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Cuban Cigars, the best in the world
Main regions
Cultivation
Leaves processing
Tobacco regions
Work starts with the burning heat of June and July, and continues without respite for nine months.
Cultivation
Preparation of the land
Animal traction is still used, to avoid the compacting of the soil and obtain a loose one.
The seed bed
35 days, 15-20 cm
Growing in La Vega or the tobacco field45 -50 days
Shade grown Sun grown
For wrapper leaf.
It is the most expensive leaf to produce.
For filler and binder
variety of flavours that are blended to form the rich and complex taste of one Habano.
Leaves are picked at intervals from the bottom to the top, allowing the plant develops its remaining leaves between each pickings.
Harvesting
a laborious task because each leaf must be picked by hand. Only two or three leaves can be taken at a time.
a single plant takes about 30 days to complete the harvesting.
Processing the leaves
Many months and in some cases years will pass before the leaf is ready to make an Habano.
1. Curing
60-90 days
After this process the leaves go to the factory.
In the Factory
3. Sorting and classification
Size, colour and texture
4. Stripping
2. 1st Fermentation
sweats out impurities in the leaf, reducing acidity, tar and nicotine. 35-45 days
filler and binder leaf
5. 2nd Fermentation
filler and binder leaf
6. Ageing
Could take until 3 months, and depending on the leaf, 3 or more fermentations
The fullest-flavoured leaf is aged the longest and the lightest-flavoured leaf is aged the least. Like a fine wine, the longer the wine is left to mature, the better it will be.
How the Habano is made?
Many steps
Is a process that requires highly specialized and experienced rollers
Preparing the Wrappers
Preparing the Fillers
Composing the Blend
Finally, three years or more since the oldest leaf was picked, it is now about to become an Habano..
Thank you
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SMOKING SERIOUSLY HARMS YOU AND OTHERS AROUND YOU
and remember……