At Simply Cigars we want to help educate our readers so we have developed created the Cuban Cigars Pronunciation Guide. When new cigars arrive are you to embarrassed to order them because you aren’t sure how to pronounce the names? Do cigar store staff look at you vacantly as you desperately try to pronounce Por Larrañaga…
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Cohiba Cigars 50th Anniversary
The exact origins of the Cohiba are somewhat obscured by a half century or so of cigar smoke, but this year has been chosen as its 50th anniversary. However, my great discovery (or, rather, rediscovery) has been San Cristóbal, a much less widely known marque – a state of affairs I hope will remain that…
Hoyo de Monterrey Añejado Cuban Havana Cigar Now Available
The new Hoyo de Monterrey Hermosos No.4 Añejado havana cigar have been released by Habanos S.A and is now available in Havana Cigar Specialists and selected catering outlets across the UK. Following on from last year’s successful introduction of the Añejado concept (with the Romeo y Julieta Pirámides and Montecristo Churchill), the Hoyo de Monterrey will…
United States Trade Embargo and Cuban Cigar Sales
On 7 February 1962, United States President John F. Kennedy imposed a trade embargo on Cuba to sanction Fidel Castro’s communist government. According to Pierre Salinger, then Kennedy’s press secretary, the president ordered him on the evening of 6 February to obtain 1,200 H. Upmann brand petit corona Cuban cigars; upon Salinger’s arrival with the…
Famous Cigar Smokers
Great men and great cigars have always gone together, so it’s no surprise that some of the century’s most influential and popular figures have embraced this time honoured pastime. From the moment that King Edward VII uttered his famous proclamation in 1901, cigar smoking has been a pleasant diversion, often an ingrained habit, for politicians,…
Cuban Cigars and The Music of Cuba
Cuba is a Caribbean island that has imparted a wide spread influence on various musical styles in the last two centuries. The core of many Cuban musical identities lies in the “cabildos,” a type of social unification amongst African slaves transported to the island. Cabildos maintained African cultural customs, and this continued following the Emancipation…
Habanos Authenticity Check
A new Habanos Warranty Seal has been gradually introduced in all the packaging where two new elements are to be added. On the right hand, a hologram as a security item will be added and on the left hand, next to the Cote d´ Arms, a bar code will personalise every package. This label will…
The UK Cuban Cigar Portfolio
The UK Cuban Cigar Portfolio is made up of 24 cigar houses. It’s said that every hand-rolled Havana goes through at least 222 different stages before it is ready to smoke. Each one is made by hand with meticulous care creating what are recognised as the finest cigars in the world. We invite you to…
Have you Tried Cuban Coffee?
Everyone knows that cigars and Cuban coffee complement and bring out subtle nuances in each other and none better than where cigars were born. In Cuba, people have been drinking the dark and potent brew known as espresso or ” Cuban Coffee” for over a hundred years, and it is very well-known that “un cafecito”…
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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