The best brands of Cuban cigars

cabins

Foundation year: 1819
Origin of the tobacco: Back to Top
Factory: La Corona

It is the Spaniard Francisco Cabañas, who must take the credit of history for having registered in Cuba one of the oldest Habanos brands ever heard of, and also when the Tobacco Monopoly was still in force.

Therefore, the Cabañas brand was registered in 1810, and in 1895 it joined other manufacturers to develop a new brand: Hija de Cabañas y Carbajal y Cía.

In the current version, marked for the Eastern European trade, this brand presents tasty in all machine-made or machine-grouped with a hand-finished style.

cohiba

Foundation year: 1927
Origin of the tobacco: Vuelta Abajo
Factory: Partagás

A new brand that was introduced in 1968, Cohiba quickly became the flagship brand of the Cuban cigar industry. Initially developed as a pure medium-length protocol for presentation only by Cuban government officials, Cohiba was widely commercialized beginning in 1982.

The initial sizes were the Lancero, Corona and Especiale Panetela, with the Splendido, Robusto and Exquisito added in 1989. In 1992, in salute to the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the Caribbean, the Siglo series was introduced. The Cohiba series was initially made at the El Laguito factory in Havana, but production is now at the Fernando Pérez Alemán factory.

vegueros

Foundation year: 1996
Origin of the tobacco: Vuelta Abajo
Factory: Pinar del Río

Vegueros is a cigar made entirely in Vuelta Abajo, the land of the best tobacco in the world. The solid building where this high-quality brand is manufactured was built in 1868.

At the beginning of this building it had the function of a hospital of the Spanish colony, from 1870 as a prison and later in 1959 the School of Arts was established there. In 1961 it became the “Francisco Donatien” cigarette factory. Today, the history and a good taste of offering a new jewel to the most demanding and expert people. Vegueros, from the Pinar del Río.


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