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CUABA CIGARS
CUABA CIGARS

Year of Foundation: 1996

Tobacco Country: Cuba

Tobacco Procedence: Vuelta Abajo (Pinar del Rio)

Cigar Factory: Partagas

Cigar Strength: Medium to Full Strength


Cuaba was officially launched by Habanos president Francisco Linares on November 19th, 1996 at Claridge's Hotel in London, Great Britain, as an all-perfecto line of Cuban cigars.

The Cuaba brand was launched in an attempt to revive figurados, which had initially been very popular cigars in the early 20th century but had declined since about the 1950's.

For the release party of the Cuaba brand, the creator of the line, Carlos Izquierdo Gonzalez, and fourteen other highly-skilled torcedores (cigar rollers) demonstrated making figurado cigars.

The original Cuabas were of slightly differing sizes within the same box, due to a cigar mold not being used to press them into shape. When molds were finally made for Cuaba around a year later, these original non-molded cigars became great collectors' items.

González claims he styled the Cuaba blend after Montecristo, but most cigar connoisseurs believe the blend used is more similar in taste to Romeo y Julieta. Coincidentally enough, most Cuaba cigars are manufactured in the Briones Montoto (Romeo y Julieta) factory.

In 1998, Cuaba had the distinction of being one of the cigar brands chosen to be released with a special vitola (the Distinguidos) in a Millennium Reserve ceramic jar humidor and is often a brand chosen for special releases and humidors.