BOLIVAR CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
The reasons that moved Jose Fernandez Roche to register in 1927 the name of Bolivar for cuban cigars are not exactly known, because as a Spaniard, his admiration for “The Liberator” could be doubtful. But in commercial terms, no doubt it would be a very welcomed name for a cuban cigar, especially in England. Other sources locate the registration of the cuban cigar brand in 1921 and they believe that Bolivar’s cuban cigars started to be produced two decades before. In one way or another, Bolivar cuban cigars acquired special relevance from 1944, when it is acquired by the Gloria Cubana cuban cigars, specifically by the cuban cigar company Cifuentes & Cia., owner of Partagas cuban cigars at that time.
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COHIBA CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
Cohiba cuban cigar is not produced in big quantities because it is a very selected cuban cigar, and a very limited cuban cigar due to the quality of the harvest and the quantity of first quality raw material. This makes Cohiba cuban cigar to stay at the top of cuban cigars and it continues the maximum cuban cigar of all times: The cuban cigar that everyone wishes to smoke.
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CUABA CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
The cuban cigar name Cuaba contains a very old history. This word comes from Tainos indigenous people from Cuba and it describes an autochthonous bush of the island of excellent combustibility that still grows in the country. It was used a lot as torch by the first settlers and it was used specially to light other cuban cigars or Cohibas cuban cigars during magic and religious ceremonies. The first historical testimony of the existence of the Cuaba cuban cigar comes from 16th Century and it is attributed to the Spaniard Jesuit Fray Bernabe Cobo.
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DIPLOMATICOS CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
The Diplomáticos cuban cigars line mimics the original Montecristo cuban cigars line in having five cuban cigars numbered sizes, all handmade. The blend used for this cuban cigars line is milder than that used for Montecristo cuban cigars, most likely to cater to the taste of French cuban cigar smokers, and nowadays is usually still a bit cheaper in price than corresponding Montecristo cuban cigar sizes. The original cuban cigars line consisted of five numbered cuban cigar sizes, corresponding to Montecristo cuban cigars. In 1976, the No. 6 cuban cigar and No. 7 cuban were introduced to the cuban cigars line and were the same size as the Montecristo Especial No. 1cuban cigar and Especial No. 2 cuban cigar, but were discontinued a few years later in the mid-1980's.
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EL REY DEL MUNDO CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
Believed to have been created, along with Sancho Panza, by German businessman Emilio Ohmstedt in 1848, El Rey del Mundo (King of the World in Spanish) was at one time the most expensive and prestigious cigar brand in the world. The history of this singular cuban cigar brand goes back to 1848 when, Spanish businessman Antonio Allones took over the cuban cigar brand sometime around 1882 (a rival version of the cuban cigar brand's history claims the cuban cigar brand became defunct after Ohmstedt's death and Allones re-registered it, but cuban cigar connoisseur Min Ron Nee maintains the cuban cigar brand was passed to Allones from Ohmstedt's company, based on records stating Allones as the owner of El Rey del Mundo cuban cigar from as early as 1873). Under Allones, the cuban cigar brand reached the height of its world-wide prestige.
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FONSECA CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
Don Francisco E. Fonseca first established his cuban cigar factory and own cuban cigar brand in Havana in 1892, registering the cuban cigar brand bearing his name in 1907. Fonseca cuban cigars quickly became a success and Don Francisco began innovative practices such as wrapping his cuban cigars in fine Japanese tissue paper (as they still are today) and packaging cuban cigars in tin tubes (today's tubes are usually made with aluminum).
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GLORIA CUBANA CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
La Gloria Cubana cuban cigars were created in 1885 by the cuban cigar Company Cabanas & Castro; it did not delay to gain prestige between good cuban cigar smokers thanks to its well-made Havana cuban cigars of excellent scent, strength and taste. From the very beginning, the cuban cigar factory was in the Street Corrales, number 53, in Havana. In 1905, La Gloria Cubana cuban cigars was acquired by Jose F. Rocha & Cia., and the cuban cigars factory was transferred to the number 364 of San Miguel Street. At that time, Switzerland and Belgium were the countries that acquired most production of these cuban cigars.
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H.UPMANN CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
On October 15th, 1844, the cuban cigar smokers had news for first time, about all times most prestigious cuban cigar brand of cuban cigars which fame has been a great deal over passed even further than those expectations the cuban cigar creators, Brothers Hermann and August Upmann ever dreamt of. The Upmann’s from German origin, established in Havana, in 1843 and waited to be called by the fortune. Finally, the encounter with luck came when they embraced the cuban cigar tobacco business. In this way, the cuban cigar company H. Upmann opened on San Miguel Street, number 75 of Havana. They decided on the suggestive name starting from letter H, coming from brothers (in Spanish) and the German last name H.Upmann, which had the H taken away in over to avoid unnecessary repetition. While Hermann and August made the cuban cigar factory to succeed (it was honored for its quality and growth and they extended the cuban cigar factory in 1845 with a new workshop, the “Flor del Pacifico” cuban cigar company, in partnership with their the fellow-country man, Enrique Claufsen), the nephews of Hermann; Albert and German founded a commercial bank, in the Cuban capital city, to which H. Upmann entered as a partner. With the pass of the time and in view of the continuous growth of the cuban cigar firm, it was necessary to have a bigger building, able to lodge more than 200 cuban cigar tobacco farmers that worked, at that time, for another cuban cigar company. This initiative finished in 1891 and H.Upmann came to a new property in Avenida Carlos III.
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HOYO DE MONTERREY CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
Hoyo de Monterrey cuban cigars continued production in Cuba and in Honduras and is still a popular, globally-marketed cuban cigar line. Among cuban cigars connoisseurs, the Épicure No. 2 cuban cigar, Double Coronas cuban cigar, and Le Hoyo series cuban cigars are particularly prized.
Being a globally-marketed cuban cigar brand, Hoyo de Monterrey cuban cigars has been chosen for Habanos' annual Edición Limitada releases since 2000. Of interesting note is the Particular cuban cigar, which had some production problems during the first Edición Limitada cuban cugars lineup in 2000 with few of the cuban cigars getting out to vendors. This prompted Habanos to release this cuban cigar again the next year, the only Edición Limitada cuban cigar so far to have had this happen. In 2004, a new cuban cigar size was added to the Hoyo de Monterrey cuban cigars line, the Petit Robusto cuban cigars, which also wore a slightly-redesigned Hoyo de Monterrey cuban cigar band. Hoyo de Monterrey cuban cigars also produces two machine-made cigarillos: the Mini and the Midi.
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JUAN LOPEZ CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
A Spaniard, Juan Lopez Diaz, founded in 1876 the cuban cigar factory of his name Flor de Juan Lopez. In 1884, he registered, among other cuban cigar brands, La Veneciana cuban cigars, El Marquez de Caixas cuban cigars, La Mandolineta cuban cigars and Transcontinental cuban cigars.
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MONTECRISTO CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
Montecristo cuban cigars, thanks to its incomparable scent, taste and strength, with the pass of the time, and with no expectations, it almost has surpassed the fame of the novel itself. Alonso Menendez, an Asturian, started in Cuba the business of cuban cigars tobacco in well advance first half of this century. However, most of his cuban cigar experience was acquired in the United States, in tobacco plantations of Florida. After coming back to Cuba in 1935, Menendez associated to Jose Garcia, another Asturian linked to the world of cuban cigars tobacco. Thus, in this way, the cuban cigar company Menendez, Garcia & Cia started.
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PARTAGAS CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
Advanced the first half of 19th Century in the Havana a Catalan entrepreneur foresaw promising business results in the business of hand twisted cuban cigars elaboration. After the first years passed with acceptable dividends, in 1845, Don Jaime Partagas gave his name to a new brand of Havana cuban cigars that did not take time to reach a singular celebrity. The Real Factory of Tobaccos Partagas cuban cigars opened the doors in the number 520 of Industria Street of Havana.
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POR LARRAÑAGA CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
In 1925, Por Larrañaga cuban cigars became the first cuban cigar factory to make machine-made cuban cigars which soon resulted in a boycott by cuban cigars factory workers. At the time of the revolution, Por Larrañaga cuban cigars was the sixth largest producing cuban cigar brand.
Up until the 1970s, Por Larrañaga cuban cigars remained a respectable and popular premium cuban cigar brand. In the 1980s production of cuban cigars fell dramatically and due to trademark litigation in the 1990s, export of the cuban cigar brand was reduced to only a few countries. For some time the cuban cigar brand was reduced to almost entirely machine-made cuban cigars or hand-finished cuban cigars and was mainly sold in Canada and the Middle East. Now the cuban cigar brand has made a bit of a comeback, with two cuban cigars of its four cuban cigars being totally hand-made.
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PUNCH CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
The cuban cigar brand Punch was founded in 1840, in Havana, by Don Manuel Lopez, property of J. Valle & Cia., having the Britain cuban cigar market in mind. At that time, the humor magazine of the same name was in vogue in United Kingdom which character is still appears today, with a cuban cigar in hand, in his abilities.
At that time, the capital of Cuba was witnessing times of big prosperity for hand twisted cuban cigars; small cuban cigar factories were abundant, the expansion of big cuban cigar tobacco companies started and managers openly went to what seemed to be a business with magnificent future. At the time, the Punch cuban cigars elaboration was carried out in the cuban cigar factory of Luis Corujo & Cia., then, by occasion of the change of the owner, the twisting of this cuban cigar took place in other cuban cigar factories. Finally, the cuban cigar brand Punch come to be property of the firm Fernando Palacio & Cia., in Monterrey cuban cigars and La Escepcion cuban cigars, founded by Jose Gener in 1865, as well as Belinda cuban cigars, created by Francisco Menendez in 1882.
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QUAI D´ORSAI CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
The Quai d'Orsay cuban cigar brand was created by Cubatabaco in 1973 for the French state tobacco monopoly, SEITA, and was blended with French tastes in mind, being a milder cuban cigar brand. There are a few competing stories as to what the marque's cuban cigar name refers to: one is that the cuban cigar name is referring simply to the famous Paris avenue, another is that the cuban cigar name refers to the French Foreign Ministry that is located on it, and another is that the cuban cigar name is referring to the headquarters of SEITA which is also on the same avenue.
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RAFAEL GONZALEZ CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
Flor de Rafael Gonzalez Marquez cuban cigars, one of the most selected cuban cigars that are known, held just in 1996 its 60th anniversary. The first references known of this cuban cigar brand come from 1936. This year, and holding the name “La Flor de Marquez”, the cuban cigar brand was registered by the owners of the cuban cigar Partnership Rey del Mundo Cigar Company, of Havana city.
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RAMON ALLONES CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
Today, these cuban cigar containers of cedar are irreplaceable to preserve and trade the cuban cigars (the bunch of 25 cuban cigars have the name of fortieth and the 50 cuban cigars the name of twentieth). At the first times, the elaboration of this cuban cigar was carried out in Animas Street, number 129 of Havana. The cuban cigar brand went through numerous ownership changes before it was finally bought by the Cifuentes family and production was moved to the famous Partagás cuban cigar factory, where Ramón Allones cuban cigars are still made to this day. In the 40’s, hand twisted cuban cigars elaborated by hand and acquired by Canadian and people from USA were added to the traditional production of cuban cigars twisted at hand sent mainly to the British Cigar market.
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ROMEO Y JULIETA CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
The history of one of the most famous cuban cigar apparently starts in some impossible love. The Romeo y Julieta cuban cigars marque was established in 1875. The cuban cigar brand is named for the Shakespeare tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. Such is the singular legend that surrounds the birth of Romeo y Julieta cuban cigars. The creator of this cuban cigar twisted from the first day with leaves form Vuelta Abajo, was the Spaniard Don Inocencio Alvarez.
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SAINT LUIS REY CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
The cigarettes from Saint Luis Rey cuban cigars are characterized by a mid softness, in terms of aroma, taste and strength. They include hand made and machine produced vitolas. It is not a very demanded cuban brand, but it has a established market. The Saint Luis Rey are commercialized in Canada, Caribbean countries, Mexico, Africa, Middle East, Swiss, and the Far East.
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SAN CRISTOBAL CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
The cuban cigar brand initially launched with four cuban cigars (El Morro cuban cigars, El Principe cuban cigars , La Fuerza cuban cigars, and La Punta cuban cigars). In 2004, to celebrate the cuban cigar brand's fifth anniversary, three additional cuban cigars were produced for the V Anniversary Humidor and eventually released for public sale. These new cuban cigars, the Officios cuban cigars, Mercaderes cuban cigars and Muralla cuban cigars, also feature an additional "La Casa del Habano" cuban cigar band as these cuban cigars were only available at La Casa del Habano cuban cigar retailers.
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SANCHO PANZA CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
It is a cuban cigar of a rather strong and dark character, of a great quality and extraordinary presence; this cuban cigar brand is elaborated with leaves from Vuelta Abajo (Pinar del Rio). The Sancho Panza cuban cigars have a darker cuban cigar wrapper and the texture is thinner compared to other cuban cigars, as a result of a longer process of maturing the cuban cigar leaves.
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TRINIDAD CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
According to Adriano Martínez, a former executive of Habanos SA cuban cigars, in Min Ron Nee's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Post-Revolution Havana cuban cigars, the Trinidad cuban cigars brand was first produced in 1969 at the El Laguito cuban cigars factory in Havana, Cuba. In the early 90's, the cuban cigar received much attention in magazines after an interview with Avelino Lara (formerly the manager of cuban cigars factory El Laguito and, as of this writing, a producer of cuban cigars for the Graycliff Hotel in Nassau, Bahamas). Buy Trinidad Cuban cigars at Solocigars.com, the best Cuban cigar shop.
VEGAS ROBAINA CUBAN CIGARS HISTORY
The cuban cigar brand brings the name of the property of one of the best cuban cigar tobacco harvesters in Cuba, Don Alejandro Robaina, who comes from a family of cuban cigar planters established in the region of the cuban cigar tobacco mass of San Luis, perimeter of Cuchillas, Barbacoa, at the middle of last century.
This cuban cigar brand is the acknowledgement to the work of cuban cigar farmers from Vuelta Abajo and especially to the one that gives the name due to the achievements reached in the last years
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LIMITED EDITIONS CUBAN CIGARS
The Limited Edition cuban cigars; originally made its appearance in 2001 with the launch of the Partagas Piramides cuban cigars - still regarded by some as one of the best cuban cigars to date.
Characterized by a specially prepared and aged dark Maduro wrapper the cuban cigars sported a unique gold and black cuban cigar band with the year of production.
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