Black Market Punk Every month, for over a year, Alan Rubin had been working on blends with a special tobacco from Panama. He felt that the unique flavour of Panamanian tobacco, that he so thoroughly enjoyed had to be shared with the world. Creating 18 different Panamanian blends, he smoked the third one in line and knew this was a Black Market blend. The mystery of Panamanian tobacco and the crate like box in which Black Market is displayed illustrates this cigar’s journey.