Summer is here and that means sizzling sun, cool water, and tropical smokes. Get ready for the summer with these hot smokes picked by our cigar experts. Every week on our Instagram (Cigarsatsmokingpipes), we choose a cigar of the week to make your smoking journey a little easier. Here are our recommendations for May.

Foundation Cigar Company: Charter Oak Especiales

Our first cigar of the week for May is Foundation Cigar Company's Charter Oak Especiales Pasquale. Founder and master blender of Foundation Cigars Nicholas Melillo crafted this 5.5" x 48 cigar to honor his grandfathers, who instilled in him a love for handmade cigars. This robust smoke consists of a Nicaraguan binder, fillers from the Estelí and Jalapa regions of Nicaragua, and a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. The Charter Oak Especiales offers an earthy flavor profile balanced by notes of sweetness and is available for purchase as a single stick or in boxes of 12, on-site now.

• Price: $10.40
• Length: 5.5"
• Ring Gauge: 48
• Country: Nicaragua
• Wrapper Type: Connecticut Broadleaf
• Wrapper Country: Nicaragua
• Filler Country: Nicaragua
• Binder Country: Nicaragua

Dapper: Cubata Cru Shade Bucko

Our second cigar of the week for May is as classic as the cocktail it's named after. Cubata means rum-and-Coke in Spanish, and in the context of Dapper's Cubata Cru Shade Bucko, it translates to a sweetened cap with premium tobaccos. This 6" x 44 cigar features an Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper around a Nicaraguan binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua with notes of cracked black pepper, cedar, milk chocolate, and roasted nuts. The Cubata Cru Shade Bucko is available as a single stick or in boxes of 20, on-site now.

• Price: $8
• Length: 6"
• Ring Gauge: 44
• Country: Nicaragua
• Wrapper Type: Connecticut, Shadegrown
• Wrapper Country: Ecuador
• Filler Country: Dominican Republic, Nicaragua
• Binder Country: Nicaragua

Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust: Umbagog Bronzeback

Spring is the perfect time for lake-time visits, and Dunbarton founder Steve Saka is inclined to agree. Our third cigar of the week for May is Dunbarton's Umbagog Bronzeback, named after Saka's favorite lake and serving as an homage to the classic Henry Clay brand of cigars. Available in a 5" x 48 Rothschild vitola, Bronzeback offers a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper encasing Nicaraguan fillers and binder, and is rich with elements of earth and spice. Umbagog Bronzeback is available as a single stick or in boxes of 10, on-site now.

• Price: $9.75
• Length: 5"
• Ring Gauge: 48
• Country: Nicaragua
• Wrapper Type: Connecticut Broadleaf
• Wrapper Country: United States
• Filler Country: Nicaragua
• Binder Country: Nicaragua

Byron: 19th Century Grand Poemas

Feeling regal? Look no further than our final cigar of the week for May: Byron 19th Century Grand Poemas. Byron is derived from the classic 1848 brand founded by Jose and Eusebio Alfonso, and revived by one of their great-great-great grandsons, Nelson Alfonso. Part of the Century series — Lord Byron's core line of cigars — the 19th Century is a medium-bodied cigar that features an Ecuadorian Shadegrown wrapper over an undisclosed binder and a filler combination of Nicaraguan, Peruvian, and undisclosed tobacco. This Grand Poemas vitola is part of a special release from the line, a limited-edition run of 7,500 cigars that boasts five years of aging. These cigars are presented in a unique box that doubles as a humidor, with a built-in thermometer, hygrometer, and a space for a humidifier. The 19th Century Grand Poemas is available as a single stick or in boxes of 25, on-site now.

• Price: $37
• Length: 6"
• Ring Gauge: 56
• Country: Costa Rica
• Wrapper Type: Shadegrown
• Wrapper Country: Ecuador
• Filler Country: Dominican Republic, Undisclosed
• Binder Country: Undisclosed

Which of May's picks are you picking up? Let us know in the comments below, and be the first to know June's picks by following us on Instagram at Cigarsatsmokingpipes. Happy smokes!