{"id":72412,"date":"2025-07-25T15:41:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T13:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/?p=72412"},"modified":"2025-07-25T15:41:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T13:41:24","slug":"cao-introduces-surplus-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/cao-introduces-surplus-line\/","title":{"rendered":"CAO Introduces \u201cSurplus\u201d Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CAO is expanding its portfolio with the launch of Surplus by CAO, a trio of approachable cigars designed to deliver the brand\u2019s craftsmanship at a competitive price point. Surplus is available in Shade, Maduro and Sweet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Surplus by CAO, we wanted to create a cigar that gives more people the chance to experience our quality tobacco offerings,\u201d said Cory Beardsley, Brand Manager. \u201cSurplus brings our blending expertise to a price point that anyone can get behind, whatever your profile or smoking preferences.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Surplus by CAO features a Dominican Olor filler, an Ecuadorian Sumatra binder, and wrappers sourced to suit each blend\u2019s profile: a Honduran Connecticut for Shade, a Mexican San Andr\u00e9s for Maduro and an Ecuadorian Sumatra for Sweet. Each blend is offered in three formats: Robusto, Toro, and Gigante, and is handcrafted in Honduras.<\/p>\n<p>Surplus by CAO ships to retailers starting August 1. Cigars come in 25-count bundles for Shade and Maduro and 20-count bundles for Sweet. Suggested retail pricing ranges from $45.80 to $69.75 per bundle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAO is expanding its portfolio with the launch of Surplus by CAO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":72413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[49,55,2812,44],"tags":[823,9770],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72415,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72412\/revisions\/72415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}