What makes Cuba famous is Cuban Cigars

Feb 15
08:19

2010

Sami Jack

Sami Jack

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Cuba, a small island on the south coast of Florida and is very popular for many reasons like its revolution against USA by Fidel Castro and his associates, its rum, dancing, baseball and last but not the least its cigars, popularly known as Cuban Cigars. They are the best cigars in the world and also the most expensive one.

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Cuban cigars are the best cigars in the world and also the most expensive one. The distinctive flavor and its aroma of gave it a nick name The Forbidden Fruit. They are hand made by highly trained and experienced master cigar rollers known as torcedores. These master cigar rollers are considered as artists in their field and they are one of the main contributors of its production.

They are manufactured in Cuba from high quality tobacco,What makes Cuba famous is Cuban Cigars Articles fillers, and wrapper grown tobacco leaves in state owned manufacturing firms. Torcedores with their artistic skills and experiences hand roll the product to give the finishing touch. The flavor of the cigars varies depending on the wrapper. The wrapper determines unique character and flavor. There are three different types based on their wrappers.

Color of different wrappers is also different, which helps the buyer to buy the one according to their flavor choice. The major part of a cigar is made of fillers. The filler gives the smoker the real fun of smoking.The strength of the filler depends on the presence of oil in the tobacco leaves more oil in the tobacco leaf would mean stronger filler. Fillers are either long or short. Quality of longer fillers is better because they use long leaves whereas short fillers use chopped leaves, stem and other kind of leaves because of which they dont burn evenly and consistently like long fillers.

These CUBAN CIGARS are very popular all over the world but because of the Cubans support to the Soviet Union during the cold war, they are banned in USA. You might have heard of its availability in USA at about $100 per box but they are not original, most probably from Taiwan.

In USA, 95 percent of the cigars labeled to be from Cuba are not authenticated. A real Cuban cigar will cost you at least $500 per box. On every box, there is a green and white warranty seal on them. The cigars will be of exact length as quoted on the box. The foot of all them would be without rips or chipping and would be cut cleanly. The caps of them will be finely finished with three to four layers of circular appearance. Before buying a cuban cigar you must check its authentication and the above tips could help you with that.

These Cigars are very expensive and its sellers often dont bargain for the price. If anyone come across and offer you a it for sale then thats definitely a fake one because its illegal to sell them in USA and the penalties are also insanely high. The seller only exchange hands among its close customers.

However, anyone who is desperate to taste a Cuban cigars could head north to the Great White North Canada because its not illegal there and you can also bring couple of it with you on your way back home secretly because the customs dont bother that much.