Strong demand brought on by the “lockdown effect”, combined with a slowdown of production in Cuba and logistic problems caused by Covid-19 mean that tobacconists’ shelves are looking bare. Habanos S.A. calls for patience. The first to sound the alarm was 5th Avenue Trading, the exclusive importer of Cuban cigars for Germany, Austria, and Poland….
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Cohiba—15 Fascinating Facts About Cuba’s Most Famous Cigar Brand
In a few decades Cohiba went from a private-label brand for Fidel Castro to becoming the most recognizable, sought-after cigar in the world. Up there with Dom Pérignon vintage Champagne, Rolls Royces and Patek Philippe watches, the Cohiba name is now synonymous with luxury goods, and for the most part, they live up to the…
Why choose cigars for a Christmas gift?
Why choose cigars for a Christmas gift? No, this is not a trick question! If you know someone who loves the occasional or frequent cigar, you just can’t go wrong with cigars as a Christmas gift. Any cigar lover will tell you there is no such thing as too many cigars; provided they have somewhere…
WHO ARE THE BUYERS OF HIGH-PRICED VINTAGE CIGARS?
As we’ve discovered, the world of vintage cigars is poorly defined, and even less understood. With some information from a few specialists, I found out that vintage buyers can be divided into two distinct groups. Dr. Maximilian Herzog, owner of three cigar specialist stores in Berlin, is regarded as a shrewd broker on the vintage…
The most common questions we get asked about Cuban cigars
Here are a list of some of the most common questions we get asked by people about Cuban cigars, we hope you find them useful. If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us directly. What is a Habano? The official Denominacion de Origen Protegida (D.O.P) or Protected Denomination…
The most common cigar humidor problems and how to solve them
Disappointment when cigars are stored in a humidor is often caused by nonsensical construction of the used product and inadequate use. Here are the most common problems encountered when storing cigars in a humidor and suggestions on how to fix them. CIGARS BECOME DAMP Probable causes and their solutions: 1 – Cigars are being stored…
How to identify cigars by their box codes
Factory identification tends to play a bigger role with Cuban cigars because Cuba has altered their factory seals and codes several times over the years. Moreover, unless you’ve really done your homework, trying to identify a vintage box of Havanas can be quite confusing. In the beginning… According to one source, cigars were originally sold…
The Story of the Aluminium Cigar Tube
Aluminium cigar tubes are as much part of the Havana cigar scene as labelled boxes, cedar cabinets and elegant humidors. The traditional hand-crafted boxes have been around for centuries. But when did tubes first make an appearance and who thought of the idea? Thanks to research I conducted last year into the 225-year history of…
How to Re-use a Vintage Humidor
Have you ever been tempted to buy a vintage humidor on Ebay, but were concerned about how effective it would be? There were no cheap imports from China, these were all made by English craftsmen and the equivalent today would cost you thousands of pounds from companies like David Linley. You still need to…
UK Cigar Site Links
There are many great, quality UK and International cigar sites on the Internet. While they may be created to educate, inform, entertain or sell cigars, these sites help create the truly unique cigar world which exists on the Internet. Once you have explored Simply Cigars, you may wish to visit some other cigar sites while…
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