The Edge by Rocky Patel: Every Wrapper Compared (Corojo to Candela)

The Edge started as Rocky Patel's dare to himself: a full-strength cigar with no band, no cellophane and no marketing budget, sold in giant trays at a working man's price. It became one of the best-selling value lines in premium cigars - and then it multiplied. Six wrappers now share the Edge name, and they smoke very differently. Here's the field guide.

Edge Corojo - the original

Honduran corojo, full strength, all pepper and leather and dark earth. This is the one that built the legend, and it's still the benchmark for flavor-per-dollar. Start here if you like strong cigars.

Edge Maduro - the dark dessert

Costa Rican maduro brings bittersweet chocolate and espresso to the same engine. Slightly rounder than the Corojo, equally full.

Edge Habano - the critics' pick

The Habano edition earned a 94-point score - zesty, earthy and arguably the most complex of the family.

Edge Sumatra - the box-of-50 workhorse

Dark spice and natural sweetness, sold in 50-count boxes that make it one of the cheapest ways in America to smoke premium long-filler daily.

Edge Connecticut - the morning Edge

Golden, creamy and mild-to-medium. The one Edge you can hand to anybody.

Edge Candela - the green one

Grass-green candela wrapper, fresh and faintly sweet. A genuine curiosity that smokes better than it has any right to.

Anniversary editions

The box-pressed A-10 and 20th Anniversary celebrate the line's milestones in limited runs - worth grabbing when you see them.

Bottom line

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