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Many beginners always wonder whether Cuban Cohiba Cigars are indeed the best in the market and whether it is a myth. There are a number of reasons why they are considered the best. The reasons range from the cultivation of tobacco to wrapping, packing and transportation of the product within the country and overseas. One of the most cited and recognized reasons, is cultivation of the crop. The country has one of the largest areas under cultivation of tobacco in the world. This probably has to do with the cultivation of this crop being done for hundreds of years. Cultivation of the Crop The cultivation of tobacco requires soils with a good PH and drainage. The PH should be between 5.5 and 6.2. The optimum PH for tobacco is believed to be 5.8. The tobacco used on Cuban Cohiba is grown in soils that are of the optimum PH. It is believed that this PH gives the leaves the fresh and distinct flavor that it is known for. The crop needs to be grown in well aerated soil. If the soil is water logged the crop will fail completely or end up producing a substandard product. There are other countries where tobacco is grown. In some of these countries the soil is not very well aerated. What they do is to cultivate on slopes or hills then create furrows to lead excess water away. This is not always effective in matching the quality of tobacco grown in Cuba. Use of the Same Variety of Tobacco The Cuban tobacco is grown in well aerated soils. Even though the country has many different types of soils, the area where the crop is grown is known to have underground steams that naturally provide the required moisture. This is more effective than the irrigation of crops then leading away the water using furrows. It therefore produces the highest quality Cuban Montecristo cigars which are the best in the world. In other countries that produce that produce cigars, the tobacco is mixed with many varieties from the same country and sometimes from foreign countries. The advantage is that a crop that did not do very well due to bad weather can be improved by mixing it with other varieties of tobacco from elsewhere. With cigars from Havana, this is not the case. The crop is purely from the country and since the started making cigars centuries ago, they never mix with other types of tobacco. Still of Great Quality The cultivators always make an effort to keep the quality of the tobacco constant from the skill that has been passed from generation to generation for centuries. The leaves that are used to wrap the tobacco are dried using processes that have lasted for centuries. The humidity and weather also helps in the drying process. The rolling of the wrappers is also done through a traditional process that has lasted for ages. There is a theory that the cigars have deteriorated in value over the years, because some experts were forced out of the government by Castro’s regime. The reality is the process of growing the crop and rolling the Cuban Cohiba cigars has been passed from generation to generation and the knowledge was not a preserve of a few experts. CigarsOfHabanos.com is one of the online sellers of these premium Cuban cigars. The brands that they sell online include the product line of Cuban Cohiba cigars and Cuban Montecristo cigars.
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