Sun-grown leaf for Fillers and Binders
Sun-grown leaf for Fillers and Binders
Filler and binder leaves on the other hand are subjected to a much more complex and extensive process than wrappers, including several fermentations as is revealed below.
1- Air curing...
Tabaco tapado (shade grown)
Tabaco tapado (shade grown)
Shade-grown leaf for wrappers
The processing of the tobacco leaves used to make a Habano differs according to their method of cultivation and their final function in the cigar. Below is a...
About Cuban Tobacco Processing
About Cuban Tobacco Processing
Growing the leaf is just the start of the story, with many patient stages of processing yet to come. Nothing can be hurried.
Many months and in some cases years will pass...
About Harvesting Cuban Tobacco
About Harvesting Cuban Tobacco
Around 40 days after planting out, the harvest can begin – a laborious task because each leaf must be picked by hand.
Only two or three leaves can be taken at a...
The perfect leaf
The perfect leaf
Every leaf in a Habano is Tabaco Negro Cubano – native Cuban Black Tobacco – directly descended from the plants that Columbus first discovered here more than five hundred years ago.
Two distinct forms of...
About Tobacco Regions in Cuba
About Tobacco Regions in Cuba
Nowhere in the world grows tobacco better than Cuba. But even here, only a few selected Vegas plantations are judged good enough to grow the tobacco for Habanos.
As a great...
About anatomy of a Habano
About anatomy of a Habano
It takes up to six types of tobacco leaf to make a Habano, each type specially grown and prepared for its purpose.
Four for flavour…
Two, three or four types of leaf...
About Cuban Cigar History
About Cuban Cigar History In Cuba in 1492 the Spanish expedition commanded by Christopher Columbus saw tobacco for the first time in the New World. The Taino Indians rolled and burnt some mysterious leaves, which...
Marks of distinction
Marks of distinction
When you have a reputation like Habanos, it is no surprise that unscrupulous persons will try to pass off their product as yours.
Here are the authenticating marks that you should look for...
Habanos Packaging Codes
Habanos Packaging Codes
On the Habanos SA website, a special packaging code is used to describe the Packaging available for each vitola. The packaging code is made up of 6 parts, each part separated by the...
