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Posted in October 26th, 2008
I was talking my friend John and he goes “What shapes do Cuban cigars come in?”. I was not so much surprised at the question but considering John (He knows nothing about Cuban cigars), it was some what a pleasant thing. To me it sounded like John finally decided to dabble into the world of Cuban cigars. Well he was asking the right guy and than I gave him the whole deal on sizes and Cuban cigars.
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Posted in October 26th, 2008
If you are a true Cuban cigar enthusiast, you probably have your own top three Cuban cigars of all time list. Some people have even longer list and way more detailed but today, let me share my favorite Cuban cigars of all time. I have to make something clear right in the beginning, don’t be surprised if this list changes because their are way too many cigars that I need to try out.
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Posted in July 31st, 2008
It is the gentle giant that holds everything inside that delicious cigars of your together. The binder is the blanket that comforts the sweet Cuban tobacco. Yes it might not appear as polished as the wrapper of your cigar. The wrapper is what you touching with your fingers while your are smoking your Cuban cigars.
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Posted in July 29th, 2008
Studies by top professionals in the archeology business has shown that tobacco was first found and cultivated in North America. Although their are traces of tobacco plants in China, North Americans (Natives) were originally the first people to grow and plant tobacco for smoking purposes.
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Posted in July 17th, 2008
Have you ever thought of eating something after, during or before lighting up your Cuban cigar? Well if you have, you are not alone as a lot of people consider it one of the best ways to digest that big meal you just had. Cuban cigars make dining even finer than it already is.
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Posted in July 16th, 2008
Have you ever thought of eating something after, during or before lighting up your Cuban cigar? Well if you have, you are not alone as a lot of people consider it one of the best ways to digest that big meal you just had. Cuban cigars make dining even finer than it already is.
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Posted in July 16th, 2008
I’ve always been around Cuban cigars as far as I can remember. So for me to continue the tradition was simply common sense. I guess you can say it was a reflex action. I consider my self very unfortunate that I had the blessing of growing up in a family that had the privilege of Smoking Cuban cigars. Enjoying Cuban cigars is just part of who I am and now that I think about it, I’m going to be passing this on to the next member of my family. Boy or girl, one thing is for sure, they are definitely becoming Cuban cigar smokers.
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Posted in July 14th, 2008
Montecristo cigars first began to be produced in 1935 by a man named Garcia Menendez in Havana, Cuba. At this particular time, he was also the owner of the H. Upmann cigar brand which was extremely popular. The name for the Montecristo cigars came from the novel, the Count of Monte Christo which was very popular reading during that time, especially among those that rolled cigars.
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Posted in July 13th, 2008
I bet you didn’t know that Cuban cigar rollers are very well educated and talented people. Well maybe you kind of figured that out on your own but I bet you didn’t know they loved reading books. Now why would that matter or what does it has to do with the Montecristo Cuban cigar brand? Well the name ‘Montecristo’ came from a novel that was very interesting to Cuban cigar rollers back in 1935. Soon Mr. Garcia the producer of Cuban cigars started calling his production line ‘Montecristo’.
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Posted in July 12th, 2008
It has been concluded that tobacco was first discovered in times when taking notes or record keeping was not so much of a big thing. However, scientists have confirmed that it was in North America that the first actual use of tobacco occurred. Since North America is also a place where you can find traces of original tobacco plants, it all makes sense. Regardless of when tobacco was discovered, the important thing is that it was. Tobacco smoking and more importantly the profits from it has played an integral part in building our modern civilization. Tobacco sales have continued to sore and beating out anything else, including gold and silver. Tobacco revenue is almost on par with oil sales.
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