the meeting to receive a cigar.

La Gloria strikes again!

Utilizing a dark, oily Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, a rich Connecticut Broadleaf binder, and a well-aged blend of robust Dominican and Nicaraguan long-fillers, La Gloria Cubana Artesanos de Obelisco delivers a bold, full-bodied flavor.

But the real beauty lies in its special shape -- an unusual pyramid-style vitola that’s modeled to resemble a famous Dominican monument. And when this blend is crafted in this shape, the results are nothing but impressive.

Complex, to the say the least, with notes of earth, cedar, pepper, cream, and coffee, the Obelisco is truly impressive.

Further adding to the goodness, La Gloria Cubana Artesanos de Obelisco comes gorgeously presented in a very unique half circle-shaped box.

SPONSOR:

The La Gloria Cubana Artesanos de Obelisco cigars average $175 for a box  of 25 cigars and were purchased with club funds for this meeting.

One of the high points of our meetings is the RAFFLE.

At each meeting (when available) cigars and cigar accessories (e.g., cutters, humidors, ash trays, shirts, hats, books, etc.) that have been donated by members, sponsors and in some cases, purchased with club funds, will be offered to members and guests in a raffle. Tickets cost $1 each and there’s no limit as to how many tickets can be purchased by members and guests. Funds generated will be used to purchase additional raffle items, featured cigars and coins.

•  4 Cans of Rowenta (German) Atomic Universal Gas for Lighters (1 draw each can;  purchased with club funds for this meeting)
  

  5 Vegas Ash Tray

• 3 Xikar Cutters (1 draw each cutter; donated by TCAC sponsor and honorary member Bob Moreno of Xikar Inc. for this meeting)
• 3 Xikar Butane Torch Lighters (1 draw each lighter; donated TCAC sponsor and honorary member Bob Moreno of Xikar Inc. for this meeting)
• 20      Punch Uppercut Ometepe  cigars (1 draw each cigar; purchased with club funds for this meeting)
• 1   5 Vega Cigar Ashtray (1 draw; purchased with club funds for this meeting)
• 1 Herf-ador  5 Count Travel Humidor with 5 Perdomo cigars and a torch lighter  (1 draw; purchased with club funds for this meeting)
  

  Herf-ador

• 1    75-100 Count Humidor with Spanish cedar lining, pull out tray, rectangular humidifier, divider, analog hygrometer, piano hinges, and lock and key. The matching ashtray is rectangular and holds one cigar. (1 draw; purchased with club funds for this meeting).
•  1    Arturo Fuente Special Reserve 2011 Holiday Collection Sampler: Arturo Fuente Special Reserve 2011 Holiday Collection is a cross section of Arturo Fuentes finest cigars. This sampler includes 10 cigars, two each of the following cigars: Anejo #48

No.48, 7x48; Opus X Perfection X 6.25x48; Hemingway Classic 7x48; Double Chateau natural 6.75x50 ; and Double Chateau sun grown 6.75x50 Packaged in cedar box with varying strengths and blends, this sampler makes a great gift for the cigar

75-100 count-humidor

75-100 count-humidor

Connoisseur (1 draw; purchased from TCAC sponsor and honorary member Paul Warner of Silo Cigars. for this meeting)

BALL CAPS, CLUB SHIRTS and COINS:

TCAC ball caps (with “US Embassy Chapter” lettering): New order of caps in Black, Red, Bedrock and Dungaree have arrived. Caps cost; $12
each.

Arturo Fuente

TCAC challenge coins: Coins cost $10 each

10th Anniversary “Never Forget” Challenge Coins: Coins cost $10 each.

TCAC Polos, Mock-Turtlenecks and Zippered Hoodies: A new order of Medium, Large, XL and 2XL Polos, Mock-Ts and Zippered Hoodies has arrived. If you are a new member, or a member who hasn’t received your Polo shirt, we will issue the sizes we have on-hand at this meeting, according to date joined.

“WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS IS A GOOD $5 CIGAR!”

The US Embassy chapter offers limited quantities of single, handmade, premium cigars for sale at the meetings. The cigars cost $5 each and due to limited quantities, there is a limit of 4 cigars per member per meeting.

Look for the large display humidor at the sales table.

TCAC PRESIDENT’S 100

You may have seen a select number of US Army soldiers wearing a patch that identifies them as members of the President’s 100, an award for outstanding marksmanship ability. Well, now you can become a member of the TCAC President’s 100.

My goal in our 3rd year is to add a minimum of 100 new members to the chapter.

Each member who attends and sponsors at least 1 new person who joins at a meeting, will receive 5 free raffle tickets for each new member sponsored. This challenge began with the 53rd meeting and will continue until we increase our chapter membership by 100. Thanks to member Donel Pascual for this idea!

“Moe” O’Donovan

President

Check out the new and continuously upgraded website developed by TCAC Member and Webmaster Rodel Valenzuela:  http://www.tali-bannedcigaraficionadoclub.com/

Merry Christmas to all TCAC Members!

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On behalf of the members of the US Embassy Chapter of the Tali-banned Cigar Aficionado Club (TCAC), I would like to invite you to join us for the 62^nd meeting of the Tali-banned Cigar Aficionado Club on FRIDAY, 2 Dec 2011, at 1400 hrs.at our regular venue, the fire pit on the East / USAID side
of the embassy. Please mark this time and date on your calendar.

MEMBERSHIP: Membership dues are a one-time donation of $50 (cash). This amount includes a lifetime membership and an embroidered Outer Banks club polo shirt. It also includes a featured premium, hand-made cigar at each meeting (when available.

FEATURED CIGAR:

The first 96 members who attend will receive the 4.5 X 60 Perdomo Lot 23 Gordito Natural cigar. Attending members who do not receive a featured cigar will be provided another premium cigar. Due to limited quantities of the featured cigarsand an average attendance of over 100 aficionados, you must attend and participate in the meeting to receive a cigar.

Perdomo Lot 23 Gordito Natural cigars are medium-bodied cigars blended with a 2001 harvest of bale-aged Cuban Corojo and Criollo ’98 tobaccos grown exclusively on a virgin plot of land discovered by Nick Perdomo and his late father, Nick Sr.

Offered in your choice of rich-tasting dark Ecuadorian CT, naturally sweet Nicaraguan Maduro, or lighter-bodied Ecuadorian CT Shade wrappers, the smoke is creamy, earthy and well-balanced with a hearty, wholesome flavor.

A stunning and affordably-priced cigar that’s not to be missed!

SPONSOR:

The Perdomo Lot 23 Gordito Natural cigars average $100 for a box  of 24 cigars and were purchased with club funds for this meeting.

One of the high points of our meetings is the RAFFLE.

At each meeting (when available) cigars and cigar accessories (e.g., cutters, humidors, ash trays, shirts, hats, books, etc.) that have been donated by members, sponsors and in some cases, purchased with club funds, will be offered to members and guests in a raffle. Tickets cost $1 each and there’s no limit as to how many tickets can be purchased by members and guests. Funds generated will be used to purchase additional raffle items, featured cigars and coins.

•  2 Cans of Rowenta (German) Atomic Universal Gas for Lighters (1 draw each can; purchased with club funds for this meeting)
• 2 Xikar Cutters (1 draw each cutter; donated by TCAC sponsor and honorary member Bob Moreno of Xikar Inc. for this meeting)
• 2 Xikar Butane Torch Lighters (1 draw each lighter; donated TCAC sponsor and honorary member Bob Moreno of Xikar Inc. for this meeting)
• 6 Joya de Nicaragua Atanao cigars  (1 draw; donated by TCAC member and sponsor Paul Warner of Silo Cigars  for this meeting).
• 1 Herf-ador  5 Count Travel Humidor with 5 Perdomo cigars and a torch lighter  (1 draw; purchased with club funds for this meeting)
• 1 20 count humidor with torch lighter, humidification jar, cigar solution and cutter   (1 draw; purchased with club funds for this meeting).

BALL CAPS, CLUB SHIRTS and COINS:

TCAC ball caps (with “US Embassy Chapter” lettering): New order of caps in Black, Red, Bedrock and Dungaree have arrived. Caps cost; $12 each.

TCAC challenge coins: Coins cost $10 each

10^th Anniversary “Never Forget” Challenge Coins: Coins cost $10 each.

TCAC Polos, Mock-Turtlenecks and Zippered Hoodies: A new order of Medium, Large, XL and 2XL Polos, Mock-Ts and Zippered Hoodies has made. If you are a new member, or a member who hasn’t received your Polo shirt, we will issue the sizes we have on-hand at this meeting, according to date joined.

“WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS IS A GOOD $5 CIGAR!”

The US embassy chapter offers limited quantities of single, handmade, premium cigars for sale at the meetings. The cigars cost $5 each and due to limited quantities, there is a limit of 4 cigars per member per meeting.

Look for the large display humidor at the sales table.

TCAC PRESIDENT’S 100

You may have seen a select number of US Army soldiers wearing a patch that identifies them as members of the President’s 100, an award for outstanding marksmanship ability. Well, now you can become a member of the TCAC President’s 100.

My goal in our 3^rd year is to add a minimum of 100 new members to the chapter.

Each member who attends and sponsors at least 1 new person who joins at a meeting, will receive 5 free raffle tickets for each new membersponsored. This challenge began with the 53rd meeting and will continue until we increase our chapter membership by 100. Thanks to member Donel Pascual for this idea!

“Moe” O’Donovan
President

http://www.tali-bannedcigaraficionadoclub.com/

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