Limited Edition cigars from Habanos: Hoyo de Monterrey Monterreyes No. 4. Bolivar Regentes
In addition to the three new Cohiba vitolas – Limited 55 Anniversary Edition, Ambar and Ideales – 2021 will see three new Limited Edition cigars. Hoyo de Monterrey Monterreyes No. 4 Hoyo de Monterrey is always a popular choice for a Limited Edition cigar, and…
Three new versions of the Cohiba
The Limited 55 Anniversary Edition is another large format for the Cohiba brand, the same length as the Siglo VI at 150mm but in a thicker 57 ring gauge. Like all of the Limited Edition series it bears a second band denoting the year of…
Zenith-Cohiba collaborations
We recently presented the Zenith Chronomaster Open Cohiba 55th Anniversary Edition in our last article in celebration of Cohiba’s 55th anniversary in May 2021. That was by no means the first time that Zenith and Habanos worked together for the Cohiba brand. It was, in…
The craft of the Torcedor
Most Torcedores these days are women, and they make the biggest, most complicated Habanos. Habanos are made totally by hand – as they have always been – by the Torcedores and Torcedoras, whose practised hands no machine can ever match. How they do it For…
Other methods of cigar manufacture
In our previous article, we featured the making of a totally handmade long filler. Here, we look at two other methods of manufacture. Totally by hand, short filler technique The trimmings from the bunches of long-filler cigars are combined with other selected chopped tobaccos to…
Presenting Hoyo de Moterrey 18 Primaveras to commemorate the Year of the Ox
A limited edition of 8,888 boxes, each containing 18 cigars. For years, Oettinger Davidoff has been releasing cigars linked to the Chinese zodiac calendar. The success of the annual release attracted other cigar manufacturers to follow suit. The number of “Year of the” cigars is…
Humidors for your Habanos
The ideal humidor is the “walk-in” variety in which the temperature and humidity are controlled electronically. You will find one in Cohiba Atmosphere Kuala Lumpur, where all the cigars are kept ready for sale in perfect condition. They also provide lockers in which you can…
What’s the big deal with Havana cigar
Few things in the world are known to be the best of their kind, a Habano – or Havana cigar is one of them. To start off a series of interesting and easy-reading articles – a 101 on Havana Cigar, so to speak – we…