Baka | CigarCraig's Blog

Yesterday I dropped by the new location of Cigar Mojo, the cigar shop and lounge in King of Prussia, PA. They opened the first shop back in 2013, and I posted about it here. It’s hard to believe it’s been that long, they’ve had their challenges over the years, but Ive been to some great events, and it’s turned into one of the premier lounges in the area. To those not familiar with the area, the name King of Prussia sounds like an odd name for a town, but it’s adjacent to Valley Forge, which holds a significant place in American History, and the Prussian troops played a large part in the Continental Army’s success, hence the area being named after their king. Of course, none of that has anything to do with Cigar Mojo, except that I’m sure some tobacco was smoked at the King of Prussia Inn in the 1700s, as tobacco was one of the things that funded the war. Anyway, The Cigar Mojo guys had enjoyed success in their beautiful lounge, but decided to move a half mile down the road into a vacant bank building and create a bigger and better Mojo. This new location is nestled between an Aldi super market and a Duluth Trading Company store, and has plenty of parking (where as the old location was nestled between a Wawa and a cemetery, and had limited parking). I have only included exterior photos today, as they had just received their occupancy permit and were in the process of moving in, so, while functional, the inside was in a bit of disarray. Trae, one of the owners, was busily stocking the large and centrally located humidor with their generous stock. The store has three lounges, a public lounge to the left of the humidor, the members lounge to the right, and an outdoor lounge in the rear of the building. All of them have plenty of seating, and TVs, even the outdoor area. There is a dominos room and also a kitchen I’m told. As I said, the large humidor is in the center, when you walk in the door, it’s in front of you, and you move through the vestibule to the left to enter the retail space. I look forward to seeing it when it’s all cleaned up and organized, it was understandably a mess as they had to hurry to vacate the old location.

As always, you can go to any cigar shop anywhere and strike up a great conversation with a total stranger. Sure, I’ve been to Mojo plenty of times, and there were several people who came in and out who I knew, but you can just sit and talk to someone new and have mutual friends and interests and have a great time. Trae was kind enough to find me a box of RoMaCraft Baka in the 4″ x 52 Bantu size and open it up and sell me some singles, one of which I smoked in the public lounge. I had gone in thinking I was just going to smoke a particular cigar, then, as I saw the chaos in the humidor, and the tons of cigars there, I forgot what it was I was thinking of. So I grabbed a couple Cromagnons, and, half jokingly, asked Trae where the Bakas were. He said they had them, and dove into a pile and found a box. I really enjoyed this cigar! It’s not as powerful as other cigars in the RoMa line, it’s got a sophistication, along with the nutty “Camerooniness”. The size was deceiving too, as it easily burned for an hour. This is a winner, although I doubt anyone would be surprised.