The tobacconist’s year: what to buy in every season

Cool weather, warm weather, and the smokes that suit them. A quiet almanac from behind the counter.

Cool evenings ask for a full-bodied Habano; hot afternoons for a mild Connecticut and a long glass of iced tea. Rolling tobacco keeps best in autumn, when air is dry but not brittle.

None of this is rule; all of it is habit. Habits, in the end, are what make a smoke a ritual.